“Just Tears”: Surfing World Sobs As Carrisa Moore’s Announces a Saddening Update for Team USA

The surfing world has gone topsy-turvy and it has nothing to do with wave-riding antics. In its stead, it is the gut-wrenching feeling of separation that has caused the surf fanatics to bemoan a great loss. Olympic shortboard champion Carissa Moore’s retirement announcement is at the center of this widespread deploration. The announcement was no less than a seismic shock in the surfing community especially in the wake of her Paris Olympics 2024 qualification.

The Hawaiian gained an opportunity to defend her crown at the Tahiti Pro occasion of the World Surf League Championship Tour season. However, she has declared that the Paris Olympics 2024 will be her penultimate contention at the mega event. Amidst the clamoring evoked by her pronouncement, Kai Lenny has joined a wave of surfing maestros to bid her a worthy farewell.

Kai Lenny and other surfing heroes bid farewell to Carissa Moore

Carissa Moore will be carrying away wonderful memories of her triumphs on the surfboard. However, she expects her forays “outside the jersey” will be equally epic and is thrilled to welcome the new chapter of her life.

In a heartwarming narrative in the captions of an IG post, Moore summed up all her emotions by saying, “Surfing is a part of who I am, and it always will be. This is by no means the end. I’d like to think of this instead as an evolution, the start of the next chapter, a new beginning”.

Kai Lenny was the first to join the emphatic bandwagon on the comment section with proclamations of an unknown dimension in their relationship. He wrote, “You’re incredible Riss You’ve been inspiring me since we were kids. This is only the beginning, I can’t wait to see what you do next 🙌 Forever the Queen.”

Even her Brazilian rival, Tatiana Weston-Webb expressed her sadness writing, “no words! Just tears. Thank you for making women’s surfing evolve, grow, and inspire for the better”. A blazing trail of admiration followed as luminaries like Nathan Florence, Sophia Medina, and Courtney Conlogue joined in. Florence had the best utterance of all as he encapsulated Moore’s surfing excellence in every syllable.

A resounding ode to surfing royalty

As the recipient of the 2023 Stab Surfer of the Year award, Nathan Florence enjoyed unfathomable success last season. However, his most joyous moment was when his brother John John Florence and Carissa Moore captured their Olympic berths respectively. Now, he floated a sentimental message for Moore, saying, “Such a champion always will be!”. His estimation is justified by a Smithsonian record that has erected a forever throne for Carissa Moore.

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The five-time WSL winner was named as one of the “30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States”. Suffice it to say, Moore’s presence in the surfing fraternity was a matter of great celebration. Similarly, her exit decision has beckoned a wave of sadness among her loyal subjects.

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