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Jack, the young gun ready to mow down the Tour. Kelly, the Civil War-era musket that often misfires, but when focused properly, can still shoot with the best of ‘em.
Despite being one of surfing’s greatest-ever talents, Slater has rarely relied on raw ability to get himself through heats. If you think those 11 World Titles came from simply out-surfing his peers, you clearly don’t follow this sport. The best surfer of any given year loses the majority of events. It’s how and when they lose that matters.
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Dec 21 (Reuters) - Australian Tyler Wright won the first women’s tour title at Hawaii’s famed Pipeline break on Sunday after the World Surf League event was moved because of fatal shark attack on a recreational surfer at the original venue.
Wright’s victory in the Maui Pro was followed by another breakthrough triumph when John John Florence finally claimed a win at his home break, having first competed in the Pipeline Masters as a 13-year-old prodigy in 2005.
The events at the dangerous reef break on O’ahu’s North Shore marked the return of the WSL tour after a year when travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 prevented any action on the circuit, but they were not without complications.
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Tyler Wright makes history as the first woman to win a Championship Tour event at Pipeline. Photo: WSL / Keoki Saguibo
Tyler Wright made history today as the first woman to win a Championship Tour event at Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu.
Wright defeated Carissa Moore in the finals of the Maui Pro presented by ROXY, which moved locations from Maui’s famed Honolua Bay after a surfer died after a shark attack during the contest window. Wright was understandably excited about the victory, her first of the 2020/2021 season, and its significance.
“I definitely don’t take this for granted, to have this opportunity today is truly special,” said Wright.