Griffin Colapinto vs Ethan Ewing | MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2024 – Final

Griffin Colapinto vs Ethan Ewing | MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2024 – Final

Here for the men’s final of the male rip c pro Portugal presented by Corona STP three of the world surf League Championship tour we’ve got USA vers Australia the state of California Ethan Ying representing stradbrook Island in Queensland current world number seven Griffin number 11 that’s all changing on the live

Rankings is now watching Griff get started COA Pinto throwing some water on this running left he’s been really focused on his backhand for majority of his Heats in this event and section approaching and whips it quickly towards the beach and he will get on the board there’s a lot of hype on the

Kapino potential for a matchup with his younger brother C supporting his brother now in the final let’s go to this first wave Strider yeah talk about a Bango that was a huge turn in the most critical part of that wave uh that’s exactly what the doctor ordered right

There and you know this finish nice and clean lot of energy coming around I feel like that that waiting off the bottom and and this connection right here was just absolutely money I mean that was really well timed the drift out over the drop the you know freef fall the whole

Thing the combination of it just in that one maneuver alone was to me almost going excellent and the rest of it was was you know a little Bobble there but cleaned it up at the end I it you know this is getting to me a high seven maybe

Even excellent great start to the final for Griffin COA Pinto she got it done now it’s ready to celebrate this last wave here for Griffin Kinto just came through at a 7.10 Jesse great surfing for him right there very aggressive um The Wave was very critical right here first massive

Turn straight into just kind of a short bottom turn lip line yeah just beautiful surfing from Griffin overall big bowling section to really enjoy to back up the 667 already yeah I you know vertical crisp fast surfing that backhand you were saying he you know he this just looks like he’s

Throwing it up there the drive he carries through is just very impressive but it seems like he’s going to look into to a right so Griffin now chipping in little RAC track right he’ll get past that section now pulls in not quite for a vision but he’ll go for a climb now

He’s just ramp hunting at the moment with the lead that he has from going left if he sees one major see what happened here yeah looked like he’ll zign it down for maybe some air and then he saw that the wave was going to kind of be a little Hollow but everything was

Kind of in between like didn’t really give him an opportunity for a barrel or for a clean turn or for an air but he had to swing he lost priority on that paddle that he um kind of had a look at it and Ethan was sitting with priori so might as well

Ethan with priority is going to roll into a left overhead and glassy as he just has to step off priority goes back to Griff I mean just stepping into waves and kicking out without a big score he’s been identifying the gem so well Griffin out in front wrapping cut back to kick

Things off now looking for a section just to step off Tommy can’t watch Scotty Hammond’s looking in and Ethan yui Now setting up a vertical big solid re-entry absolute Hammer through the backwash and holds his line that’s probably why Tommy was shaking his head and snake wave doubling

Up see right here doubling up and he’s just goes straight vertical so much but say into a n even more critical that thing tried to just destroy him and he was Landing with the backwash but he’s very fit right now beautiful first turn and this bottom turn was clutch for this very quick

Aggressive air dropping out of the sky just the body movement is always on point that front arm bringing it all the way back around getting that board vertical and then putting back under the chest to give that the stability and right here just literally there’s a a one foot backwash

That was that point of difference very close Ethan now live chasing down a section on his forehand perfect bottom turn nice vertical connection off the lip and now lays into it with the fin throw but unloads everything on that yeah he kind of had to go big first turn

Just kind of had to place the board up vertical and the the the section wasn’t as critical as he was hoping for he had kind of a split and he had to just go for a hail Mar in order to get that score that he was needing for Griff with

Priority has a decision to make he will use it so he sees himself improving on a 667 here and he just throws priority back to Ethan you can’t give those opportunities and let’s see if Ethan’s going to capitalize Ethan right into motion big hack there one more section

He flows over it but he slips off the mistakes are going back and forth with these two in the lineup what happened here I mean he was looking great that was a beautiful first setup turn lots of spray very critical and right here he went how much speed he actually hanged

Out of there and just landed a little bit too much on his front now Griffin checking out a right hand wall he’s got the speed he’ll pull in Griffin makes it now setting up a turn off the lip jams it with the tail blow and Griffin kapino hangs on to a beautiful

Combination that was a beautiful read for Griffin just what a what a gift of a wave nice first Barrel and right here how’s this board control he literally drifted for about 2T on the lip right there and it was impressive how he was able to maintain calmness throughout that turn once you’re doing

Those board lights board slids as you’re going to see it right here you basically have a lot of lift under your board and you kind of have that sensation of things not going right gain that drive and that was beautiful from Griffin now a little chip in for kapinos he heads

Left a big cave setting up pulls up and on still traveling kapito into [Applause] daylight what a read from Griffin Kenzo before is an 827 where are we going with this this I mean I mean what else can I say he disappeared for quite a few times a few chandeliers came up

And he came out clean and what was so impressive about this wave is where he took off when he was paddling there’s foam all over him so he couldn’t see anything until he got to the bottom of that wave that was so clutch from Griffin and just look at that body

Positioning so technical highlining standing still and see right there one chandelier coming down another chandelier coming down this makes it so Technical and hard for him to do just beautiful body positioning right there coming out clean this is the best score of the the heat so far and you want a

Little bit of everything we certainly got it but the event just saving the best for last Ethan Ying pulls in trying to stay calm even though he’s got a big combination to break down that one’s going to land on his head that’s always going to look good Griffin just probably just running off

Adrenaline right now he’ll be signing a lot of autographs once he gets to the beach as well a popular human being happy goluck he’s got a bit of ay in him just that natural VI that you want to be around and a hardworking athlete that’s diving deep into his meditative States

And channeling Good Vibes and huge performances cross walking down with the American flag to celebrate a huge win for his big brother what a day for the family a first and a third coming out in Port from Portugal just over to Moon big day for the USA Cola Pino takes yellow

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E.Ewing vs. G.Colapinto

00:00:00 – Heat Start
00:00:23 – Wave by Griffin Colapinto
00:01:37 – Wave by Griffin Colapinto
00:02:15 – Wave by Griffin Colapinto
00:03:00 – Wave by Ethan Ewing
00:03:12 – Wave by Griffin Colapinto
00:03:28 – Wave by Ethan Ewing
00:04:28 – Wave by Ethan Ewing
00:04:58 – Wave by Griffin Colapinto
00:05:10 – Wave by Ethan Ewing
00:05:38 – Wave by Griffin Colapinto
00:06:21 – Wave by Griffin Colapinto
00:07:31 – Wave by Ethan Ewing
00:07:44 – Wave by Griffin Colapinto
00:07:50 – Heat End