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Welcome
back to the finals day.

Surf City, USA, here in
Huntington Beach, California.

Sophia Medina taking
on Sally Fitzgibbons.

Sally is someone that was
on the Championship Tour

for more than ten years.

She's one of the best
surfers in the world.

Sally has been someone that
I watched my whole life.

So it's a mix of feelings
going up against her

To be the best you
got to beat the best.

So we're going
after her, you know?

This is Women's
Quarterfinal, Number two.

In red, Sophia Medina.

And in blue, Sally Fitzgibbons.

Great battle here
of the veteran and the youth.

Sally Fitzgibbons.

Beautiful speed,
and then... that around.

Medina.

Beautiful hold of the rail.

Wow, that was a really nice
two-turn combo out the back.

Leading her way all
the way to the inside.

Really, really like this wave.

Throws the
tail. Does she come out?

How about that
cool-looking carve on the open face?

And hits it off the lip.

Sophia Medina now on the peak.

Got a fun wall in front of her,

going for a big first
turn right into a swoop.

And that wave's
gonna flatten out.

And with that wave,
she will take the lead.

The priority surfer,
Sally Fitzgibbons.

Little ledge peak,
thin throw reverse.

A much better
version of a rotator,

as she had clear liftoff
off the top of the wave.

Wow.

And look at
the score. It's in already.

Sally, 7.5.

Sophia, your requirement
now is a 6.74.

Okay, here we go. Look at this.

Medina chasing a 6.74.

Heading towards the pier.
Bangs it up on the lip.

And it comes undone.

I don't think that wave's
gonna replace the 4.9.

But staying busy.

Further inside!

Sophia
Medina on this right.

Ooh, what an opening turn.

Solid wave for Sophia
Medina from Brazil.

Doing well to keep the flow and hopefully
connect with something on the inside.

And she does give it up.

Sophia Medina in the
red, fighting back there,

looking for a 6.74
on that right.

Whoo!

Nice!

On the
hunt. Will she get it?

All right, a 6.17.

Close, but just under.

Sophia
trying to find some room.

Sally with a decision to make.

She's gonna let the
Brazilian take this right.

Chasing a 6.24.

Tries to show off an air reverse
there, but she'll get stuck.

Nice try there for Sophia.

Has been working really hard
to just give herself a chance.

Good! Good! That's it!

And now,
with 10 seconds to go,

Fitzgibbons will probably just
take this one with priority

and take it into the
beach for a victory.

And she'll get the heat win.

Fitzgibbons moves on
to the semifinals.

-What can you do?
-You did well.

I should have taken it.

-But only on the last one.
-I couldn't.

I didn't have the strength.

For her wave... She
was able to punt,

because the waves merged.

It happens, but you surfed well.

Thanks, Dad.

-Pity.
-Pity.

-She's very good.
-The sea was rough.

Yes.

-I tried.
-It was taking too long.

I lost to Sal,
Sally Fitzgibbons.

I really wanted a better result.

But at the same time, I have
improved my rankings to 10th place.

Since there are only
two competitions left,

I need to keep making
heats to hold this spot.

Portugal is the next competition,
and it can be a tricky wave.

I'm really lucky
that I live in Portugal.

I like the culture.
The food is great.

Everybody's just so
nice and welcoming.

You have some of the
best waves in the world.

Portugal is
the fifth stop on tour.

Unfortunately, a lot of people
would say they don't like that wave.

It's so hard to surf.

This is the coolest
water I have been in,

and it's really hard to
find the right waves.

It's tricky
and unpredictable.

So in this contest, you've got
to be careful about your choices.

Looks good.

I think we're gonna
have waves every day.

Let's hope it stays like this.
Sunny, but a bit of wind.

Because it makes it easier to...

do big turns.

Looks maybe fun here to try
the new board and stuff,

and let's pray for
pretty good event.

It's been a while since we
surfed good waves in a contest,

so that's all we want. Just
waves and consistent heats.

