Steph Gilmore takes her 3rd Womans World title November 30, 2009 – Tags:

Steph Gilmore has taken the first of the World titles for the Australians this year yesterday at Sunset beach. This is Stephs 3rd world title and was totally shocked when the announcement was made that she had won after her semi final in the Gidget pro at sunset beach. The event was eventually won by Hawaiian Carissa Moore taking out Sally Fitzgibben, Steph and Alana Blanchard in that order. I got to witness the event first hand being in hawaii, and not normally being a fan of womans surfing, i was shocked to see how amazing all the girls were surfing. One wave in particular, a ten point ride by Sally Fitzgibben, totally blew me away. The wave was a solid 6-8 foot sunset peak and she did three of the biggest full rail hacks, it was crazy the whole beach went wild. Most of the guys would have seriously been smoked if she had of got that wave in the mens event. (I’m glad she’s not in my heat) The mens world title will be decided next, with the pipe masters being the last event of the Mens world championship tour on December 8-20. The only Surfers with a mathematical chance of winning the title are the two Australian mates Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson. Im really looking forward to that showdown and will keep you all posted on how it turns out!
here are the ASP WOMEN’S WORLD TOUR RATINGS (After Gidget Pro Sunset Beach):
1 – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 5521 pts
2 – Silvana Lima (BRA) 4548 pts
3 – Coco Ho (HAW) 4117 pts
4 – Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 4071 pts
5 – Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 3792 pts
6 – Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 3595 pts
7 – Melanie Bartels (HAW) 3333 pts
8 – Paige Hareb (NZL) 2886 pts
9 – Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 2604 pts
10 – Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 2509 pts
11 – Alana Blanchard (HAW) 2490 pts
12 – Rebecca Woods (AUS) 2431 pts
13 – Samantha Cornish (AUS) 2388
14 – Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 2010 pts
15 – Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 1656 pts
16 – Amee Donohoe (AUS) 1638 pts
17 – Megan Abubo (HAW) 1440