“A Huge Goal of Mine”: After Pushing Through the Finals of Corona Open J-Bay, Australian Surfer Achieves Another Feat

Australian surfing star Ethan Ewing has been making waves in the World Surf League this year. There has been a scoring issue involving the surfer since the Surf Ranch Pro, and it shows no signs of abating. The Australian surfer, however, has done very well despite the doubters’ predictions, and he remains committed to his pursuit of the yellow jersey. Ewing was just notified of an unbelievable accomplishment for which he had been waiting for quite some time when he advanced to the finals of the current WSL event, the Corona Open J-Bay.

Back in the 2022 WSL season, Ethan Ewing made it all the way to the finals; however, he was ultimately defeated by other surfers. After the loss, he dedicated himself to improving his game, and the results have been shown in his subsequent WSL events and his advancement to the 2023 WSL season finals. After accomplishing this achievement, the surfer was interviewed by WSL, where he opened up in preparation for the finals.

Once again at the big stage of surfing

As a result of his victory against Gabriel Medina in the semi-finals of the Corona Open J-Bay, Ethan Ewing has advanced to next month’s Rip Curl WSL Finals at Lower Trestles in San Clemente, California. After beating the Brazilian surfer, Ewing gave an honest interview to WSL about his incredible accomplishment. He began by adding, “Yeah, It’s huge”.

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Ewing went on to say, “Just since last year, making it there and not performing,” referring to his showing in the 2022 WSL finals. Further explaining his primary objective, he said, “It’s been a huge goal of mine just to get back there.” He’s lived up to his pledge this WSL season, too, rising to third place before facing off against Brazilian surfer Filipe Toledo in the finals of the Corona Open at J-Bay, where he has a shot at moving up to second.

Ewing’s matchup with Filipe Toledo won’t be easy since Toledo, despite suffering a small injury, has been giving it his all at the Corona Open J-Bay, and the fans are eager to see what he has to give in the finals.

The heated semi-finals

In the first semifinal of the Corona Open J-Bay, Ethan Ewing competed against Gabriel Medina. In a 40-minute contest at Supertubes, the two world-famous surfers set fire to the waves with their incredible performances.

Ewing earned a combined 13.50 (7.5 + 6.00) when the surfers met head-to-head. With a total of 12.04 (6.87 + 5.17), the Brazilian surfer tried and failed to catch up to the Australian. While Medina was reduced to tears, Ewing was propelled into the Corona Open J-Bay finals, where he would face off against Toledo.

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