Makes it easier when you have
a lot of opportunities to surf.

-Yeah. So fun.
-Instead of just sitting and waiting...

I'm the 2022
World Junior Champion.

Winning is something special.

It's a feeling that's
really addicting,

and I wish I could feel
it even more times.

So I need to win the
Challenger and stay on top.

Oh!

-Hello.
-Hey.

-How are you?
-Good.

Let's go.

Uh, this is a different cone.

I've never
had chestnuts before.

Yeah, so you just peel it off and
you have to take everything you see

until it gets, like, yellow.

Mm-hmm.

It's dry.

It's good.

This is a really
Portuguese thing, too.

I love that one of the stops
of the Challenger Series

is in my home country.

-Feeling like something sweet?
-Yup.

I'm proud to be Portuguese,

and it's fun to show the surfer
girls our food and culture.

What
do you normally get?

I usually get a pastel de nata.

It's really classic
here in Portugal.

Surfing in the ocean brings
me to all these places

and connects us all.

Seeing what's similar to
home, what's super different.

Pastel de nata.

-Did I say that right?
-Yeah.

Oh, it's so...

Your teeth are gonna get dirty.

What kind of food
do you normally eat?

I love octopus.

The octopus is called
polvo à lagareiro.

I've never had, like, a traditional,
traditional Hawaiian meal, I don't think.

Have you had poi before?

It's like taro and water,

and you, like, smash it,
and it's like a paste.

I've never had it. Okay,
you speak fluent Hawaiian?

-Yes.
-And you learned it in school?

My mom and dad
learned it in college,

and then taught it to me
when I was, like, first born.

So English and Hawaiian
are my first languages.

-It's a pretty language.
-Thank you.

It doesn't seem like it's that
close to Portuguese because...

It's very different.

I love Hawaii.

Are you coming back this winter?

Um, yeah,
I think so. Yeah.

I always go at a time that's
where everything's happening.

-So it's like the most crowded...
-Can't get waves.

...to surf pipe and
all those scary waves.

Yeah.

Last year's pipe contest,
I hit my head really hard

and got ten staples in
the back of my head.

-It's very dramatic.
-It's no joke.

That was a scary moment.

Yeah, very scary.

I'm always gonna take my
helmet, that's for sure.

Learned my lesson.

What a beautiful city.

Everything deserves a picture.

We can go here.

My outfit matches.

Aim it more at the blue part.

Pizza.

-Sophia?
-Hello!

-Hello!
-What's up?

-Hey, what's up?
-How's it going?

-Hello, Sophia. Nice to meet you.
-What's up?

-Nice to meet you.
-If you wanna eat a nice pizza,

-just come here.
-We will.

I love being a Medina.

I'm proud of the name.

But everyone would see me and say,
"Oh, Gabriel's little sister."

Now I've been
paving my own path.

-Nice! Thank you.
-Thank you! Bye.

People are seeing
female Brazilian surfing

as a thing now, and that's cool.

♪ Hiding in the dark ♪

♪ Looking at the stars ♪

♪ Wishing one day She
could feel like one ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ She's all right ♪

♪ She's right... ♪

After Ballito
and the U.S. Open,

I felt like I really wasn't
flowing with my surfing, you know?

Like I wasn't connecting with
myself and the surfboard.

But coming to Portugal here
after one month at home,

I think I'm recharged and
I have a new approach.

All I know.

You need to be very mentally
prepared to battle the challenges

that competition brings you.

To sing and play music
makes me release energy.

So having my ukulele's
like having a friend.

So every time if I feel alone,

I can play and I feel good.

It's
the EDP Ericeira Pro.

Stop five of six on
the Challenger Series.

Doesn't feel quite
as cold as yesterday.

But not warm by any means.

Having Mom and Tutu here with
me is helping to remind me

that I not only want to do well
in this competition for myself,

but I also want to make
Hawaii and my Lahui proud.

The world's best
challengers are out here to compete

for the glittering prize of spots
for the 2025 Championship Tour.

Tea was like the best call ever.

Thank you.

But that means I'm
going to have to pee.

Yeah, I know.

In my wetsuit.

Lovely.

I think I'm with a new
attitude here in Portugal.

I have a new approach in what
life and competition means,

but I'm still nervous

because it's been a
month since I competed.

So my heat strategy today
is to not sink too deep

and trust my surfing.

Our first heat of the day
we're on half an hour for four women.

Try and find scores,
try and stay alive.

Here goes Janire.

On the back hand.

And here goes Benedetto
with some speed.

Loads up off the top.

Here goes Sol.

It's a smaller wave.
No one else wanted it.

She'll go, "All
right, let's go."

And she's up.

Keeps her energy in the pocket.

With the turns,
with just a mistake at the end.

Shoot that went really well.

Seven on the clock
here, and the packs scatter.

Benedetto in the
lead at the moment.

This is Janire
González Etxabarri.

Bang! Into the lip.

There goes Sol. She needs
something. She's in fourth place.

There's a carve and
snap on a big face.

And that's a great combo.

That
was a great turn.

The first real explosive
turn we've seen.

Should be enough to
get up in second place.

The judges
love a combo and turn.

Last score comes in for Sol.

It's a 5.73.

Puts her into the top two.

She's straight into
action once again.

Second
place finishes blue,

Sol Aguirre...

So
Aguirre, the Peruvian,

with that combination
that was dramatic.

Sol's just picking better
waves and making her turns better.

I'm happy. Finally.

I'm stoked to make
it to second round.

Ericeira day one!

The early bird catches the worm.

We started the day right!

Have fun, babe.

Love you.

I've gotten some
great coaching in Huntington,

which is helping me go into
Portugal with a new mindset.

So I hopefully overcome
my hurdle in competition.

And if I do well in competition,

I can hopefully requalify
for the Challenger next year.

We are into round
of 48, heat six of the women.

And we are straight into
our incredible stacked heat.

Ēwe's
got one on the inside.

She's up for a first wave.

Nice turn on the pocket.

Oh, that's a great turn.

What?

Can she
hang on? And she can't.

So that is a great
two-turn combo.

Beautiful.

There it is, 7.83.
Best wave of the event so far?

-Definitely of the morning.
-Yeah. Exactly.

Bang on there. She
absolutely smashed that wave.

So she is way out in front with a
really, really solid heat score already.

Don't go too far out, girl.

Morning and groove
waiting for a bit more spray there.

Calves in the pocket.

Down the line. Waiting for a big
finish, if she can. Goes for it.

Oh! That a girl.

Go, go, go.

Ēwe Wong,
the heat leader, she's up.

-Whoo!
-Very nice.

Whoo-hoo! All right. Now blue, taking a look...

There's that trademark
turn she's shown us already.

It's a bit more frothy, which
makes life a little bit harder,

but she's dealt
with it well again.

Free surfing
right in the pocket.

Ēwe Wong.

She's not afraid to
give it another go.

Nice clean face.

Room to move, a
little cut down there.

Go, go, go.

And another.

She's not able to get
any type of steep face.

You're good. Let's go.

And there's
plenty of swell filling in.

Kemp chasing a 4.34.

Not a big number.

She knows she has to
put it on the line.

Second turn's gonna be crucial.

So, sweeping car, but just
cannot get the finish.

Meanwhile, heat leader Wong.

She's had the best waves

and has surfed the best
on them, hence the lead.

And she's looking really sparky,

getting nice connections

and just always a little
bit more sort of...

Good job, baby.

Whoo-hoo!

Congratulations,
Ēwelei'ula Wong.

A surfer from Hawaii
advances to the next round.

I just surfed my
first heat and I won.

It feels really good,
and I felt like myself.

