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JUNE 15, 2022
Aloha surfers and beachgoers,
Hold onto your surfboard, beach hat and tow- els — we’re already rolling into mid-June if you can be- lieve that. The summer sol- stice is June 21. Within a few weeks, the days will begin to shorten.
BY GARY KEWLEY
So Much Is ‘Swell’ In The Surf World, Here And Abroad
So much has happened and continues happening in the surf world both here and abroad.
Right in between these two contests was the Hawai‘i Adaptive Surfing Champi- onships, also at Queens Surf break at Kūhiō Beach in Waikīkī. This one ran June 7-11.
Hawai‘i’s Luke Swanson flies high in his win at the Surf City El Salvador International Surfing Association World Junior Championship.
PHOTO COURTESY INTERNATIONAL SURFING ASSOCIATION
Tour; the Challenger Series (for qualification and requali- fication to the WCT); and the WQS or World Qualifying Tour (our smaller local re- gional contests.)
Many of Hawai‘i’s top lo- cal men and women athletes will challenge the Ala Moa- na Bowls lineup over three days of competition during the nine-day holding period. They’ll wait for the best fore-
credible results of Team Hawai‘i at the Surf City El Salvador International Surf- ing Association World Junior Championship that ran on June 5. Our very own Ewe- leiula Wong and Luke Swan- son swept the U-18 divisions for Hawai‘i.
Locally, we ran the T&C Surf Grom Contest the en- tire weekend of June 4-5 in Waikīkī. Then, the next week- end, on June 11-12, the Lo- cal Motion Hawai‘i Surf into
Of course, we’ll also have the premier ocean sports fes- tival, Duke’s Oceanfest Aug. 20-28.
ting back to normal — even with qualifiers.
Summer ran at Ala Moana Bowls.
You have to start here on the WQS and work your way up—andletmesay,itisnot easy to ever get a shot on the WCT.
cast within that period. Surf News Network can help there. This marks the first WSL-sanctioned event since 2016 at the famed left-hand reef break on O‘ahu’s fabled
Each iconic contest had to hit the pandemic pause button like hundreds of other com- petitive events the past couple years. So, everyone’s frothing like grommets.
Well, guess what? We have a WQS event at Ala Moana Bowls. It’s the first contest of the season and it is from June 17-24. It’s called the Priority Destinations Pro presented by First Hawaiian Bank and Mastercard.
South Shore.
There were also the in-
Yes, it feels good to be get-
gary@surfnewsnetwork.com
Now to the international surf competition scene. There are three tiers or levels: The big World Championship
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