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\nPictured: Massive swells have forced a lay day for the Gidget Pro Sunset Beach. Credit: \u00a9 ASP\/ CI\/ CESTARI via GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n
Gidget Pro Sunset Beach
\nStop No. 6 of 7 on the 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour
\nSunset Beach, Oahu\/Hawaii
\nNovember 24 \u2013 8, 2009<\/p>\n
Rampaging Swells Force Second Lay Day for Gidget Pro Sunset Beach<\/p>\n
\nPictured: Massive swells have forced a lay day for the Gidget Pro Sunset Beach. Credit: \u00a9 ASP\/ CI\/ CESTARI via GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n
SUNSET BEACH, Oahu\/Hawaii (Wednesday, November 25, 2009) \u2013 A massive swell in the 15\u2013to-18-foot (5-6 metre) range has slammed in to Oahu\u2019s North Shore and has forced event officials to call the Gidget Pro Sunset Beach, Event No. 7 of 8 on the 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour, off for today.\u201cOf all the places in the world, this is one where you call a contest off because it\u2019s \u2018too big\u2019 rather than \u2018too small\u2019,\u201d Randy Rarick, Vans Triple Crown Contest Director, said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got 15-to-18-foot surf conditions that are expected to build throughout the day, and it\u2019s closing out Sunset Beach so obviously too big for competition. It will be a day for Waimea today. We\u2019re off tomorrow for Thanksgiving, and this swell should be slowly declining throughout the next several days so we\u2019ll look to catch the backside of it on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Surfline.com, official forecasters for the Vans Triple Crown, are calling swells to remain strong over the next several days but gradually decline from today\u2019s peak.<\/p>\n
The Gidget Pro Sunset Beach represents the second stop on the highly coveted Vans Triple Crown Series and the sixth of seven events on the ASP Women\u2019s World Tour, playing a crucial role in surfers\u2019 quests for requalification for a spot amongst the elite in 2010.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow, November 26, marks the observed American holiday of Thanksgiving and no competition will be held.<\/p>\n
Event organizers will reconvene Friday morning at 6:30am to assess conditions for a possible start.<\/p>\n
The Gidget Pro Sunset Beach will be webcast LIVE via www.triplecrownofsurfing.com <\/p>\n
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n
GIDGET PRO SUNSET BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:<\/p>\n
Heat 1: Coco Ho (HAW), Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Bruna Schmitz (BRA), Laurina McGrath (AUS)<\/p>\n
Heat 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Rebecca Woods (AUS), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), TBA<\/p>\n
Heat 3: Melanie Bartels (HAW), Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Megan Abubo (HAW)<\/p>\n
Heat 4: Silvana Lima (BRA), Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), Samantha Cornish (AUS), TBA<\/p>\n
Heat 5: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Paige Hareb (NZL), Alana Blanchard (HAW), Bethany Hamilton (HAW)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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