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\nPictured: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 21, claimed her third consecutive Billabong Pro Maui title today as well as her second Vans Triple Crown title.
\nCredit: c ASP\/CI\/SCHOLTZ va GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Maui
\nStop No. 7 of 7 on the 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour
\nHonolua Bay, Maui\/Hawaii USA
\nDecember 8-20, 2009 <\/p>\n
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Stephanie Gilmore Claims Billabong Pro Maui and Vans Triple Crown<\/p>\n
\nPictured: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 21, claimed her third consecutive Billabong Pro Maui title today as well as her second Vans Triple Crown title.
\nCredit: c ASP\/CI\/SCHOLTZ va GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n
HONOLUA BAY, Maui\/Hawaii (Wednesday, December 9, 2009) \u2013 Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 21, took out the final stop on the 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour today, the Billabong Pro Maui, in clean four-to-six foot (1.5 metre) conditions at the iconic pointbreak of Honolua Bay over Sofia Mulanovich (PER), 26, clinching her third consecutive Billabong Pro Maui title after three years of competition at the premier event. Gilmore wrapped up her dominating season amongst the Top 17 by claiming her second consecutive Vans Triple Crown title today as well.<\/p>\n
Gilmore capped the year off in appropriate form after claiming her third ASP Women\u2019s World Title at the Gidget Pro Sunset Beach, when she advanced over Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 18, in the Semifinals, en route to defending her flawless record at the Billabong Pro Maui while claiming the prized Hawaiian specialty series and the beefed up $25,000 prize purse supplied by Vans.\u201cOnce again, Maui has just been incredible and to win this event three times in a row is just awesome,\u201d Gilmore said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t have been happier with the way things have gone today. Winning the Vans Triple Crown is definitely up there with winning the World Title and it\u2019s definitely one of the biggest accolades of surfing professionally. I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s all happening again, it\u2019s awesome.\u201d <\/p>\n
Gilmore absolutely dominated the day\u2019s proceedings, blitzing the highest heat total of the entire 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour season by surfing a near-perfect heat of 19.67 out of 20 to usurp Samantha Cornish (AUS), 29, in her Quarterfinals heat before topping Fitzgibbons and Mulanovich en route to her second ASP Women\u2019s World Tour win of 2009.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess it\u2019s a little surprising,\u201d Gilmore said. \u201cI would have thought that the highest heat total would have gone down yesterday with all of the barrels. Today there are still some rippable waves out there, but I don\u2019t know. I just went surfing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mulanovich campaigned through a lengthy day of competition, topping Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), 23, Australian veteran Rebecca Woods (AUS), 25, and ASP Women\u2019s World No. 2 Silvana Lima (BRA), 25, but was unable to top Gilmore for the victory and claimed a runner-up finish at the final event of the year to finish her season ASP Women\u2019s World No. 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a great day,\u201d Mulanovich said. \u201cCongratulations to Steph (Gilmore). She\u2019s a champ and a hero to all of us and thanks to the sponsors of the event and my family and friends. It\u2019s been a great event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fitzgibbons navigated the Honolua Bay lineup with poise and maturity beyond her years and posted some amazing scores before falling in her Semifinals bout against Gilmore, but clinched an impressive heat victory over Coco Ho (HAW), 18, in the Quarterfinals on the way to her third place finish.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always love surfing heats with Coco (Ho),\u201d Fitzgibbons said. \u201cShe always pushes my level up and I usually have my best heats with her. She\u2019s also a really great friend. I wish there were more waves so we could have dueled a little bit more. She surfed amazing this year and my hat goes off to her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lima, who smashed one of two perfect 10-point rides during the Billabong Pro Maui with amazing barrel riding in yesterday\u2019s action, was in stellar form for the final day of competition, but was overtaken by former Peruvian ASP Women\u2019s World Champion, Mulanovich, in the dying minutes of their Semifinals heat, taking a third place finish to wrap up her year while finishing ASP Women\u2019s World No. 2 for 2009.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe waves were a lot smaller than yesterday, but it was still good,\u201d Lima said. \u201cSometimes the heats were slow, but the conditions were still great.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Billabong Pro Maui highlights, videos, photos and more log on to www.triplecrownofsurfing.com or www.billabongpro.com<\/p>\n
For additional ASP information log on to www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines Final:
\n1 – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 18.00
\n2 \u2013 Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 10.17<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines Semifinals Results:
\nHeat 1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 16.03 def. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 14.94
\nHeat 2: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 13.83 def. Silvana Lima (BRA) 11.70<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines Quarterfinals Results:
\nHeat 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 15.83 def. Coco Ho (HAW) 15.83
\nHeat 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 19.67 def. Samantha Cornish (AUS) 7.26
\nHeat 3: Silvana Lima 16.70 def. Melanie Bartels (HAW) 7.20
\nHeat 4: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 12.77 def. Rebecca Woods (AUS) 6.50<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines Round 3 Result:
\nHeat 8: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 9.50 def. Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 8.17<\/p>\n
Final 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour ratings<\/p>\n
1. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)<\/p>\n
2. Silvana Lima (BRA)<\/p>\n
3. Sofia Mulanovich (PER)<\/p>\n
4. Coco Ho (HAW)<\/p>\n
5. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)<\/p>\n
6. Melanie Bartels (HAW)<\/p>\n
7. Chelsea Hedges (AUS)<\/p>\n
8. Paige Hareb (NZL)<\/p>\n
9. Rebecca Woods (AUS)<\/p>\n
10. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)<\/p>\n
11. Samantha Cornish (AUS)<\/p>\n
12. Jacqueline Silva (BRA)<\/p>\n
13. Alana Blanchard (HAW)<\/p>\n
14. Bruna Schmitz (BRA)<\/p>\n
15. Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)<\/p>\n
16. Amee Donohoe (AUS)<\/p>\n
17. Megan Abubo (HAW)<\/p>\n
18. Layne Beachley (AUS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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