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\nPictured: Carissa Moore (HAW), 17, Trials Winner and 2010 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour rookie, has claimed the Gidget Pro at 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
Carissa Moore Wins the Gidget Pro Sunset Beach, Gilmore Takes ASP Title<\/p>\n
\nPictured: Carissa Moore (HAW), 17, Trials Winner and 2010 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour rookie, has claimed the Gidget Pro at Sunset Beach. Credit: \u00a9 ASP\/ CI\/ CESTARI via GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n
SUNSET BEACH, Oahu\/Hawaii (Saturday, November 28, 2009) \u2013 Carissa Moore (HAW), 17, won the sixth of seven stops on the ASP Women\u2019s World Tour today, the Gidget Pro Sunset Beach, over fellow finalists Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 19, freshly crowned three-time ASP Women\u2019s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 21, and Vans Triple Crown ratings\u2019 leader Alana Blanchard (HAW), 19, to claim her first ASP Women\u2019s World Tour event victory.<\/p>\n
Moore, who entered the Gidget Pro via a Trials\u2019 victory, stamped her authority on ASP Women\u2019s World Tour competition when she surfed with amazing poise and maturity throughout the event\u2019s entirety to eventually win on her home Island of Oahu.\u201cIt\u2019s such an honor,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI\u2019m speechless right now. I never thought that I would make the Final in this event. All of the girls were surfing so well and congratulations to Steph (Gilmore) for winning the World Title.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moore is no stranger to ASP Women\u2019s World Tour competition despite her young age, and had already made the Final\u2019s at a Roxy Pro Gold Coast event in 2007 when she earned a Runner-Up finish to Chelsea Hedges (AUS), 26. Having entered previous ASP Women\u2019s World Tour events in the past as a wildcard, the young Hawaiian looked comfortable in the heightened level of competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely helps having other World Tour experience under my belt,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI also know surfing on the North Shore is always going to be challenging and the girls surf at such a sick level and each heat is a clean slate.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Hawaiian talent also looked comfortable out in the tricky lineup of Sunset Beach and had been receiving some crucial coaching under the wing of Hawaiian legend Pancho Sullivan (HAW).<\/p>\n
\u201cMy coaches have been such a big help,\u201d Moore said. \u201cHaving Pancho (Sullivan) out in the water helping me was great.\u201d <\/p>\n
Fitzgibbons nabbed her first Final appearance of her rookie year on tour and absolutely dominated her bouts, posting the event\u2019s highest scores including the only perfect 10-point ride of Gidget Pro competition in the Semifinals to earn her maiden Final berth and finished runner-up to Moore.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really happy to get that wave,\u201d Fitzgibbons said. It was tricky. \u201cThere were not that many waves in that heat and I was happy to get the score and move on through to Final.\u201d <\/p>\n
Gilmore, who clinched her third consecutive ASP Women\u2019s World Title just minutes before paddling out for the Final, was in amazing form throughout the event\u2019s entirety and claimed a third place finish overall. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere were some legitimate bombs coming in out there,\u201d Gilmore said. \u201cI was on a 7\u20190\u201d all day and just stayed on the North Peak and I knew Carissa has been training with Pancho, so I figured I\u2019d follow her around a little bit.\u201d <\/p>\n
Blanchard, who is currently leading the Vans Triple Crown ratings, continued to flare throughout Gidget Pro competition and wrapped up a fourth place finish. Her final appearance was no easy task, as she defeated ASP Women\u2019s World No. 2 Silvana Lima (BRA), 25, crushing Lima\u2019s hopes of an ASP Women\u2019s World Title while significantly helping her chances of requalification for the 2010 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel bad that I knocked out Silvana (Lima), but there\u2019s also a lot on the line for me,\u201d Blanchard said. \u201cIf I don\u2019t do well at the end of the year I\u2019ll get knocked off of the tour for next year. This is my best result of the year, so I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Highlights from the Gidget Pro Sunset Beach will be available via www.triplecrownofsurfing.com <\/p>\n
The next and final stop on the 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour will be the Billabong Pro Maui from December 8 \u2013 20, 2009.<\/p>\n
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n
GIDGET PRO SUNSET BEACH FINAL RESULTS:<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 Carissa Moore (HAW) 14.24<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 13.07<\/p>\n
3 \u2013 Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 12.17<\/p>\n
4 \u2013 Alana Blanchard (HAW) 11.17<\/p>\n
GIDGET PRO SUNSET BEACH SEMIFINAL RESULTS:<\/p>\n
SF 1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 16.40, Carissa Moore (HAW) 11.34, Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 10.33, Melanie Bartels (HAW) 5.64<\/p>\n
SF 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 17.17, Alana Blanchard (HAW) 13.83, Malia Manuel (HAW) 8.90, Coco Ho (HAW) 1.10<\/p>\n
GIDGET PRO SUNSET BEACH QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:<\/p>\n
QF 1: Melanie Bartels (HAW) 12.40, Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 11.23, Megan Abubo (HAW) 6.50, Laurina McGrath (AUS) 4.33<\/p>\n
QF 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 13.40, Carissa Moore (HAW) 12.00, Samantha Cornish (AUS) 9.57, Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 2.00<\/p>\n
QF 3: Alana Blanchard (HAW) 11.27, Malia Manuel (HAW) 10.43, Silvana Lima (BRA) 8.90, Paige Hareb (NZL) 0.00<\/p>\n
QF 4: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 11.90, Coco Ho (HAW) 11.16, Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 1.37, Bethany Hamilton (HAW) 1.16<\/p>\n
ASP WOMEN\u2019S WORLD TOUR RATINGS (After Gidget Pro Sunset Beach):<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 5521 pts<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Silvana Lima (BRA) 4548 pts<\/p>\n
3 \u2013 Coco Ho (HAW) 4117 pts<\/p>\n
4 \u2013 Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 4071 pts<\/p>\n
5 \u2013 Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 3792 pts<\/p>\n
6 \u2013 Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 3595 pts<\/p>\n
7 \u2013 Melanie Bartels (HAW) 3333 pts<\/p>\n
8 \u2013 Paige Hareb (NZL) 2886 pts<\/p>\n
9 \u2013 Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 2604 pts<\/p>\n
10 \u2013 Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 2509 pts<\/p>\n
11 \u2013 Alana Blanchard (HAW) 2490 pts<\/p>\n
12 \u2013 Rebecca Woods (AUS) 2431 pts<\/p>\n
13 \u2013 Samantha Cornish (AUS) 2388<\/p>\n
14 \u2013 Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 2010 pts<\/p>\n
15 \u2013 Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 1656 pts<\/p>\n
16 \u2013 Amee Donohoe (AUS) 1638 pts<\/p>\n
17 \u2013 Megan Abubo (HAW) 1440<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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