‘Gimme The Loot,’ Owen Wright Goes 2/2, Waxes Twin Fin Division In Maldives
Meanwhile, Taj catches a seaplane to score an empty lineup.
Despite Four Seasons’ reputation for seamless luxury, Owen Wright’s week has been anything but smooth. Since his single fin win, he’s been tending to a crook young son. Classic Four Seasons response? A fully loaded PlayStation setup with Mortal Kombat, Gran Turismo, Minecraft loaded, delivered to the villa.
Yep. This place is a joke.
Taj Burrow literally caught a seaplane to surf empty waves today.
With a nanny secured and the grom well-occupied, Owen was free to keep his momentum going from the opener, laying waste to anything resembling a vertical wall.
In the first semi-final, the ocean held its breath for the opening 12 minutes. But once the sets rolled through, Owen wasted no time dismantling the end section at Sultans with the same surgical precision we saw during his winning run in the single skeg division.
Jesse Mendes, needing a major score in the dying minutes, paddled wide into a racing wall and launched the event’s first air reverse. It earned a crowd-pleasing 7.67 from the judges, but wasn’t enough to stop the in-form Aussie, who, in a scandalous twist, was allegedly taking tips of Jesse’s partner, Tati Weston Webb to help win the final.
In the final, Michel Bourez came out swinging with his trademark forehand hacks, but after the ocean went quiet, he was unable to close the gap. Owen’s rhythm and wave selection proved untouchable once again.
With the win, Owen Wright goes back-to-back and puts one hand firmly on the overall trophy. A semi-final finish in the thruster division is all he needs to lock in the 2025 title.
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