Photos | U.S. Open of Surfing puts on a tubular show in Huntington Beach
Ezekial Lau of Hawaii catches some air on his board on his way to winning the 2022 U.S. Open of Surfing men’s championship at Huntington Beach on Sunday.
Los Angeles Times photographers Luis Sinco and Wesley Lapointe captured some stunning images from the event, including photos of Hawaiian winners Ezekial Lau and BettyLou Sakura. Here’s a look at their best images from the U.S. Open of Surfing:
Wesley Lapointe was a summer 2022 photo intern at the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the newsroom, he interned at the Statesman Journal as a multimedia outdoor reporter and as a photojournalist at Willamette Week. Lapointe’s work has appeared in outlets including the Washington Post, Vice, Allure, Portland Monthly and Ms. Magazine, and he has been recognized by the International Photography Awards. He is a journalism student at the University of Oregon.