“Been Quite the Journey”: After Qualifying for 2024 Paris Olympics, American Surfing Prodigy Sends Out Candid Confession

American surfing star Griffin Colapinto has been making a lot of noise this WSL season. Once, the person who wore the yellow jersey didn’t have the best surf session at recent events, but the surfer had a lot of bizarre tales to tell his many fans. Colapinto is pretty busy on social media, and it didn’t take him long to share that he just made it to the 2023 WSL Championship Tour Finals and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. It’s a big deal, and now he’ll try to get the yellow shirt back from Brazilian surfer Filipe Toledo.

Griffin Colapinto’s getting into the Olympics is a big story all over the United States. The news spread like wildfire. While a legion of his admirers congratulated the surfer, Colapinto made a frank admission about his voyage to this level of surfing competition.

Just on a different level of surfing

For the American surfer, the 2023 WSL season has been a wild ride. Griffin Colapinto has seen it all, from winning to getting knocked out in the first round. Even though this season has had problems, like the score debate that started at the Surf Ranch Pro, it has been a big one for fans. Colapinto’s first thought when he told people about this was, “Wooowww! So happy.” He went on to say, “It’s been quite the journey.” Colapinto also thanked the many people all over the world who followed him because they “believed” in him.

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In the Instagram post, Colapinto says, “Life is a roller coaster!” and then adds, “Really don’t know” about what will happen. He also talks about how a “bad thing could turn out to be a good thing.” Colapinto ends his statement by saying, “Sometimes it’s not understandable and that’s when we must trust. Everything happens for a reason. Lowers Baby!” The surfer’s season has been like a roller coaster, and he knows it. Now, he is not only competing for himself at the WSL Finals but also for his country at the 2024 Olympics, which will be held in Teahupo’o, a famous surfing spot.

Teahupo’o is known for having big, dangerous waves, so surfing there won’t be easy. But for American talent, it’s the challenge that makes surfing fun.

Close defeat at Corona Open J-Bay

Griffin Colapinto went to South Africa with high hopes after getting destroyed at the Vivo Rio Pro. The surfer beat Kelly Slater in the first round of the Corona Open J-Bay and moved on to the next round. In the round of 16, he was up against Ian Gentil, a Hawaiian surfer, and the young American was ready to surf.

Ian Gentil got off to a good start, scoring on his first two waves for a total of 15.43 (7.83 + 7.60) points. Colapinto, on the other hand, had trouble and only scored on the second and fourth waves, for a total of 14.30 (7.23 + 7.07). This took the American star out of the competition, but he didn’t lose all hope because he is currently third in the ranks and made it to the Championship Tour Finals.

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