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\nOnly standing room spots were available for the finals of the Roxy Pro 2005 at Snapper Rocks. Roxy Pro 2006 Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.roxy.com<\/p>\n
[i]Saturday 25 February, 2006
\nSnapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia<\/p>\n
ROXY PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG
\nQUIKSILVER PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG
\n(28 February to 12 March)<\/p>\n
EVENT #1 ON THE 2006 ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) WOMEN’S WORLD TOUR<\/p>\n
\nOnly standing room spots were available for the finals of the Roxy Pro 2005 at Snapper Rocks. Roxy Pro 2006 Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.roxy.com<\/p>\n
Former world champions Sofia Mulanovich (PER) and Layne Beachley (AUS) are anxious to jump-start their respective campaigns when the Roxy Pro presented by Samsung enters its official waiting period on Tuesday, February 28. <\/p>\n
Both have emphasized, however, that they are looking forward to starting the year sans the pressure of being the reigning Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women\u0092s World Tour champion \u0096 a pressure that will sit squarely on the shoulders of newly crowned Chelsea Georgeson (AUS) instead.[\/i]The official ASP World Champion\u0092s Crowning takes place tonight Saturday, February 25 at the Gold Coast Convention Center and Mulanovich will officially pass the \u0093torch\u0094 to Georgeson.<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092m just going to try to surf my best and have fun,\u0094 said Mulanovich. \u0093It was hard last year because I was so nervous about defending my title and getting results, so this year I really want to focus on having fun out there.\u0094<\/p>\n
Speaking on competing at the high-performance venue that is Snapper Rocks Mulanovich was wary given that she hasn\u0092t faired particularly well there in the past. <\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092ve never done really well at Snapper,\u0094 Mulanovich said. \u0093So it\u0092d be nice to get a result this time round, but I\u0092m just going to go out there, see what happens and have fun.\u0094<\/p>\n
Equally eager to enjoy herself in the water will be former six-time world champion Beachley, whose win at the 2003 Roxy Pro launched the campaign in which she claimed her last world title. <\/p>\n
Beachley says that she may have felt some pressure to clinch her seventh ASP Women\u0092s World Tour title in the two years since, but after overcoming a neck injury that has kept her out of the water for the past four and a half months, she\u0092s happy just to be surfing.<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092ve accomplished so much and I don\u0092t really feel like I have anything to prove. I just want to have a good time and enjoy myself and my surfing,\u0094 Beachley said. \u0093That said, I\u0092m sort of the dark horse now and you never know what will happen.\u0094<\/p>\n
Entering the event with just one week of surfing under her belt since the mid-October of last year, Beachley may not be as prepared as she has been in the past, but she is hoping to rebuild her strength and gain momentum as the event goes on.<\/p>\n
The neck injury could have potentially ended Beachley\u0092s stellar career given that surgery could have been on the cards if she continued to push herself. <\/p>\n
\u0093I had to make a choice between rest or retirement. I chose rest,\u0094 Beachley said.<\/p>\n
Featuring three different world champions in three years after a decade that saw Lisa Andersen clinch four consecutive world titles and then Beachley six, the ASP Women\u0092s World Tour now hosts several world title hopefuls. These include rookies such as 2005 ASP World Junior Champ Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) and Brazil\u0092s Silvana Lima among them.<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092m pleased that there is so much depth of talent within the women\u0092s surfing field and I think it\u0092s good that the girls are mixing it up a bit. It makes things more interesting,\u0094 said Beachley. <\/p>\n
The women\u0092s WCT will be staged in conjunction with the Quiksilver Pro presented by Samsung. The Quiksilver Pro Trials will be held on Monday 27 February and the final of the Quiksilver Core Store Surf Challenge will be held on either 28 February or 1 March. <\/p>\n
www.aspworldtour.com and www.roxy.com will host the live webcast of the entire event. Interviews, replays, special guests and Roxy\u0092s daily “Live at 5” wrap up are all highlights of the webcast.<\/p>\n
Surfer’s profiles now available on www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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