Billabong Girls Pro Itacar\u00e9 Brazil
\nStop No 3. of 7 on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour
\nPraia da Tiririca, Itacar\u00e9, Bahia, Brazil
\nAugust 20-27, 2007<\/p>\n
See latest surf pics here<\/p>\n
PRAIA DA TIRIRICA, Brazil (Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007) \u0096 The small seaside village of Itacar\u00e9, Brazil will take centre stage when the world\u0092s Top 17 female surfers plus one wildcard paddle out to compete in the Billabong Girls Pro Itacar\u00e9, on Sunday,Aug. 20, 2007.The third of seven events on the 2007 ASP Women\u0092s World Tour, the Billabong Girls
\nPro will take place at the renowned surfing beach of Praia da Tiririca, following a
\n4-Star ASP Women\u0092s World Qualifying Series (WQS) event being held there now. <\/p>\n
2004 ASP World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER) is one of a niche of South American
\nathletes currently competing on the elite tier tour. At World No. 3, the petite
\nPeruvian is likely to have the crowd support sway heavily in her favor. <\/p>\n
\u0093I like Brazil a lot and being the only contest in South America makes me want to do
\ngood there,\u0094 Mulanovich said. \u0093The waves are really testing but you need to be able
\nto adjust your surfing to all conditions. I will try my best and take it wave by
\nwave and heat by heat and always give 100%.\u0094<\/p>\n
The first and only South American surfer to have won an ASP World Tour Title (Men
\nincluded), Mulanovich has spent the first two events of the year at opposite ends of
\nthe heat draw and will be looking to put her last place result on the Gold Coast of
\nAustralia, behind her. <\/p>\n
\u0093It has been an interesting year for me until now,\u0094 Mulanovich said. \u0093To finish dead
\nlast on the Gold Coast was a shocker but it made me realize I had to up my game and
\ngo and make the final at Bells. Having a good result at Bells (Mulanovich finished
\nsecond) has given me confidence for the year head. I can\u0092t wait to see what I can do
\nin Brazil.\u0094<\/p>\n
Mulanovich is one of three South Americans on the ASP Women\u0092s World Tour, including
\nWorld No. 4 Silvana Lima (BRA) who finished equal 3rd at Itacar\u00e9 last year, and
\nWorld No. 10 Jacqueline Silva (BRA).<\/p>\n
Despite surfing with a broken nose (sustained during a free surfing accident), Jessi
\nMiley Dyer (AUS) finished runner up behind 7X ASP World Champion Layne Beachley
\n(AUS) in Brazil last year, and will endeavor to match this performance next week. <\/p>\n
\u0093I was really stoked with how I went in Brazil last year, it was the first time I\u0092d
\ndone well in a World Tour event,\u0094 Miley Dyer said. \u0093It reminds me of a beach that I
\nsurf at home all the time, so it\u0092s nice that it feels familiar. I want to do well
\nagain for sure; hopefully I can make the Final like I did last year.\u0094<\/p>\n
The powerful goofy-footer (right foot forward stance) finished 2006 rated World No.
\n4 but has not made it past Round 3 in 2007. <\/p>\n
\u0093I have done rubbish so far this year!\u0094 Miley Dyer said. \u0093I am not really worried
\nthough as there have only been two events. We still have the whole year left pretty
\nmuch, so I’m looking to do better than I have in the events to come.\u0094<\/p>\n
The waiting period for the Billabong Girls Pro, Itacar\u00e9 extends from August 20 \u0096 27
\nand needs just two full days of surfing to be completed. <\/p>\n
Heat 1 will see Mulanovich take on World No. 4 Samantha Cornish (AUS) and returning
\nASP World Tour campaigner Melanie Bartels (HAW), who is back on tour after falling
\noff the ratings at the end of 2005.<\/p>\n
Additional information is available online at www.aspworldtour.com and
\nwww.billabonggirls.com <\/p>\n
BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL ROUND ONE MATCH-UPS
\nHeat 1: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Samantha Cornish (AUS), Melanie Bartels (HAW)
\nHeat 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Jessi Miley Dyer (Aus), Caroline Sarran (France)
\nHeat 3: Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), Wildcard (TBD) Heat 4: Layne
\nBeachley (AUS), Megan Abubo (HAW), Rochelle Ballard (HAW) Heat 5: Melanie
\nRedman-Carr (AUS), Amee Donohoe (AUS), Roseanne Hodge (ZAF)
\nHeat 6: Rebecca Woods (AUS), Silvana Lima (BRA), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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