So I'm just staying busy, and I
just was having fun, honestly.

This is Mom's first event
with me of the year,

and I think that was, like, one of
my best heats that I surfed all year.

So, good to have
her here in person.

Do you want
to do blueberries?

Yeah, I did it the
other day and it was amazing.

All right.

-It's ready.
-Go.

-It's so pretty, I think.
-Nice.

Right.

Let's give grace.

All right, so hold
hands, Jessie.

Sorry.

God, thanks so much for this
food. Thanks for the beautiful day.

Thanks so much for Jessie
being here with us.

Bless her, the heats
that she has to surf.

And, uh, yeah, hope to
have a good day today.

In your precious name, amen.

-Amen.
-Amen.

-Thank you so much.
-Right, let's go!

I met Beto and Kenzy through
the Christian Surfers network,

which allows me to connect to
amazing people all over the world.

And they open their
homes to surfers like me

so we have somewhere to
stay and people to be with.

From Huntington, I decided
to go home for three weeks.

I had three weeks'
training with my dad.

Unfortunately, he couldn't make it,
but I'm so glad we had that time.

I'm stoked to be in Portugal,
and although I'm alone,

I've got a lot to work with because
we already prepared for this.

So, Jessie, how are you
feeling for your heat?

Uh, I'm excited.

I always get, like,
excited to compete.

Uh, it's interesting comp...

or, like, preparing
without my dad here.

You do have to apply yourself and
just be like your biggest critic.

But then also, like, got to give
yourself some support and encouragement.

Otherwise, you'll probably just
crumble being too hard on yourself.

And this is your first
stop without him, right?

First stop this
year without him.

We wanted to even get my
mom to come this year.

But it was such a terrible year.

Like, money-wise,
and every comp was...

I mean, every trip was,
like, so expensive.

And then, like, we had
our car break down.

So, what was gonna be, like, hopefully
all three of us became, like, just me.

It's very nice to have you here.

I am so grateful, and
my family keeps going,

"Please make sure that you
say 'thank you' for us."

Like, we're so grateful that...

And I feel comfortable that
I've got good people around.

That I'm not just, like,
alone in a foreign country.

I'll never be able
to thank you enough.

It's such a privilege, and
you're such a joy to have.

Seriously, it's so fun.

-Yeah.
-All right.

-Ready to surf?
-Let's go.

Let's go.

It's the morning of
the comp, and I'm so excited.

I'm praying that
this event goes well

and that I can make some
heats and some prize money.

My parents make
such a sacrifice.

I would love to go home with a bit
of cash and a much better result.

Given my recent heat mistakes,

my strategy at this stage
is to get a lot more waves.

Than I've been getting.

I'm surfing against Kika.

Kika's surfed here a lot
because she's from close by,

so she definitely
is well experienced.

It's gonna add a bit
more of a challenge.

Welcome to day two,
women's EDP Ericeira Pro.

Trust yourself, let it come.

-Let it come.
-I just wanna shout.

It will be fine, take it easy.

Keep going forward.

You heard me? Move forward.

Wait, come from the back, wait.

You go back and wait.

I just want to get in.

- Soon - I will try.

Eighteen minutes.

When she says she
is ready, she is on.

Twelve to go.

When I didn't have
priority, I went there.

-Yeah, because this is immediately...
-Yeah, if you make two big turns there,

it's where the...
Five turns from there.

Yeah. I think the judges
will love this way more.

I want to be catching more waves.
That's been my downfall throughout.

I need to get on
waves immediately

and be a lot less selective.

-Good luck.
-Thank you.

I want to be busy in my heat.

I only get nervous when it
comes to choosing waves.

Then catch lots of them.

If I get good results in
these last two events,

could be a big possibility to
save my spot in the top ten.

So that's my goal, just
to take it heat by heat.

And I'm really excited
to get out there.

I love this wave, so hopefully
I can get some good ones.

All right,
let's set this one up.

