Griffin Colapinto Wins Surf City El Salvador Pro

On the other side of the draw, Griffin Colapinto was on a similar trajectory, driving his jungle-matching board through powerful hooks and testing its aerodynamics with a variety of big airs.

Griffin and Filipe would ultimately meet in the final, where they went blow-for-blow with early 9s, then backing them up with mid-range scores that put them in a dead tie, 16 points each. But Filipe had the higher single-wave score — a 9.57 — which gave him the edge over Griff. With only a few minutes left, Filipe held priority, and it was time to play defense. But sometimes, defense is hard. Filipe let Griff go on an inside runner and he demolished it, nabbing an 8 and taking the win, 17 to 16.
 

With these results, Griffin jumps four spots to No. 3 in the world, while Filipe holds onto the yellow jersey, and the top spot. Congrats, fellas.
 

Next stop, Brazil. Let’s gooooo!