Hawaii's Carissa Moore dominated the pool at the Surf Ranch Pro in Lemoore, California, on Sunday to climb to the top of surfing's world tour rankings and improve her chances of qualifying for the Paris Olympics to defend her gold medal.
California's Griffin Colapinto took out Brazil's 2019 world champion and Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Italo Ferreira in a high-scoring men's final.
Deep in California cow country more than 100 miles from the coast, the Surf Ranch has been something of a divisive stop on the world tour for both surfers and spectators. Both Colapinto and Ferreira survived that crucible and rode their momentum on finals day, mixing high-risk aerials with deep tube rides and huge turns to progress to the championship round.
"I'm so psyched," said Colapinto. "I'm over the moon. It hasn't really soaked in yet. But I made three finals , I was like, you gotta win one eventually, so yeah, I got one!"
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