I was commissioned to write this story for GRID’s special digital issue, Outliers, after Jay-r Esquivel became the first Filipino to qualify for the World Longboard Tour in 2023. Writing this story required a look back at the first surfing prodigy in the Esquivel family, the one-legged Poks Esquivel, and June Esquivel, the youngest brother making his way into the upper echelon of Philippine surfing.

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