“That’s my president”
Moana Jones Wong, whose wildly dominant performance against the best surfers in the world at Pipeline a couple of years back made her, briefly, the toast of the surfing, has posted her support for President Donald Trump after ol Donny nearly caught a bullet in the neck down there in Pennsylvania.
Under a re-posted clip of the Trump assassination attempt cut to 50 Cents’ Many Men by Nathan Florence’s filmer Zoard Janko, Wong writes simply:
“That’s my president.”
Surfers, who naturally tend to skew right politically, this ain’t the seventies anymore, broadly supported Wong’s position, with only one outlier writing:
“I didn’t know there was lead in Hawaii’s drinking water”
and
“Now we know who you really are.”
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The last time Wong was on these pages was almost one year ago when the Pipe champ was slammed for transphobic comments in a wild fusillade by the Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing, a “non-profit, which accepts all races, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, national origins, abilities, socioeconomic backgrounds, gender expressions, countries of origin, ethnicities, religions and genders”.
Surf Equity were made very sad after Water People, the podcast from off-the-grid living liberals Dave Rastovich and Lauren Hill featured an interview with Wong.
A little irony here. Hill made noise when she claimed The Surfer’s Journal “blatantly excludes female surfers, writers and photographers from the pages of TSJ”
(JP Currie wrote about that episode here.)
“What was the rationale behind Water People’s decision to feature a conversation with a prominent surfer, Moana Jones Wong, who was been associated with controversial statements?” Surf Equity posted.
“In 2023, Wong aligned herself with Bethany Hamilton in expressing views that were perceived as anti-trans and targeted towards LGBTQIA+ surfers. Additionally, Wong made comments questioning the competitive prowess of cisgender women in professional surfing, suggesting that they were inadequate in comparison to a trans woman. These incidents contribute to the rise of anti-trans sentiments within the pro surfing community, involving numerous athletes.”
The assassination attempt, meanwhile, will drive the news cycle for the next week.
Kelly Slater is being sought for comment.
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Icky
It might have just been at the top so it looked like twice. Anyway. I thought it was a nice move. Using mod powers for evil.
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If the bullet was 2 inches to the right he definitely wouldn’t be her president. All divine intervention I’m told.
America, the most absurd shit show that just keeps on giving.
Cheers Wong.
Proof that surfing and politics do not mix.
Dems, Reps, Labs, Libs, Tories whatever: many pies, many fingers in deep.
You libs are all so delusional.
the big question of today is can we het to 400 comments?
Featured your own comment twice. Awesome.
Brutal!!!
She could be Wong about some things
Moana’s comment has disappeared! Again, questions, thoughts, prayers, developing and essential.
Bit chilly. But like Don, i will survive.
Bom dia!!
The shooter is a Registered Republican….
So much for your conspiracy theories Happy C.
Angry cult member? Good guy with a gun?
Just as long as we keep selling guns…. most importantly. Everyone should always be armed. Everywhere. Like the Clint Eastwood cowboy movies filmed in Italy.
registered republican that donated to Biden.
BTW Hippy. I’m not a republican and honestly dislike most of the republicans in office as much as I dislike the dems.
these days it’s just one big uniparty of corruption.
someone with the same name donated to biden.
A little diversion, but did you see Fritz Mane’s estate sale of Clint Eastwood gear? Incredible! Y’gotta get that vintage home gym.
https://www.tmz.com/2024/06/27/clint-eastwood-prized-possessions-available-estate-sale/
Kelly Slater is being sought for comment…. fucking hilarious.
Well that was fun.
stayed up so late playing ping pong with you all, that I actually fell asleep at my desk.
good times.
when’s the next surfing contest?
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someone got Pauly’s goat. HAHAHAHA
here’s one for you Pauly: you don’t want someone to get your goat, don’t let em’ know where it’s tied.
Mate, you just got owned in this thread by about ten different people. Take the L.
oh my, you just can’t give it up.
What did I Lose (in your eyes), an argument on Beach Grit?
Oh My, so heartbreaking. How will I ever go on?
Am I now to shower in tears of sadness because YOU told me I got “owned” by ten people……on Beach Grit?
but in your defense, skateboarders are some of the most arrogant and miserable pricks I’ve ever known.
My son was a miserable skater like you, until he grew up.
have some fun, Pauly, and get over it. move on, gurlfriend.
😂
Where’s the “smart”ass retort !
I just got some chips
Skateboarders are miserable pricks? That’s insanely wrong. They were probably just waiting for your dumb ass to fuck off.
HA! you doth protest too much.
My house was actually the hang out for most of the top skaters when my son was skating. ur cabinets and fridges were always full of food for them and they loved to ply in the pool after skating.
I used to be a skateboard photographer for many the top pros, who were always pretty cool to me, but in general, pretty nasty to others.
lot of grumbling and angry board slamming/board tossing in skateboarding
but there are also some really nice skaters like Heimana.
Ah yep. Would never hear any surfers grumbling, you fucken dipshit.
wow, looks like I found your goat again.
maybe they’re not grumpy. maybe it’s just they smoke so much pot that it makes them bi-polar.
heavy pot smokers are very irritable unless they’re stoned.
maybe you should go smoke a bowl Pauly. you seem very upset.
My goat is just fine. This is what a truly triggered “christian”, and if we’re being honest, mentally unstable person looks like on the internet, though. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
now that ‘s nasty , but we are on BG!
Illegal ALIENS!
“scapegoated”…..you keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
wow, not only do you hate white people, but you also hate rich people.
there’s a place for you somewhere in Angola
are you an illegal immigrant?
I’ve lost count. Also, most of the them were black disabled women.
Aren’t they holding the Olympic kayaking at Teahupoo this year?
How can the Secret Service see anything with those damn sunglasses on?