Rip Curl North American GromSearch - Qualifier Region 2: Hawaiian Islands 2020

2020 GromSearch Winners Announced!

After 21 years of GromSearch competition, Rip Curl didn’t let the challenges faced in 2020 defer its annual competition.

Instead of neon jerseys speckled across its usual HB Pier event, competitors were given the opportunity to showcase their talent via a digital online voting platform. The event was an open and free invitation for any groms across USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico to submit their best two clips to be judged by a world-class WSL panel. The waves were scored 0.1 - 10.0, and a two wave heat total was assembled. Between three regions, and four divisions for each, over 450 clips were submitted, in the end the deserving winners of each division would earn the coveted invite to compete in the Rip Curl GromSearch National Final presented by Banzai Bowls, set to take place for the 2nd time at BSR Surf Resort, Waco, Texas. The playful and perfect peaks of a wave pool are a daily daydream for surfers, and with an opportunity to compete in that landscape, it ushered groms and grom-parents to focus their efforts on camcorders glued to the lineup in hopes of nailing the clip!

Video: Rip Curl USA | GromSearch 2020 | 12/U Division - Congrats to our Rip Curl GromSearch 12/U Division Winners!
West Coast + Canada 12/U Winner: Eeli Timperi
Hawaii 12/U Winner: Kenny Nishimoto
East Coast + Puerto Rico 12/U Winner: Cruz Dinofa
Congrats on qualifying for the GromSearch National Final at BSR Surf Resort Waco, Texas - March, 2021.

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