In red, a wave underway
already, Kika Veselko.

Yeah,
nice carve here.

A really long line.

Kika, she has the right tempo...

I feel like she always waits a
lot in between her maneuvers,

and leads the way really well.

This is white, Jessie,

with a bit of an
under-the-lip snap.

Gets around it. Wave...

Gets a bit sleepy.

So she's just waiting for the
wave to kind of open up, and bang.

And here it
goes, a good-looking set

for the 2022 World Junior Champ.

Kika Veselko driving
down the line,

and keeps that
rail in the water.

Just buries it, commits
hard to the turn.

That one snaps out a bit whippy.

Does well to control it, but
again really looking for a section

to hit hard there.

Gives it the treatment
to finish on the end.

For Niekerk, this
heat's fired up.

Loads more action. It
was a sluggish start.

And now we're on.

There goes Jessie.
She'll snap that once.

So get caught behind in her last
fight, this one much more in the pocket

and able to really see sections

with point scoring
opportunities.

This was the
best wave of Jessie so far.

She didn't fall.

She put together a couple of maneuvers,
and this last one was really nice.

Here's
the Brazilian, Hinckel.

A bit meaty section here,

and loads of power
driving that rail.

And really finding her way.

Explosive into the lip, just the
line to get ultra aggressive.

Does very well to hang on.

So, it'll be interesting
to see where this one goes.

Meanwhile, whoa, that was a
wicked quick snap from Veselko.

A little carve into a pocket
here, and look down the line.

She seen something that she likes.
She'll get there and go into the lip.

Meanwhile, here's Tya, whoa!

Great first hit.

Such good timing.

There's the jam on the rail.

Even the setup
turns look sparky.

-She needs a finish here.
-Wow.

She'll
drift out the tail.

The pressure now
on Kika Veselko.

Drops to third.

I know that Kika can do it, but
she's in a hard position right now.

She served so well
here every time and every year.

So quite of a shocker, in my
opinion, if she loses in this round.

A
disappointment for Portugal,

in terms of Kika
Veselko bowing out.

That maneuver was
pretty risky, actually.

Last of
red, Kika Veselko,

with a 4.57.

The last of red.

4.57, so it was impossible
for Kika Veselko

to jump to the second place.

How can this be real?

Your moves were good.

Your timing was off.

Just a tad behind.

That one at the end.

And the first one.

If anyone had
caught the first one

instead of the second one...

It would be better.

You were there, but you
were waiting for her to go.

In fourth place, white,

Jessie Van Niekerk.

That wasn't,
like, my best surfing.

So I just want more opportunities to
be in a position to qualify for the CT.

But if it takes ten years,

I'm gonna work as hard as I can,

in the big picture.

Hello.

I'm here to collect
some prize money.

Your name, please?

Jessie Van Niekerk.
From South Africa.

Okay.

Even though I got
knocked out straightaway,

when you qualify for
the Challenger events,

you do earn prize
money per round.

And each round, it
probably doubles, roughly.

It goes a long way financially.

Is it a bank transfer?

-No, no.
-It's cash? Yay!

So much easier.

But I should check it
for you. Okay, perfect.

Also...

Yes, perfect.

-Okay.
-Thank you, guys.

Bye.

It will go a long way. It will.

Brazil accommodation
and my flight to home.

Yay.

We're going
back to the heat.

I was really impressed on
how you handled the loss.

I felt like I
surfed pretty well,

even though there were
a couple of mistakes.

And now I know for next time.

I feel like we've been punished

because of the waves.

I don't know, I think it's the
same conditions for everyone,

and there's no excuses.

Let's go to the last wave
you got. The lay back.

There was one way that this lay
back could have been the score.

It wasn't really a
lay back. I laid back, but...

Being too hard on yourself.

No, look, look how the
board just flowed...

-That's a lay back.
-But it floats.

It's like just a normal turn.

I think it
was a really good turn.

This is a very hard turn to do,

especially in this wave.

For it to be the score,

there was only
one thing missing.

Throw the tail in that direction

so that the nose could
get underneath you.

And it would be easier
for you to stand up

because you would have, like,
the board underneath your body.

And Brazil's just
around the corner.

And it's tough to be on
that top five, and...

Only the consistent
people are gonna make it.

We have to prioritize
consistency.

Just get out of the water proud.

Make heats. Reset.

And always be ready for war.

Yeah, that's it. I like that.

In the beginning of the year, we
decided not to do the Qualifying Series,

and I think it was
pretty good, right?

Like, it worked.

The regional Qualifying Series

and the Challenger Series
happen at the same time.

This year, I decided to focus
solely on the Challenger Series.

So it means that I don't get the
points that I usually make from the QS.

That means that the only way to secure my
spot on the Challenger Series next year

is to make it to the top.

That's a big risk, but you got to
take big risks to achieve big things.

I think I have a big chance to qualify
on the Challenger Series, right?

Yeah, it's a great chance, yeah.

Have a chance because in
this year is the first year

you make a semifinals.

Yes.

And if you make a semifinals,

is possible make a finals.

True.

Coffee?

Yes, please.

I look at the ranking.

This year, you were in 10th.

I was 30th place last year,

and this year I am 10th, so...

Mm.

We just got to practice
a lot on the waves

that it's gonna be a day event.

Yeah, but...

here is very crowded.

So crowded.

All the girls surf
really good here,

um, especially the
Portuguese girls.

Like, they know how
to read the wave well.

I think it's difficult
because it's a point break,

but at the same time
there's not like a place

where it breaks all the time.

Every day, you need to believe.

-Yeah.
-Believe in you.

Because if you don't
believe in you,

what then?

You have a pretty
good mental state,

and you kind of
share that with me.

That's pretty cool.

Work.

-The secret.
-Yeah.

-Work hard.
-Work hard.

I think this year was
the best year for you.

And I am very proud of you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dad. Yes.

And you are in evolution.

-I'll try my best.
-Yeah.

-Every single event.
-Yeah. This is important.

Every day, happy to
surf. This is important.

When in the morning, you
surf, and then this breakfast.

Oh, my God.

-We're happy.
-This is very happy.

Yeah. We're living
our best lives.

Another coffee?

No. Enough coffee.

Good morning
from Ericeira, Portugal.

The Challenger Series back on
the shores of Europe this autumn.

And the order of business
is trying to qualify

for the 2025 Championship Tour
through the Challenger Series.

Stop five of six.

It's the EDP Ericeira Pro.

Yeah, it's gonna be super tight.

Want to go in this little space right
there where there's less people?

Incredible
conditions, incredible surfing.

I'm happy that I had
a great first round

and that my family is here
to help me with my nerves.

Have fun and try, that's
it, okay? That's it.

A lot of action.

Every
single surfer here,

they are all good.

So I just go with
a lot of respect,

and I know it's
gonna be a hard heat.

I'm a little bit nervous

because there is no chance
of me not getting it.

I have to do well.

I have to make top
two in this heat

in order to keep my rankings
in the Challenger Series.

So failure is not an option.

I have to be very
selective with my word choice

because paddle
out is really long

and you only get 30
minutes in a heat.

And realistically, I only get
about two to three chances

to manufacture a good score.

15 minutes remaining.

Making
rounds is Sophia Medina.

Ten on the ratings as
well, the Brazilian.

Ēwelei'ula Wong of Hawaii.

Also out there in white and green,
it'll be Sol Aguirre of Peru.

So excited
to get up to surf

against Sophia and Ēwe.

We're good friends, but
competing is competing.

My goal is to fight
for those waves

and don't let anybody get in my way
because I'm planning on winning.

I really want
to make it to the final,

so I need to make my next heat.

Once I get in the
water, it's just me in the ocean,

and nothing gets in my way.