At 19 years old, he is the youngest WSL World Tour surfer.
In his debut match at the first WSL event in Australia the other day,
The only 10-point ride of the event,
I was riding the Griffin Colapinto when it was in the spotlight all over the world.
The board model is "
POCKET ROCKET ".
There are three WSL matches in Australia,
These are the boards that were prepared for the approximately three months leading up to the end of April.
The main board that Griffin has ridden the most so far is
``
DRIVER '' and ``
POCKET ROCKET ''.
The match at RIP CURL Bells Beach starting next week on Wednesday, March 28th will be held at
I'm looking forward to seeing which board he will ride and the results.
Looking at his Instagram posts so far, he's been riding the
DRIVER at Bells Beach. The
POCKET ROCKET is suited to the shallow, hollow waves with fast breaking Kira and Snapper waves, while the DRIVER is suited to the deeper, fatter waves at Bells.
1st in the 2017 QS rankings
2017 Hawaii Triple Crown 1st place (first for a Californian)
As the youngest rookie in 2018, he earned 10 points in his first race.
These recent results are the reason why his future is so promising and attracting attention.
His coach, former WT athlete Jake Patterson, immediately absorbs everything he teaches.
Apparently, Griffin is nicknamed "Sponge."
By the way, Griffin's father, Mitchie Colapinto,
I'm using the Placebo 6'2" EL-DIABLO PLUS FLEXLITE-HYPER!
Below is a photo of Griffin's contest surfing at Chiba QS in May of last year, less than a year after the previous one.
https://vimeo.com/231905889
