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motion.8 Surfing communities need the solitary surfer seeking empty waves,9 as well as the local. Jones Wong has competed in WSL events at Pipeline since 2014. Surf Museum promised such a tribal ritual. In my hardest times I found peace in the ocean.” “I feel so connected to my culture, my ancestors, and the ocean when I am out there. “Surfing is my passion,” said Jones Wong to the University of Hawaii News. It was a topic Jones Wong, who is part Hawaiian, was happy to write about and present. Part of her studies focused on how surfing empowers Native Hawaiians to connect to their culture. Jones Wong also holds the distinction of being one of the first graduates of the University of Hawaii’s Bachelor of Applied Science-Hawaiian and Indigenous Health and Healing (HIHH) program, which she completed in the spring of 2021. When Jones Wong was younger, she wished she had a talented female surfer to encourage her surfing and push her development, and her belief in giving back to kids and the community are principles she holds dear. Her dad was scheduled for knee surgery that same day, but Bethany. LOCAL NIGHT PROCEDURES PT - 29 35MM & 1/8 INCH, SLIDE / TAPE, 008 MIN, NOT. When not surfing, Jones Wong occupies her time operating a surf school on the North Shore. Bethany easily took to the ocean waterand watched her surfing. MOTION PICTURE, 014 MIN, NOT CLEARED COVERS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WHICH. “I’m very feisty,” Jones Wong laughs as she describes herself. Her goal remains to catch bigger and hollower waves at Pipeline, surfing deeper in the barrel than she has before. Aloha is Free For 40 years, Local Motion Hawaii has been committed to supplying the best in authentic, premium surf wear in the islands.

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The win came to Jones Wong in her first CT event, and marks her second win at Pipeline after taking top honors at the 2021 HIC Pipe Pro, a Qualifying Series event.īefore Jones Wong, the last time a wild card surfer won on the Women’s CT was in 2010 when two-time World Champion Australia’s Tyler Wright won at the O’Neill Women’s World Cup at Sunset Beach in Oahu.Īs a child, Jones Wong never thought she was going to be able to surf Pipeline but worked hard, put in her time at the break and eventually made it happen to great success.

I never thought I would accomplish this.' 'I can't believe it, I'm losing it right now,' Wong said from the water immediately after defeating Moore.

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Moana Jones Wong was born on on the North Shore of Oahu, resides in Haleiwa, and is widely considered to be one of the world's most accomplished female Pipeline surfers.īecause of her skill at this wave, she was awarded a wild card entry into the 2022 Billabong Pro Pipeline – the first full Championship Tour stop at Pipe for women – and proceeded to win the event over five-time World Champ and Olympic gold medalist Carissa Moore.

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