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Margaret River Pro
Margaret River Pro is an event on the ASP World Surfing Tour currently WSL World Surfing League. It was established in 1985. It has had a range of sponsors over time, including various agencies of the Western Australian government.2008 Drug Aware Pro : Margaret River : April 7-13 : Surfers Point, Western Australia. Presented by O'Neill. The event has been held every year since at Margaret River in Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ..., except in 2018 when the third and subsequent rounds for men and fourth and subsequent rounds for women were held in Uluwatu, Indonesia because of shark attacks. Results See also * Surfing locations in South West Western Australia References External links * * {{Surfing Surfing competitions in Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2014
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census. Margaret has many diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Madge, Daisy, Margarete, Marge, Margo, Margie, Marjorie, Meg, Megan, Rita, Greta, Gretchen, and Peggy. Name variants Full name * (Irish) * (Irish) * (Dutch), (German), (Swedish) * (English) Diminutives * (English) * (English) First half * (French) * (Welsh) Second half * (English), (Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carissa Moore
Carissa Kainani Moore (born August 27, 1992) is a Hawaiian American Olympian, world champion surfer and activist. She was the first-ever winner of the Olympic Gold Medal in women's short board surfing in 2020. She was also the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2021 World Surf League WSL Women's World Tour Champion. Moore is the first surfer in history to win a WSL world title and the Olympic title in the same year. In 2013, she was named by '' Glamour'' magazine as one of their Women of the Year. She became a member of the Surfers' Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2022, Moore was featured in Naomi Hirahara's anthology ''We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States'' that was published by the Smithsonian Institution and Running Press Kids. Early life When she was five years old, Moore started surfing with her dad off the beaches of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii.Goyanes, Cristina (November 7, 2011)"Fast waves, faster girl" ''ESPN''. Retrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2015 (women)
The Margaret River Pro 2015 was an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for 2015 ASP World Tour. This event was held from 15 to 26 April at Margaret River, (Western Australia, Australia) and opposed by 18 surfers. The tournament was won by C.Conlogue (USA), who beat Carissa Moore (HAW Haw or HAW may refer to: Fruit * many species of hawthorn (''Crataegus'') ** Haw flakes, Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn, ''Crataegus pinnatifida'' * several species of ''Viburnum'', including: ** '' Viburnum rufidulu ...) in final. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarter finals Semi finals Final References {{Surfing 2015 World Surf League Margaret River Pro 2015 in Australian sport 2015 in Australian women's sport Sports competitions in Western Australia Margaret River, Western Australia Women's surfing April 2015 sports events in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Conlogue
Courtney Conlogue (born August 25, 1992) is an American professional surfer. She was born in Santa Ana, California. Courtney learned to surf at the age of 4. In 2004 when she was 11, Conlogue was the youngest athlete to be selected to the USA Junior Surf Team. She went on to achieve 11th place in the 2005 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. By the time she was 14, she had won a surfing gold medal as a member of the U.S. Team in the X Games. When she was 17 she won the biggest competition in the US at the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing, held at her home break in Huntington Beach, California. Conlogue suffered a major ankle injury while freesurfing before her heat at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in Australia. She had to withdraw from the contest as well as the Rio Pro. However, later she ranked in #2 place for two years in a row for the World Surf League. She was the winner of the U.S. Open of surfing in 2009 and 2018. In 2019 she was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2016 (women)
The Margaret River Pro 2016 was an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for 2016 World Surf League. This event was held from 15 to 26 April at Margaret River, (Western Australia, Australia) and opposed by 18 surfers. The tournament was won by Tyler Wright ( AUS), who beat C.Conlogue (USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...) in final. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarter finals Semi finals Final References {{Surfing 2016 World Surf League Margaret River Pro 2016 in Australian women's sport Sports competitions in Western Australia Margaret River, Western Australia Women's surfing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Wright (surfer)
Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour. She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017). Early life Wright, who is from a close-knit surfing family, grew up at Culburra Beach, a surf spot about two hours south of Sydney near Nowra. Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drive the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.James Buckley, article Tyler Wright dedicates the world surfing title to her late uncle. ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 13 October 201/ref> Career At the age of 14, Wright overtook a number of champions, some of whom were twice her age, to become the youngest-ever winner of a Championship Tour event, Layne Beachley's Beachley Classic in 2008. Wright joined the World Surf League Women's Championship Tour in 2011, and won World Titles in 2016 and 2017. Media Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Fitzgibbons
Sally Jayne Fitzgibbons (born 19 December 1990) is an Australian professional surfer on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour (2009–2013). In June 2019, she was ranked No. 1 in the world for women's surfing after winning the Rio Pro. Sally now competes on the second tier challenger series after failing to qualify for the WSL top 10 at the 2022 mid-season cut. Surfing career Fitzgibbons was born in Gerroa, New South Wales. As a 14-year-old, Sally won the ASP Pro Junior open, an event open to any female surfer 21 and younger. She started surfing at a young age, winning the Icon All-Girls Open Event Lennox Head in 2006 aged 16. She represented her State and Australia on many occasions in a number of different sports, including athletics, winning gold at the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 800m and 1500m, touch football, soccer, surfing and cross-country running while attending Kiama High School. As a surfer, Fitzgibbons had her first significant results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2017 (women)
The Margaret River Pro 2017 is an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for the 2017 World Surf League. This event was held from 29 march to 9 April at Margaret River, (Western Australia, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...) and contested by 18 surfers.http://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2017/wct/1808/drug-aware-margaret-river-pro-womens/results Results Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarter finals Semi finals Final References {{Surfing 2017 World Surf League Margaret River Pro 2017 in Australian women's sport Sports competitions in Western Australia Margaret River, Western Australia Women's surfing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakey Peterson
Laura Louise "Lakey" Peterson (born September 30, 1994) is an American professional surfer. She has been ranked as high as #1 by the World Surf League, the highest professional level of women's surfing, and #6 on the ASP Women's World Ranking. In 2009, Peterson landed the first-ever aerial in NSSA women's competition history and won the title. Background In 2000, when Peterson was just five years old, her parents, David and Sue, rounded up their youngest child and her two older siblings —Whitney, then 13, and Parker, 10 — and set out on a year-long, around-the-world adventure. It was during this trip that Peterson learned to surf. For three months, the Petersons set up shop in Manly Beach, Australia, where their littlest member instantly earned the nickname "Lakey Legend" from the locals for effortlessly catching wave after wave on her boogie board. However, once returning home to the US, Peterson did not continue surfing. It was at the age of 12 when she began surfing aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2019 (women)
The Margaret River Pro 2019 is an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for the 2019 World Surf League. This event was held from 29 May to 9 June at Margaret River, (Western Australia, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...) and contested by 18 surfers.https://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2019/wct/2914/margaret-river-pro/results Results Seeding Round Elimination round Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Final References {{Surfing 2019 World Surf League Margaret River Pro 2019 in Australian women's sport Sports competitions in Western Australia Margaret River, Western Australia Women's surfing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Gilmore
Stephanie Louise Gilmore (29 January 1988) is an Australian professional surfer and eight-time world champion on the Women's WSL World Tour (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2022). Career Gilmore's life as a surfer began at age 9 when she stood on a bodyboard. By age 17 she was entering world tour events as a wild card competitor, which paid off with a victory at the 2005 Roxy Pro Gold Coast. In her next season she won another wild card event, the 2006 Havaianas Beachley Classic. Gilmore's success on the WQS (World Qualifying Series) tour qualified her for the 2007 Women's ASP World Tour and she did not disappoint. She won four of the eight events and claimed the 2007 World Title. She would repeat her success in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018. Gilmore also won the inaugural Swatch Girls Pro France in 2010. Also in 2010, she was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame and won the Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the year award. Gilmore is currently the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
