Olympic bronze medallist Owen Wright has announced his retirement from competitive surfing and will use the upcoming Bells Beach classic as his swansong
The 33-year-old is not competing on this year’s World Surf League tour after failing to qualify with the elite field now cut mid-season.
He had to learn to walk and surf again, rejoining the top tour in 2017 and winning his first event back, on the Gold Coast, and topping the podium again in 2019 in Tahiti. “Now eight years later, after challenges and accomplishments, I can look back happily, knowing I achieved that goal.
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