Australian surfer Ethan Ewing is on track to compete at the WSL finals just one month after suffering a broken back in a wipeout at Teahupo’o.
Top-ranked Australian world title challenger Ethan Ewing is on track to compete at the WSL finals just one month after suffering a broken back in a wipeout at Teahupo’o.Ethan Ewing in action at Bells Beach earlier this year.The 24-year-old Queenslander was taken to shore by his father on a jet ski after coming off at one of the world’s heaviest waves and taken to hospital on the island, where he was diagnosed with a fractured L3 and L4 vertebrae.
Ewing has kept a low profile since returning home from Tahiti, with he and his camp declining interview requests and refusing to rule him out of taking his place in the finals, the window for which runs from late next week, September 8 to September 16.Speaking publicly for the first time since returning to his home base on North Stradbroke Island, Ewing confirmed his recovery was on track and that he was aiming to take his place in the finals.
“It’s been great to have been back here with so much support with my rehab and I’m much more comfortable now that my pain levels have dropped significantly! I’ve still got a long way to go but I’m doing everything I can to give myself a chance to compete at Trestles!”Ewing’s injury and withdrawal from the Tahiti Pro meant he slipped to third in the world ranking behind Brazilian Filipe Toledo and American Griffin Colapinto.
, following in the footsteps of his late mother Helen, who won the same event 40 years earlier at the age of 18.
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