Lay Day For Women’s Billabong Pro Maui
Following yesterday’s full serving of action, Honolua Bay has gone quiet today, prompting event organizers to call a lay day for the Billabong Pro Maui.
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- December 11 2008 | 71 views
Those two teenagers belong to a new generation of women who are shaking up the professional surfing establishment. Most are still in high school and remain a few years from competing full-time for prize money. But with a combination of powerful moves and progressive aerials, they have signaled a new era of performance in the sport.
» Read Full StoryFollowing yesterday’s full serving of action, Honolua Bay has gone quiet today, prompting event organizers to call a lay day for the Billabong Pro Maui.
» Read Full StoryThe Billabong Pro Maui commenced this morning in picturesque four-to-five foot (2 metre) surf at Honolua Bay, allowing the ladies of the ASP Top 17 to revel through three rounds of competition, deciding the Quarterfinalists for when competition resumes.
» Read Full StoryIn between winning her world title on Monday, Steph Gilmore’s been a busy girl. Several hundred interviews, a half dozen parties in her honour, and a hangover that would kill a lion, it’s all been, as Steph says, “a bit of a blur.”In this episode Steph takes it a bit easy and catches up with Alana Blanchard and Bethany Hamilton.
» Read Full StoryCreatures of Leisure autograph session went down at Surf n Sea. Great turnout. Those who were in attendance were in awe!
» Read Full StoryHawaiian heavyweight Pancho Sullivan kicks off Rip Curl On The Rock’s webisode series, with Stephanie Gilmore caught in a blur of friends, kisses, cameras, teeth, hugs, trophies and soundbites… clinching her second world title at Sunset Beach.
» Read Full StoryThe upcoming Billabong Pro Maui at the world-famous Honolua Bay from December 8 – 20 will culminate the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour, proving pivotal for girls looking to requalify for next year’s Dream Tour as well as those in the hunt for the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing (an ASP Specialty Series) title.
» Read Full StoryIn one fell swoop, Stephanie Gilmore wins the Roxy Hawaii WCT event at Sunset Beach and her second ASP Women’s World Championship.
» Read Full Story“I had no idea this was going to happen today when I woke up this morning,” Gilmore said. “Sofia (Mulanovich) went down and then Layne (Beachley) went down and I found myself in the Final with a chance to clinch it. It feels unbelievable.”
» Read Full StoryMelanie Bartels (HAW), 26, current No. 10 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour, went ballistic today during her Round 1 heat, comboing her opponents with an incredible 18.40 out of a possible 20 to advance through to the Quarterfinals of the Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach.
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