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Finals are ON at the Roxy Pro Biarritz!!
BIARRITZ, France (Friday, July 15, 2011) – The ASP Women’s World title event of the Roxy Pro is back ON and webcast LIVE from La Cote des Basques in Biarritz, clean four-foot (1.2 meter) quality waves rolling along the sand banks for Day 5 of the waiting period.
“We expected the best conditions this morning and it’s happened so we are sending the ASP Top 17 remaining contenders out to do battle,” Roxy Pro contest director Charley Puyo said. “There is a chance we crown the event champion today if the conditions remain as good, and we’ll be looking to get the ASP Women’s World Longboard Tour event back underway soon.”
There is a chance the Roxy Pro champion is crowned today and also a possibility to see the 2011 ASP Women’s World champion raise the trophy on Day 5.
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The Roxy Pro could see the ASP Women’s World title crowning this week as Carissa Moore (HAW) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) are the only two remaining contenders. The possibilities are as follows :
- If Moore wins the event in France, she clinches the ASP Women’s World Title
- If Moore places 2nd or 3rd in France, Fitzgibbons must win to keep world title hopes
- If Moore places 5th in France, Fitzgibbons needs to place 2nd or win
- If Moore places 9th in France, the ASP Women’s World title race goes to the US Open, this year’s final event
The Roxy Pro is webcast LIVE at http://www.roxylive.com/
ROXY PRO ROUND 4 HEATS
Heat 1: Lee-Ann Curren (FRA) Vs Pauline Ado (FRA)
Heat 2: Carissa Moore (HAW) Vs Tyler Wright (AUS)
Heat 3: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) Vs Laura Enever (AUS)
Heat 4: Coco Ho (HAW) Vs Paige Hareb (NZL)
For more information log onto www.aspworldtour.com
ROXY PRO BIARRITZ KICKS OFF HERE IN SOUTH-WEST FRANCE!!
The Roxy Pro got underway in two-to-three foot (0.6 to 1 meter) waves in Biarritz today, the famous Cote des Basques beach allowing three heats of Round 1 to wrap-up through the incoming morning tide before the deteriorating conditions forced things to go on-hold and eventually get postponed until tomorrow’s 8:00 AM call.
Second-to-last event on this year’s ASP Women’s World title hunt, today’s no-elimination round saw top seeds ignite and capture the crowds’ attention with high-level surfing in fast-changing condtions. Day 1 of competition was the stage to a series of close heats with the field of international top athletes focusing on wave selection and both left and righthand options to secure a direct jump to Round 3.
Causing the day’s surprise and advancing straight to Round 3 ahead of current ASP Women’s World No. 1 Carissa Moore (Oahu, HAW), Roxy wildcard and former ASP Elite member Lee-Ann Curren (Biarritz, FRA) managed to make the most out of the tricky surf to win her bout and please fans and home crowds.
« I am super happy to make that heat and go straight to Round 3, » Curren said. « I have surfed here since I was a kid and it feels so good to be able to compete in an ASP World title event in front of all my family and friends. Being a wildcard is pretty cool because there’s no pressure but I still want to do well and both Carissa and Melanie are of great inspiration for me so I wanted to perform as good as I could today and it worked out well. »
Curren, with her Round 1 win, added intensity to the ASP Women’s World title race, Moore’s second place forcing her to surf in the second round where a loss would push the world title crowning to the final event next month in California.
« I am not thinking of any consequence on the world title race between Sally (Fitzgibbons) and Carissa, » Curren said. « I am focused on doing well here, I am friends with both girls and I’ll just be surfing my best to get a result in the event. It is my priority. »
Netting the day’s highest heat result in the last minutes of her bout against rookie local-raised Pauline Ado (FRA) with 12.15 points (out of a possible 20), longtime ASP Women’s elite surfer Silvana Lima (Rio, BRA) prooved to be in good form unleashing speedy vertical turns on the righthanders to advance through to Round 3.
« I started really slow and Pauline (Ado) was in great form so I knew I had to give it my all to make that heat, » Lima said. « I am feeling great and that board I chose at the last moment worked really well so all is looking good. My knee hurts a little but it’s alright and I am stoked to be in Round 3. »
It took Lima a series of three on-the-rail top turns and full-speed on a walling-up righthander to overcome local Ado who had led the battle since the opening seconds, the multi ASP European champion notching the day’s top signle wave score of 7.50 points (out of a possible 10) but missing the heat win by a mere 0.15 points.
When Round 1 recommences, first out will be other ASP Women’s World title contender Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) up against rookie Laura Enever (AUS) and ASP replacement surfer Felicity Palmateer (AUS). Officials will reconvene Wednesday at 8:00 AM at the back-up venue of La Grande Plage downtown Biarritz.
The Roxy Pro could see the ASP Women’s World title crowning this week as Carissa Moore (HAW) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) are the only two remaining contenders. The possibilities are as follows :
- If Moore wins the event in France, she clinches the ASP Women’s World Title
- If Moore places 2nd or 3rd in France, Fitzgibbons must win to keep world title hopes
- If Moore places 5th in France, Fitzgibbons needs to place 2nd or win
- If Moore places 9th in France, the ASP Women’s World title race goes to the US Open, this year’s final event
This morning, the qualification for the last wildcard to join the ASP Women’s World Longboard Event has been taken by Australian surfer Chelsea Williams. The 2008 runner up will compete in the Longboard main event from Thursday.
