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Huge Wedge surf from Tuesday, September 14th, 2021. Oh man… this swell had some KICK!
This was day 2 of the swell that hit Southern California. I decided to go back to the Wedge for the second day straight when I heard reports that it would be bigger than Monday and they were right.
Surfers include: Tommy Cantrell, Tanner McDaniel, Koa Smith, Craig Whetter, Jeff Hubbard, Nic Lamb, Tyler Thornsley, Tyler Newton and others.
After Hawaii’s Carissa Moore won the first-ever women’s Olympic gold medal in surfing earlier this summer, she said the moment was about surfing and using the platform to share positivity and love.
She was able to share even more of that on Tuesday when she added to Olympic gold by winning her fifth world title at the World Surf League Finals in San Clemente, California. She beat Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb in the best-of-three format, winning the final two heats after losing the first.
“It was a crazy back and forth battle,” she said. “It didn’t kind of go … More