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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read (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. FILE PHOTO: Tyler Wright of Australia surfs during the womens World Surf League (WSL) championship at Guincho beach in Cascais, Portugal September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante Wright’s victory in the Maui Pro was followed b...

Tyler Wright wins historic first womens event at Hawaiis Banzai Pipeline Posted MonMonday 21 updated MonMonday 21 DecDecember 2020 at 4:42am Australian Tyler Wright has won her first event since 2016, taking out the first ever womens tour event at Pipeline. ( Print text only Cancel Australias Tyler Wright has claimed a historic victory by taking out the first womens World Surfing League (WSL) tour event to be held at Hawaiis iconic Banzai Pipeline. Key points: This was the first WSL womens ev...

Florence Gets His GOAT, Medina, and a Pipe Masters to Boot This is gonna be a good (and highly sanitary) year of competitive surfing. news // Dec 21, 2020 What better way to start the day than Jack Robbo v. Kelly Slater at Pipe? 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 ...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read 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. T...

Staff 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...

3 months old This article is more than 3 months old Wright beats Sally Fitzgibbons then Carissa Moore Perfect return after missing 2018 and 2019 seasons Tyler Wright eliminated fellow Australian Sally Fitzgibbons in the semi-final and then Carissa Moore in the final of the 2020 Maui Pro in Hawaii on Monday. Photograph: MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock Tyler Wright eliminated fellow Australian Sally Fitzgibbons in the semi-final and then Carissa Moore in the final of the 2020 Maui Pro in Hawaii on Mo...

John John Florence wins 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters December 21, 2020 | Surfing John John Florence has taken out the 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The local surfer defeated Gabriel Medina in a tight final held in below-average conditions. Florence secured his first Pipe Masters trophy. The two-time world champions ended up separated by 0.67 points. "Its great to win the first event of the season at my home break, especially after the injuries...

 Yesterday, a few things happened that will never happen for the first time again: John John Florence won his first Pipe Masters and Tyler Wright won the first women’s CT event at Pipeline. Both are things that probably should have happened a long time ago, but hey, it’s 2020 and weirder things are happening. It was a shaky start to the WSL season — the Billabong Pipe Masters was put on a brief hiatus after a handful of staffers tested positive for Coronavirus and the Maui Pro at Ho...

Italo, the current World Champ, has been put on notice. Photo: Brent Bielmann/WSL This is what Sally Fitzgibbons looks like when she makes it. Photo by Brent Bielmann/WSL This is what Sally looks like when she doesnt make it. Still, shell certainly take a semi-final finish. Photo: Keoki Saguibo/WSL John John in a place he knows well. Photo: Tony Heff/WSL A genuine show of emotio...

  The Carroll Tigers showed a lot of resolve on Friday night as they struggled early on the defensive end which hindered their offense and they found themselves behind the 3 rd ranked Ballard Bombers in a battle of number 2 vs number 3. Carroll didn’t want to get beat inside and the Ballard guards came out shooting the ball well. As all good teams do the Tigers adjusted at halftime and rallied in the 4 th quarter to take the lead late on a bucket by Kaleb Booth. The Bombers hit a shot to tie...