ROXY PRO ROUND 1 RESULTS
Heat 1 : Courtney Conlogue (USA) 10.90, Tyler Wright (AUS) 9.95, Rebecca Woods (AUS) 8.15
Heat 2 : Silvana Lima (BRA) 12.15, Pauline Ado (FRA) 12.00, Alana Blanchard (HAW) 9.35
Heat 3 : Lee-Ann Curren (FRA) 8.75, Carissa Moore (HAW) 7.95, Melanie Bartels (HAW) 1.75
ROXY PRO ROUND 1 REMAINING HEATS
Heat 4 : Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Laura Enever (AUS), Felicity Palmateer (AUS)
Heat 5 : Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Paige Hareb (NZL), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)
Heat 6 : Coco Ho (HAW), Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)
ROXY PRO in live on www.roxylive.com
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Last New Years Eve, while most of us were likely celebrating with friends at a noisy party, Roxy teamrider Erin Comstock boarded a plane and sped into the New Year, crossing time zones and international datelines, and touching down in the frozen city of Helsinki, Finland to kick off her season of filming with a bang. In near round the clock darkness and below freezing temps, Erin battled the elements, and with a little help from her friends, she had her most successful and fun trip to date..
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ROXY JAM HITS TOWN THIS WEEKEND… Check out the teaser vid right here :)
Exhibitions
PERMANENT EXHIBITION from 10 to 14 July from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m at ROXY JAM 2010, Biarritz
Ever since the Roxy Jam was created, Roxy has purposefully chosen to mix sport with the environment, its influences and its lifestyle. More than any other sport, surfing and especially longboarding, is the medium of a culturally rich universe. Both tradition and modernity act as a source of inspiration for many artists influenced by the surf culture.
In the previous five events, Roxy Jam has helped to exhibit the work of plastic artists, photographers, graphic artists, sculptors and painters who claim a bond with the surf culture and of course the ocean.
The Roxy Jam Biarritz exhibition has adopted ‘recycling’ as this year’s theme and has titled it, ‘Roxy Second Wave’.
The guests for 2010 : Gesa Ronge et Zako, two artists who draw their inspiration from board culture.
Gesa will come to the Roxy Jam to exhibit her ‘Fenêtre sur l’Océan (Window on the Ocean) right on the Basque Coast. This creation, no less personal or poetic than the
wave, is once again constructed of driftwood. She loves the natural material, its rough surface, the irregularities and heaviness, all symbolize an unwavering quality to her.
Despite making her presence known in the art world, Zako went into eyewear distribution alongside a manufacturer, who sadly went out of business. Bouncing back from her unsuccessful venture, and with Roxy’s support, Zako went on to make use of defective lenses as the primary material in her new work. The spectacular chandelier measuring 1 1/2 metres high, composed of 3,100 used or defective lenses (1,550 pairs of glasses!) will be on display at the Roxy Jam Biarritz expo is a prime example.
ROXY JAM 2010
Surfing, Art, and Music…. provide the potency for Roxy’s cocktail delivered each summer in Biarritz since 2006. The ASP long-board world championship kicks off from 10th July 10 to 14th July at Cote Des Basque. Surf Affinity will be attending the events at the weekend and will be there on the final day for prize giving, music concerts and the huge firework display that will be lighting up the ocean!
Surf’s up at Virgin Active this summer!
Virgin Active Health Clubs have worked out the perfect beach body workout. The workout focuses on four components of strength, balance, flexibility and power which are all fundamental to the ‘pop up’ move (from the paddling position to the upright position) that is used in surfing. Created by Virgin Active’s fitness experts, the Roxy Beach Body Workout will condition surfers’ and non-surfers’ bodies alike, ready to hit the waves.
The techniques employed in the workout are effective in conditioning any beach body hence Virgin Active has introduced the Roxy Beach Body Workout into all 71 of their clubs nationwide to encourage even the most novice of beach goers to prepare for the summer.
The workout created exclusively for Roxy by Virgin Active is made up of a 3 elements; warm-up, circuits and yoga. The Roxy Beach Body Workout will create the ultimate summer vibe in Virgin Active, setting the tone for the sunny season. The session will use music synonymous with long summer days in Ibiza, sending floods of glowing memories, with songs such as 9pm (til I come), Sandstorm and Pjanooo.
The main workout, unique to Virgin Active, is made up of drills, aerobic routines and equipment based circuits. Each session, led by Virgin Active fitness coaches for small groups of people, will be made up of a different combination of elements to ensure variety and maintain interest.
A unique element of yoga has been included into the workout to allow for relaxation and wind down. Chill-out tracks such as Rapture (Soulside remix) and Silence (Michael Woods remix) provide the ultimate summer ambiance for the final section of the Roxy Beach Body Workout session.
