Alyssa, the story of Australian surfer Tyler Wright has so many layers to it, but her journey

seemed to come to a head at a surf contest called Tweedheads in Australia back in September of 2020.

What happened there?

So to set the stage a little bit, you know, this was the first surf contest since the start of the pandemic. Alyssa Ronex covered surfing and action sports extensively, including the past decade of Tyler Wright's career.

I was called the Tweedhead Pro in Australia.

The best surfers in the world are there, and we hadn't seen them compete in a really long time.

And Tyler also hadn't been in competition in years.

The horn blows for her heat, and her competitors run out into the water and Tyler stands still.

She takes a knee and brush her fist into the air.

As the cameras pull back on the bottom of her surfboard,'d written in large block black letters.

Black Lives Matter.

It was literally the night before.

I kind of penciled it on my surfboards to make sure the spacing was right and it all fit.

And just because I was never done anything like this before.

I'm not very artsy, so I, you know, I was like,

very strategically like penciled all out.

Tyler is a white girl from Australia.

She had largely been known as someone who was very silent.

And it was a powerful moment.

I get chills thinking about it now.

People have different ways of showing up

to support racial inequality and social justice.

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