Moanalani Jones Wong (born May 16, 1999)[1] is an American surfer who has been called the "Queen of Pipeline".
[2] Jones Wong was born and raised on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, alongside her younger sister.
[5] In her junior year, she switched her degree to Hawaiian and Indigenous Health and Healing (HIHH), after taking a class in the subject.
[3] As she grew older, she was driven to improve her surfing skills in order to keep up with her close friends, who were also surfers.
[8] Jones Wong competed in the 2014 Surf n Sea Pipeline Women's Pro,[9] and in 2015 came fourth in the event's final.