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The ASP Women's World Tour began today, Friday November 24, 2006, at Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii for the penultimate event of the season, the Roxy Pro Hawaii but immediately went on hold. The next call is 7.30am local time, tomorrow.
Once they get on the water, you will be able to watch the event via a live webcast.
Australian Mick Fanning has moved up to world No. 2 on the Foster's ASP World Tour ratings with an emphatic win at the 2006 Nova Schin Festival, Imbituba, over last year's winner Damien Hobgood (USA).
Large, wind affected, six foot (two metre) waves were the order of the day and with an early charge by Fanning, the final was a largely one-sided affair. Favoring the rights Mick caught nine waves to Hobgood’s five. With early 9.5 and 9.27 scores in Fanning's scoreline, Damien was left needing a massive combination of scores to defend his title but could only manage 13.10.
On his way to the final, Mick fanning took out Bobby Martinez (USA), but with many big names falling in round three, Bobby's smile has grown even bigger since he now sits at No. 4 in the rankings, above Andy Irons! Not bad for his first year on the tour.
The last ASP World Tour event of 2006 is the Rip Curl Pipeline Masters, December 8-20, 2006, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii.
After a promising start at the beginning of the week, the 2006, Nova Schin Festival Imbituba, Brazil, has been placed on hold with just half of round two completed on Tuesday. Ranking leaders are through to round three but a result in Brazil could be critical for many of the lower rankings yet to compete in round two, deciding whether they remain in the tour for 2007. Competition officials have therefore decided that these competitors deserve better conditions than the one to two foot swell currently prevailing.
So far, the competition has been most notable for the absence of newly crowned world champion, Kelly Slater, who withdrew from the event due to personal commitments. It is thought that he might make an appearance at the expressions session but is definitely committed to competing in the Pipeline Masters.
When they get underway again, you can watch the surfers and bikini clad supporters, live, on streaming video.
