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\nPictured: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), 17, winner of the Billabong ASP Women’s World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n
Billabong ASP World Junior Championships fuelled by Monster Energy
\nASP World Junior Tour
\nNorth Narrabeen, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
\nJanuary 8 \u2013 16, 2011<\/p>\n
Buitendag and Arnaud Victorious at Billabong ASP Women’s World Junior Championships<\/p>\n
\nPictured: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), 17, winner of the Billabong ASP Women’s World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n
Credit: ASP \/ SCHOLTZ<\/p>\n
NORTH NARRABEEN, New South Wales\/Australia (Tuesday, January 11, 2011) \u2013 South African dark-horse Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), 17, won the Billabong ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Championships today in a hard-fought final over French talent Justine Dupont (FRA), 19, in two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at North Narrabeen while Alizee Arnaud (FRA), 20, clinched the overall ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Title with her equal 3rd place result in the event.<\/p>\n
The Billabong ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Championships is the second and final stop on the inaugural ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Tour, with the first event unfolding at the Oakley ASP World Pro Junior in Bali.Buitendag quietly navigated her way through the early rounds of competition, tearing into several North Narrabeen lefthanders to eventually see the South African goofy-footer eliminate Arnaud in the Semifinals before topping Dupont in the Final to mark the biggest result of the rising star\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very happy,\u201d Buitendag said. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to explain it. I really wasn\u2019t expecting this. I\u2019m really happy about it and it\u2019s the best result of my life. I\u2019m stoked. My Dad has been supporting me since I was little, sitting on the beach and without him nothing would be possible, so thanks to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arnaud, who clinched the ASP Women\u2019s World Junior title due to her combined performance in both ASP World Junior Tour events over the 2010 season, was elated to earn the prestigious title despite being eliminated in the Semifinals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so happy,\u201d Arnaud said. \u201cThis is what I\u2019ve wanted since the beginning. Since I was 10 years old I\u2019ve wanted to be World Champion and to do it in my last event as a Junior, what a feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arnaud, who marched to an impressive runner-up finish to Tyler Wright (AUS), 16, at the Oakley ASP World Pro Junior in Bali, proved to be the most consistent surfer on the inaugural ASP World Junior Tour, notching an equal 3rd place finish at the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships in Narrabeen, earning her the 2010 ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Champion title in her last year of eligibility on the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cEntering Bali, I was sure I could get a result because those are the waves I like,\u201d Arnaud said. \u201cI knew it was going to be hard coming here to Narrabeen, because I don\u2019t usually do well in these conditions. This is my best result ever in Narrabeen, so to get my best result now, I\u2019m just so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dupont was also in razor-sharp form throughout the entirety of the Billabong ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Championships, eventually eliminating defending event champion and local favorite Laura Enever (AUS), 19, in the Semifinals to guarantee Arnaud\u2019s title, but couldn\u2019t find the scores needed to surpass Buitendag in their Final matchup and finished in 2nd place.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlizee (Arnaud) won because I won against Laura (Enever),\u201d Dupont said. \u201cI\u2019m so happy to have won in the Semifinals because Laura (Enever) is such a good competitor and she won here last year. I\u2019m so happy for my friend (Alizee Arnaud). I told Alizee \u2018you\u2019re welcome\u2019 after that heat.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Billabong ASP World Junior Championships holds a waiting period from January 8 through 16, 2011 and is webcast LIVE via http:\/\/www.billabongpro.com.<\/p>\n
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n
Media interested in attending on-site are encouraged to register prior at: http:\/\/billabongpro.com\/wjc10\/media_reg\/<\/p>\n
Television newsfeeds and web highlights packages will be made available to TV and online media on competition days. Please contact jj@billabong.com.au<\/p>\n
The Billabong ASP World junior Championships fuelled by Monster Energy is made possible with the support of Sony, Volkswagon, VonZipper, Nixon, Australia\u2019s Surfing Life Magazine, Warringah Council and NSW Sport and Recreation.<\/p>\n
Billabong ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Championships Final Results:
\n1 \u2013 Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 10.00
\n2 – Justine Dupont (FRA) 9.00<\/p>\n
Billabong ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Championships Semifinals Results:
\nSF 1: Justine Dupont (FRA) 11.27 def. Laura Enever (AUS) 8.70
\nSF 2: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 8.37 def. Alizee Arnaud (FRA) 7.56<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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