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T&C WOMEN’S PIPE – BODYBOARD CONTEST

T&C Women’s Pipe – Contest Story
Lilly Pollard, 28/03/06

“SHAAAARK!!!”
I screamed, “Quick girls! It’s A SHARK!”
My worst nightmare became reality when an 8ft shark charged Aoi Koike during the final of the T&C Women’s Pipeline Pro in Hawaii.

Thankfully, it turned away at the last second, coming within a few feet of Aoi, and scaring us all half to death. With visions in my head of the shark tearing my leg off, I started paddling my guts out into shore and encouraged the other girls to do the same.Mandy Zieren, Aoi Koike and Moe Watanabe followed me in, but with no sign of the contest stopping, the lure of winning a Pipe title was all too strong for the 3 girls, when they all turned around and went back out.

I couldn’t believe it! There was no way I was going back out, even though I hadn’t yet caught a wave.… Read the rest

WORLD’S BEST FEMALE BODYBOARDERS COMING TO COAST

The 2006 Ingles Pro presented by Bodyboarders Paradise.


www.ibatour.com

Over 40 of the world’s best female bodyboarders will converge on the Gold Coast in April for the 2006 Ingles Pro presented by Bodyboarders Paradise. Over $20,000 in prize money has drawn the best to compete in this International Bodyboarding Association (IBA) Women’s World Tour (WWT) event to be held on Surfers Paradise beach on Sunday 23rd April 2006.With the entry deadline still a month away, the event organisers, Bodyboarders Paradise, have already confirmed that over 30 of the top 48 ranked riders in the world will be attending in addition to many other high calibre professional bodyboarders. Some of the fantastic athletes you will be able to see at the event include:

Kira Llewellyn, when not travelling the world, lives just up the road on the Sunshine Coast and will be attending the Ingles Pro on the back of a bumper year.… Read the rest

BURROW STAKES CLAIM FOR RIP CURL PRO TITLE

Friday 14 April, 2006
Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia

RIP CURL PRO SURF AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
(11 April to 22 April)


Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.ripcurl.com

West Australia’s Taj Burrow was the man of the moment at the Rip Curl Pro after he put on a phenomenal performance at Bells Beach today.

The second event on the Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour was held in spectacular one to two metre (three to six feet) waves at Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia and Burrow had the huge crowd in attendance on their feet for the full 30 minutes of his heat.After an ankle injury hampered Burrow’s end of season run in 2005, he has returned in 2006 with enthusiasm to burn.

He began the year with a second placing to Kelly Slater (USA) in the first event of the tour and noted there that in 2006 he is extremely focussed and hungry for the world crown.… Read the rest

SLATER WINS THE RIP CURL PRO AT BELLS IN 2006

Thursday 20 April, 2006
Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia

RIP CURL PRO SURF AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
(11 April to 21 April)


Joel Parkinson ripping at Bells Beach
Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.ripcurl.com

In what has been called one of the best finishes to a pro surfing event ever, the Rip Curl Pro has been won by Kelly Slater (USA).

Defeating Joel Parkinson (AUS) in amazing three metre (eight to 10 feet) freight training waves at Bells Beach, Australia, it was the first time he has scored a victory at the event since 1994.

Slater showed his true class peaking just at the right time in the final.“It’s been years and years since I’ve had a good result here and it has been a little frustrating for me,” said Slater. “But this year I stuck to my game plan and just worked with everything and relaxed.… Read the rest

REDMAN-CARR POSTS BACK-TO-BACK ROXY PRO WINS

Thursday 27 April, 2006

Tavarua & Namotu Islands, Fiji

ROXY PRO


News, results and images on www.aspworldtour.com/roxyprofiji

In a déjà vu victory over six-time world champion Layne Beachley (AUS), Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) has claimed her second title on the 2006 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women’s World Tour calendar, the US$78,300 Roxy Pro in Fiji.Redman-Carr, 30, first triumphed over Beachley, 33, in the Roxy Pro final on Australia’s Gold Coast last month. Her second win was in perfect six to ten foot (two to three metre) conditions at Fiji’s Cloudbreak Reef today. Several tour surfers said today was the best day in women’s professional surfing ever.

“Everything is transpiring in my favor, I’m really pleased,” Redman-Carr said. “Layne should have wanted to kill me after last time, but maybe she was tired. She surfed four heats today so I may have had the advantage having only surfed three times.”… Read the rest