Roxy ASP Women\u0092s World Longboard Championship (WWLC) ASP Women\u0092s World Longboard Tour C\u00f4te des Basques, Biarritz, France July 11-16, 2007<\/p>\n
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BIARRITZ, France (Sunday, July 15, 2007) \u0096 Jennifer Smith (USA) has been crowned the 2007 ASP Women\u0092s World Longboard Champion, following her victory in the Roxy ASP WWLC in Biarritz, France this afternoon.\u0093I feel so blessed to be in the situation I\u0092m in right now,\u0094 Smith said. \u0093I made the final last year and lost, so to come back and make the final again and take the title is just an incredible feeling.\u0094<\/p>\n
Smith attributed her board selection as a big part in both her semifinal and final victories.<\/p>\n
\u0093I rode my heavier board in these offshore conditions,\u0094 Smith said. \u0093It allowed me to get into the waves way earlier than my lighter board. It glides so well and longboarding is all about the glide.\u0094<\/p>\n
Smith was quick to give credit to her opponent in the final, Justine Dupont (FRA).<\/p>\n
\u0093I was really on edge throughout the final,\u0094 Smith said. \u0093Justine is such a good surfer and has been getting really high scores throughout the whole event. She\u0092s only 15 and I have six years on her. She\u0092s not going anywhere. In six year\u0092s time, she is going to be absolutely annihilating it.\u0094<\/p>\n
Dupont, surfing in her first ever senior professional event, was disappointed with her surfing in the final but pleased with her performance throughout the event.<\/p>\n
\u0093I didn\u0092t surf well in the final and didn\u0092t deserve to win,\u0094 Dupont said. \u0093But this whole week still feels like a dream. I can\u0092t really believe what I\u0092ve achieved. It might take a little while to sink in.\u0094<\/p>\n
Dupont took out Chelsea Williams (AUS) in their semifinal. After a strong start by Dupont, Williams was always playing catchup.<\/p>\n
\u0093I just couldn\u0092t get going out there,\u0094 Williams said. \u0093It was frustrating as I just couldn\u0092t find the waves. Still, I came 5th last year, and 3rd this time round, so hopefully next year I\u0092ll go all the way.\u0094<\/p>\n
Janna Irons (HAW) lost her semifinal bout to eventual winner Smith. Irons, cousin to surfing superstars Andy and Bruce, was still happy with her best ever competitive result.<\/p>\n
\u0093I had a really bad surf in the semifinal,\u0094 Irons said. \u0093But I\u0092m still so stoked with the result. And now I\u0092ve won enough money that I won\u0092t have to work all summer.\u0094<\/p>\n
For all the competitors thoughts will now turn to the 2008 Roxy ASP WWLC. For Jennifer Smith however, the new ASP Women\u0092s World Longboard Champion, she is soaking up her new status and looking forward to tonight\u0092s celebrations.<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092m going to go out with all the girl surfers here and run around have a great time,\u0094 Smith said. \u0093We are out to celebrate and party in the streets of Biarritz.\u0094<\/p>\n
Roxy ASP WWLC Final Results
\nJennifer Smith (USA) 11.00 def. Justine Dupont (FRA) 11.50<\/p>\n
Roxy ASP WWLC Semifinal Results \u0096 1st to Final, 2nd eliminated Semifinal 1: Justine Dupont (FRA) 11.50 def. Chelsea Williams (AUS) 7.95 Semifinal 2: Jennifer Smith (USA) 11.00 def. Janna Irons (HAW) 9.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Roxy ASP Women\u0092s World Longboard Championship (WWLC) ASP Women\u0092s World Longboard Tour C\u00f4te des Basques, Biarritz, France July 11-16, 2007 See the latest ASP surf pics here LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com and www.roxy.com BIARRITZ, France (Sunday, July 15, 2007) \u0096 Jennifer Smith (USA) has been crowned the 2007 ASP Women\u0092s World Longboard Champion, following her victory … Continue reading “JENNIFER SMITH CROWNED 2007 ASP WOMEN\u0092S WORLD LONGBOARD CHAMPION”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-13601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surfing-news-archive","tag-surfing-news-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}