Carissa Moore Claims Maiden ASP Women’s World Title
Moore (HAW), 18, claims her maiden ASP Women’s World Title at the Roxy Pro Biarritz.
LA GRANDE PLAGE, Biarritz/France (Friday, July 15, 2011) – Carissa Moore (HAW), 18, has just made ASP history as the youngest ever ASP Women’s World Champion, clinching her maiden title today at the Roxy Pro Biarritz.
“I dreamed of surfing at this level my whole life since I was a little kid and I don’t think you can ever expect or anticipate the feeling,” Moore said. “It is amazing. There is no place I would rather be right now.”
The clinching came when then-reigning four-time ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 23, dispatched of the remaining title contender Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 20, in the Semifinals of competition.
“I’m not really feeling anything right now I am just so happy,” Moore said. “It was really stressful watching that last heat and I was trying to just listen to my songs and zone out. It is kind of weird to win on the beach. I have always visualized and imagined winning the Final or a heat and coming in and winning but I’m so happy and excited. I have been thinking about this for a long time since I was a little girl and just to be here right now and being world champ is pretty crazy.”
In only her second year competing amongst the world’s best, Moore has had a stellar run, making the Finals in every event thus far and scalping three wins along the way.
“I have had this goal written on my door and it has been waiting there for a long time to be ticked off so I can’t wait to go home and cross it out,” Moore said.
2011 ASP Women’s World Tour Results:
Roxy Pro Gold Coast: WIN
Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach: Runner-Up
Subaru Pro TSB Bank Women’s Surf Festival New Zealand: Runner-Up
Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic: WIN
Billabong Rio Pro: WIN
Roxy Pro Biarritz: Runner-Up
Nike US Open of Surfing: TBD
This year’s stellar run set another record for the youngster as the only ASP World Champion in history to make the Finals in every event this season, and sees Moore as the first Hawaiian ASP Women’s World Champion since Margo Oberg (HAW) in 1981.
“I definitely first and foremost want to thank my little sister Cayla, thank you so much,” Moore said. “I wouldn’t be here without you. There are way too many people to thank but my Dad, he has been here every step of the way and I could not have done this without him. It is so much sweeter having him part of my team. I want to thank my sponsors Nike, Target and Red Bull I couldn’t do it without them. My family, my uncles and aunts and my grandparents.”
The next and final stop on the 2011 ASP Women’s World Title season will be the Nike US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach from August 1 – 6, 2011.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
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Pure talent. She had priority Tim, smart competitor, that’s the game! Congrats Carissa!!
Carissa is good enough to take on some men, and WIN!. Another first!
She would have won the world title without resoting to dropping in on Tyler Wright in the final of Snapper.
Time to start behaving like a champ
Deserved the title though
carissa is great! so cool to people. she was awesome at the rell sunn when she came down and signed posters for the kids. my little girl still has that poster proudly displayed in her room, and keenly watches carissa’s rise to greatness. super stoked for her. 808!
I remember watching Carissa surf at V-land last Winter. She had to come in because she tore one of her fins off her board – shredding so hard. Wonderful to see her as World Champion. Would be nice if we had more contest on the North Shore to showcase her talent as well as all the other up and comers like Coco Ho and friends.
i remember the first time i saw Carissa Moore .
it was over a decade ago & she was a tiny, unassuming little thing
her dad brought her out to cliffs at diamond head & she held onto his foot as he paddled her out to the breaks … i could hear her singing a Christmas song to herself although it was the middle of summer , just as happy as a kid could be
and then i saw this little girl SURF. . .
how natural and fluid she moved !!! even back then, she exemplified maturity and grace well beyond her years .
some people are just MEANT to do certain things in life .
i was in my late 20′s at the time & had already been surfing for years & knew in the pit of my soul that even if i surfed every single day until the day i died – i would NEVER have attained the level of talent that this young child effortlessly exhibited…
i remember saying to myself that day -
“THAT LITTLE GIRL is gonna be a world champion one day…”
and so it is
as it was meant to be .
congratulations, Miss Carissa Moore
you are an unbelievable talent !!!
you definitely deserve it carissa, congratulations
Legendary Carissa, knew you had it in you!!!!
CARISSA IS OF DAKINE SOLID CHARACTER….WHAT A ROLE MODEL FOR THE KIDS AND ADULTS!! BIG HUGS BIG KISSES BIG CONGRATS FROM ALL DA GANG IN PALOLO VALLEY….WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU CARISSA!! THE WAIAMAO ROAD NEIGHBORS ARE ALWAYS ROOTING FOR YOU IN ALL YOU DO!! CARISSA GOT HEART…WOOWOO YIPPIE YEAH CARISSA!!!
Congrats Carissa ! Amzing effort !
HAWAIIANS…get action.
Ho’omaika’i ‘ana Carissa!
Well done Carissa. Keep ripping.
congrats Carissa you are a classy world champ.