By Bry
Stephanie Gilmore, the reigning ASP World Champ, won the Movistar Classic Mancora Peru in Peru yesterday which boosted her back into the top position on the ASP Ratings. With only two events left on this year’s tour, both set to take place in Hawaii, anything could happen.
The Movistar Classic moved to a new location yesterday, from Mancora to Piscina, giving competitors a chance to compete in three to four foot swell. Stephanie Gilmore surfed consistently throughout the day, but managed to peak in the finals when it counted, and came out tops scoring the highest score of the day and taking the title.
Silvana Lima, who is incidentally lying 4th on the ratings, also had a ripper of a day, but just couldn’t seem to pull it together in the finals. Both will head to Hawaii with one common goal in mind, to …
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By Megan
Professional organized sports have had online communities for years, Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball, and even Hockey. If you are a fan of sports I am sure you have heard about these fantasy leagues, I am all too familiar with them from my boyfriend. However, today I came across something that takes online fantasy playing to a whole new level… our kind of level. Surfer Magazine has launched The Fantasy Surfer Challenge.
Four events remain in the Woman’s WCT, including the Beachley Classic kicking off in Sydney next week, and here is your chance to right in the midst of the action. Not only will you be tracking and participating ever step of the way through the remainder of the tour, there are plenty of prizes to be won on Women’s Fantasy Surfer, including Roxy wetsuits …
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By Megan
Calling all you surfer girls, this week marks the start of the Billabong Girls Pro in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Starting this Wednesday the ASP top 17 make their way to the beaches of Barra de Tijucia in Brazil for the 4th stop on the tour.
The 2008 Billabong Girls Pro Rio runs from September 10 - 18, 2008.
Billabong Girls Pro Rio Round 1 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Amee Donohoe (AUS), Rebecca Woods (AUS), Julia De La Rosa Toro (PER)
Heat 2: Samantha Cornish (AUS), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS)
Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Melanie Bartels (HAW), TBA
Heat 4: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), Serena Brooke (AUS)
Heat 5: Layne Beachley (AUS), Megan Abubo (HAW), Karina Petroni (USA)
Heat 6: Silvana Lima (BRA), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Nicola Atherton (AUS)
The Billabong Girls Pro Rio will be webcast LIVE via http://www.billabongpro.com/rio08/. Once you log …
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By Bry
It’s March and the year has definitely started, in terms of surfing and both the WCT and WQS. Although it is still early, and only one comp has gone down with regard to each tour, each point that each surfer earns from the very start counts for something. Basically, it’s impossible to get a whiff of who is going to come out on tops, but it is a good time to check out the year’s talents, the year’s wildcards, the potential winners and also, those who came on tour with on mission and one mission only.
The opening event of the WQS, the Roxy Women’s Pro Festival, was held in Aus at Philip Island in late Jan, and saw all this seasons ‘QS riders battle it out for a podium finish. The 6 star qualifying event lucked out with near perfect conditions, …
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