Kelly Slater Surf Ranch: Richard Crone wins Wave of the Day for AWOW

Richard Crone brings the stoke to A Walk on Water (AWOW) Fundraiser, winning the Wave of the Day Trophy at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch in Lemoore, California on September 21, 2021. Dedicated to those that help children with special needs to find the stoke, with great appreciation to Scott Desiderio, Event Producer for the AWOW fundraiser at the Kelly Slater Surf Ranch. Thank you, photo and video wizards who created this project! Casey Figlewicz, Figlewicz Photography--in-water video, photography, endurance water treading and surfboard-dodging. Jessica Rowan--long lens photography & relay racing. Mike Cooley, Ronin Media House Inc.--air, land & sea video + edit. Thank you to The Surf Ranch and its elite staff, especially all the in-water surf professionals that coached us into every wave and positioned us perfectly into those hallowed barrels, including Kolomona, Colin, Brooke, Evan, Sam, Pierce, Nathan, Nick, Aiden, Craig, Matt, Kyle, Jackson and my AWOW coach Dale. Thank you to the on-shore culinary staff that nourished us with a five-star menu throughout the day: Wyndi, Lucy, Marisa, Lacy, Carlos, Maria, Robert, Abel, Steve, Alejandro, Stephanie, and Anthony; and Marissa who choreographed all our safe logistics. Thank you to Kelly Slater and the World Surf League team whose dedicated vision to engineering the perfect wave made this all possible. Thank you to all my fellow AWOW surfers that shared the stoke on this day: Dale, Joe, Nathan, Eric, Kyle, Marissa, Adam, Robert...