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ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) INTERNATIONAL
Roxy Pro Hawaii
Stop No. 7 of 8 on the ASP Women’s World Tour
Sunset Beach, Hawaii
Nov. 25 – Dec. 6, 2007
MULANOVICH MAKES HER MOVE WITH ROXY PRO HAWAII WIN
SUNSET BEACH, Hawaii (Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007) – Former ASP World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER) tamed 8 to 10 foot (three metre) surf at Sunset Beach to win the Roxy Pro Hawaii today. Her victory has put her just 101 points behind ratings leader Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) and put her well and truly in the race to win her second World Title heading into the final event on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour in Maui next week.
“It’s pretty amazing, I really never thought of a World Title coming here,� Mulanovich said. “I just wanted to have fun, surf wave by wave, and just have a good contest. But now it’s on, it’s so on!�
The victory is her second on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour and the 8th of her World Tour career. It is also Mulanovich’s first ASP World Tour rated win in Hawaii.
“I’m just stoked,� Mulanovich said. “Sunset can be such a perfect wave. I really want to thank Rochelle Ballard for helping me out with my board choice, she pushed me to use that board and it really paid off. Thanks to everyone who helped me out, my boyfriend who was my caddie and my longtime sponsor Roxy for another great event.�
Mulanovich finished the four-woman final with 13.73 points to Amee Donohoe’s (AUS) 10.83, Samantha Cornish’s (AUS) 7.64 and Jessi Miley-Dyer’s (AUS) 6.40 points. Donohoe, who only needed a mid-range score to take the lead, was understandably disappointed to miss out on her first World Tour win but has jumped to 5th on the ratings with the result.
“I’ll be honest – it’s a good result but to sum it in two words, second sucks,� Donohoe said. “There was a turning point when I took off on a wave with like three minutes to go because I didn’t realize that there was a bigger set coming through behind that one. I just took off on a shoulder and when I turned around there were three waves with the scoring potential to easily get a 6.0. That was the point where I just got really frustrated. I knew I had made a mistake. Everyone is a good competitor and you can’t give anyone an inch.�
