Tyler Wright, Sally Fitzgibbons, Steph Gilmore in tight world surf title race
IF Tyler Wright wants to defend her world title, Sally Fitzgibbons win a maiden crown or Stephanie Gilmore surf off with a seventh it would help their cause to win the next World Tour event.
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IF Tyler Wright wants to defend her world title, Sally Fitzgibbons win a maiden crown or Stephanie Gilmore surf off with a record-equalling seventh title it would help their cause to win the next event of the women’s world surf tour.
The Australian trio head into the upcoming women’s surfing World Tour event at Trestles, California, ranked one, two and four in the world.
The event is considered one of the “luckiest’’ contests on the World Tour with the past three winners all going on to win the world crown.
Gilmore, Hawaiian Carissa Moore and Wright all used the event as a springboard to success en-route to their 2014, 2015 and 2016 world crowns.
Success for Fitzgibbons would see her leapfrog compatriot Wright and claim the No. 1 world ranking heading into the final three events of the year - the Cascais Women’s Pro, Roxy Pro France and Mau Pro.
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It would also help wipe away the memory of a lost opportunity to claim the No. 1 world ranking when she finished fifth at the last World Tour event at Huntington earlier this month.
“The hunger is still there for sure,” Fitzgibbons said. “The win is what I want. it’s what I am aiming for.
“And for sure I’m in a good position this year.
“The door was open in Huntington and I didn’t capitalise. I have to try and nudge that door open again.’’
While Wright goes in as defending champion, Gilmore has also proved herself a dab hand at surfing the high-performance wave at Lower Trestles.
In the short three year history of the event as a World Tour tournament, Gilmore has appeared in two finals, shares the record for the most heat wins with nine and also has the highest average heat score of 15.31,
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