Reigning ASP World Junior Champion Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 17-years old, has made ASP history by securing enough ratings points on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) to qualify for the 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour well before the halfway point this season – a feat that has never been accomplished by any surfer (male or female) in history.
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Telana Flanagan remains in contention to defend her title going into the third and final day of the 2008 Billabong SA Students Sports. Flanagan is the sole survivor from the NMMU women’s squad who won the team event in 2007. Kerri-Leigh Anderson (UCT) looks likely to challenge Flanagan for this year’s individual title while UCT and the University of Stellenbosch (US) each have three team members in the women’s semifinals.
Source: Global Surf News. For the full story, click here.
The 20-year-old BMX rider, who will arrive in Beijing ranked No 1 in the world, departs for the United States on Saturday as her virtual preparation for the final moves up a gear. Sarah Walker has been handed a golden opportunity to spend a fortnight at the United States’ BMX training facility.
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As one of the featured events during a week full of fun-in-the-sun during the GO211 Live festival and U.S. Open of Surfing at the famed Huntington Beach Pier, the Women’s Junior Pro returns to the surfing world’s competition line-up with a new title sponsor. The Supergirl Junior Pro will identify and celebrate the emerging stars in women’s surfing between July 18 - 26 when surfing’s top 18-and-under female surfers will take to the waves in their hunt for standing atop the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) junior ranks and their share of the $12,500 Supergirl Junior Pro prize purse.
Source: Global Surf News. For the full story, click here.
Marie-Hélène Prémont of Château Richer finished fourth yesterday in the women’s cross-country race at the world mountain bike championships in Val Di Sole, Italy. Margarita Fullana of Spain won her third career world title under hot and muggy conditions. Sabine Spitz of Germany took silver and defending champion Irina Kalantieva of Russia was third.
Source: The Gazette. For the full story, click here.
The past two days in Val di Sole have seen all the big races run, jerseys won and domination by the Brits in downhill. Not only did Gee and Rachel Atherton complete the senior double, but with a win in the Junior event, Josh Bryceland made it an amazing three from three, just weeks after a spectacular crash in Maribor.
Source: Bike Magic. For the full story, click here.
Fans at Blue Lake Park witnessed history in the making today, as Nicola Butler, 16, (Cape Town, South Africa) won her fifth consecutive contest, after taking the top spot in Pro Women’s division finals at the Tigé Pro-Am Wakeboard Championship, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink. Butler’s fifth straight win marks the most consecutive victories any pro wakeboarder has won in a single season.
Source: Wake World. For the full story, click here.
Laura Abril made her coach, her family and her country proud with Colombia’s first-ever cross country world championship win. She earned her title in the junior women’s race in Val di Sole.
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Not even a broken leg or a foot broken in two places has deterred Forth teenager Zara Woolley from the demanding sport of motocross. The 16-year-old is very much the flag bearer for female riders in the Coastal Motocross Club and will be back in action at Blackwood Park, near Penguin, for round five of the Tasmanian Motocross Titles on Sunday.
Source: The Advocate. For the full story, click here.
Lee Ann Curren (FRA), 19, reigning ASP European Champion, was eliminated in Round 2 of the Billabong Surf-Eco Festival in Brazil, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 5-Star event. Curren, who led the small European squad to Praia do Forte, was the only one of four girls in contention to reach Round 2 but was defeated by current ASP Women’s World Tour member Silvana Lima (BRA) and young rising surfer Paige Hareb (NZL).
Source: Global Surf News. For the full story, click here.
