Carissa Moore was the only Native Hawaiian who competed in surfing's Olympics debut. Her gold-medal win was validating, not just for Moore or her sport, but also for Hawaii’s Indigenous community.
Moore has now become a realization of Kahanamoku’s dream, at once the symbol of the sport’s very best and a validating force for an Indigenous community that still struggles with its complex history.
After centuries of colonization by various European settlers, Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898 after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy by U.S.-backed forces in 1893. “I’m proud to be representing the USA, but specifically the islands of Hawaii because there are just so many different kinds of people there, and I feel like such a connection to all of them,” Moore said. “And I wouldn’t be where I am today without the community of people that have really raised me.”“There’s a saying that the best surfer is the person having the most fun and that’s unquestionably the case with Carissa,” Schatz said.
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