Tuesday 11/25/03

Hawaii dominated the Turtle Bay Resorts Women Pro !!!

Surf was bigger today, 4 to 6 feet coming mostly from North direction and
very glassy early in the morning, but
with strong Kona winds already blowing by 10 am.
After the winds started, if you knew where to go, you scored...
East side was as good and as big as it gets...
The Turtle Bay Resorts Women Pro contest finals were on at the pool side of the hotel
with some 2 to 4 feet, very challenging and messy waves with strong onshore winds.
Hawaii's Keala Kennelly, the current ASP leader, took the 1st place and $3,500 and became the second place
at the 2003 Triple Crown Women Surfing Series ratings.
Megan Abubo, Hawaii was second,
winner of last week's Roxy Pro at Haleiwa Sofia Mulanovich, Peru, was third (now leads the Triple Crown ratings)
and Rebecca Woods, Australia, was fourth with a strong performance throughout the all event.

First place Keala Kennelly, Hawaii
.

Second place Megan Abubo, Hawaii
.

Third place Sofia Mulanovich, Peru
.

Fourth place Rebecca Woods, Australia
.

Anastasia Ashley, Hawaii, was the ASP rookie of the year

Rochelle Ballard lost in a tough heat, but showed some good surfing

6 times world champion Layne Beachley

Brazilian up to come Silvana Lima, hot surfing

Top 4 finalist at the Turtle Bay Resorts Women Pro
stoke with all the support from the sponsors.

Final results:
1st. Keala Kennelly (Haw) 16.06 - $3,500
2nd. Megan Abubo (Haw) 11.7 - $2,200
3rd. Sofia Mulanovich (Peru) 11.43 - $1,800
4th. Rebecca Woods (Aus) 9.84 - $1,300
equal 5th. Pauline Menczer (Aus) and Prue Jeffries (Aus) - $900
equal 7th. Melanie Bartels (Haw) and Lynette MacKenzie (Aus) - $700

Next and final stop is the  Billabong Pro on Maui, December 8-20.
You can read more abouts, check heats, results and schedules at:
www.triplecrownofsurfing.com

The men's Rip Curl Cup at Sunset Beach has chances to be ran on the weekend.
Organizers are looking to a possible Friday or Saturday start with a new swell on the forecasting.
A full day of trials competition will take place when competition does get underway,
to determine the four remaining wildcard slots for the main event.
Stay tuned !!!

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TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING RESULTS:

TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING SCHEDULE:

The 21st Annual Triple Crown of Surfing officially started
November 12th through December 20th.
The VANS Hawaiian Pro and Roxy Pro at Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park waiting period
goes from November 12th through 23th.
The Rip Curl Pro at Sunset Beach goes from November 24th through December 7th.
With less than 650 points separating six time Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)
world champion Kelly Slater (Florida) and reigning champ Andy Irons (Hawaii),
all eyes are pointing to a possible showdown at the Xbox Gerry Lopez Pipeline Masters,
December 8th through 20th at Banzai Pipeline.
The Pipeline Masters is the world's longest running (33 years) and
most prestigious pro surfing competition,
and the finale of the $750,000 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing("Ocean Promotion").
 

EDDIE AIKAU BIG WAVE EVENT:

Another huge event scheduled for the next couple of months is
the QUICKSILVER IN MEMORY OF EDDIE AIKAU BIG WAVE EVENT at Waimea Bay.
The opening ceremony is on Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 3 pm at Waimea Bay beach park.
The holding period goes from December 5, 2003 to February 28, 2004.
The event will be held on one day when surf measures at least 20 feet (40 foot faces).
INVITEES, in alphabetical order:
Clyde Aikau(Hawaii), Tom Carroll(Australia),
Ross Clarke-Jones(Australia), Shane Dorian(Hawaii), Keone Downing(Hawaii), Johnny Boy Gomes (Hawaii),
Laird Hamilton(Hawaii), Mark Healy(Hawaii), Michael Ho(Hawaii), Bruce Irons(Hawaii),
Andy Irons(Hawaii), Noah Johnson(Hawaii), Brian Keaulana(Hawaii), Rusty Keaulana(Hawaii),
Brock Little(Hawaii), Peter Mel(California), Myles Padaca(Hawaii), Paul Paterson(Australia),
Tony Ray(Australia), Makua Rothman(Hawaii), Kelly Slater(Florida), Jamie Sterling(Hawaii),
Darryl "Flea" Virostko(California), Ross Williams(Hawaii).
ALTERNATES:
Zane Aikau, Titus Kinimaka, Tony Moniz, Pancho Sullivan, Sunny Garcia,
Braden Dias, Keone Watson, Jamie O'Brien, Arnold Dowling, Carlos Burle,
Mike Parsons, Cheyne Horan, Taylor Knox, Darrick Doerner, Chava Greenley,
Vetea David, Derek Ho, Elijah Young, Eric Haas, Kala Alexander, Kalani Chapman,
Chris Malloy, Dennis Pang, Clark Abbey.
HONORARY INVITEES:
Mark Foo, Todd Chesser and Jay Moriarity.

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HAWAIIAN THOUGHTS:

"The climatological average based on 1968-2002
for the first double overhead swell on North Shores for the new season is September 17th (+/- 9 days).
For high surf levels (15 feet face), the average is September 29th (+/- 12 days).
The first Waimea day (25+ face) averages to November 11th (+/- 28 days)(Pat Caldwell)."

"No matter how we choose to go into the water,
whether it is surfing big waves, surfing small waves, sailing, canoeing or swimming.
It is important that we can enjoy ourselves and find peace(Clyde Aikau)."
 

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