Showing posts with label Bethany Hamilton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bethany Hamilton. Show all posts
Tyler Wright, Awesome Surfer
D.O.B 03/31/1994
BORN Lennox Head
SPONSORS Rip Curl, Monster Energy Drinks, Oakley, Boost Mobile, Jason Jameson Designs, Ocean and Earth
FAVORITE SURFER Owen
Teen prodigy Tyler Wright is at the forefront of the most exciting era women's surfing has ever seen.
Born into a dedicated surfing family, Tyler is making her mark in the surfing world having already defeated some of the top 17 female surfers on the planet and earned the critics’ praise as one to watch in coming years.
Tyler attracted the surfing world’s attention after she received a wildcard entry into the Beachley Classic after winning the Oakley trails in 2008. She went on and defeated some of the world’s leading surfers including Brazil’s Silvana Lima and ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore, and claimed the biggest prize purse on the ASP World Women’s Tour. At only 14 years-old, Tyler broke a record for being the youngest winner of a CT event, both male and female.
Along with her maiden World Tour victory in 2008, Tyler won two junior events in 2009, being the Perth Sunsmart Pro Junior in May, and the Billabong Pro Junior at Bells Beach in October. She was part of a victorious Team Australia who regained the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Title in Salinas, Ecuador. Individually, Tyler won a gold medal for the U/18 Girls Title, giving her an immediate entry in the 2010 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Trials.
HOPES of a historic family double have evaporated at Bells Beach with Australia’s Tyler Wright losing the final of the Rip Curl Women’s Pro before her brother Owen contested his quarter-final against world champion Mick Fanning.
America’s 21-year-old world champion Carissa Moore defeated Tyler by 16.23 points to 15.77 in a repeat of last year’s decider.The final was held immediately after Owen had snatched a last-gasp victory in round five of the men’s contest against Hawaii’s Fred Pattachia.
No brother and sister have won the same event on the world championship tour and Moore extinguished the prospect of it happening today.
THE GIRLS OF SURFING X
Bethany Hamilton
Alana Blanchard
Coco Ho
Malia Manuel
Carissa Moore
Tyler Wright
Laura Enever
Quincy Davis
Sally Fitzgibbons
Stephanie Gilmore
Bruna Schmitz
Monyca Byrne Wickey
Lakey Peterson
Sage Erickson
Ellie Jean Coffey
Alessa Quizon
Frankie Harrer
Catherine Clark
Kelia Moniz
Pauline Ado
Nikki Van Dijk
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Bethany Hamilton wins 2014 Surf-n-Sea Pipeline Pro
2014 Surf-n-Sea Pipeline Pro Results:
1. Bethany Hamilton
2. Moana Jones
3. Sayuri Hashimoto
4. Dax McGill
The definition of resilience might as well include the name Bethany Hamilton.
On Thursday, eleven years after losing her left arm during a shark attack, the inspirational 24-year-old won the Surf-N-Sea Pipeline Women's Pro, a major event in the realm of women's surfing.
Her inspirational story became the basis for the Hollywood film “Soul Surfer,” and these days she travels the world surfing big waves and doing church and charity work for victims of traumatic injuries. She likes to surf Pipeline even on heavy days when she has to compete for waves with a large crowd.
Surfing with one arm is challenging; surfing Pipeline with one arm is simply amazing. Her strong, powerful surfing in the 3- to 4-foot waves at the famous Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii gave her a commanding win over her competitors. While the waves weren’t huge, Hamilton noted they were “better than most waves I surf all over the world in contests.”
Photo courtesy Hamilton’s Facebook page
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