“I just couldn’t find any waves out there but I’m still stoked to have made the Semi’s,” Hamilton said after she was defeated by Schmitz. “I’ve needed a good result to boost my confidence and it finally happened. Now I’m just going to keep doing my best in all the events and put my heart into it.”
Despite posting the highest individual wave score of her Semifinal match-up against Fitzgibbons, Miley- Dyer simply could not find a back- up ride and was disappointed to have to settle for second place. “I had a pretty bad heat because I waited too long for a wave,” Miley –Dyer admitted. “I guess it’s a good warm up for the Roxy Pro on the Gold Coast (ASP Women’s World Tour event) but if anything, it’s a lesson learnt on what not to do in a heat.”
Former ASP World Champion Chelsea Hedges (Coolangatta, QLD, AUS) made a guest appearance at Woolamai Beach, and was amazed at the level of surfing seen in this year’s competition.
“It’s scary to think I’ll be coming up against these girls in the next few years,” Hedges, who has taken a break from elite competition due to her pregnancy, said. “The talent among the juniors is pretty unbelievable and for there to be two 17-year-olds in the Final of a 6-Star WQS, tells you that women’s surfing is about to take off.”
The 6-Star WQS Roxy Surf Festival is one of two 6-Star WQS events in Australia and one of six in the world. A 6-Star WQS is the highest rated event on the World Qualifying Series and holds the most amount of ratings points, which count towards a surfers overall standing at the end of the year.
The Roxy Surf Festival is held in association with the Victoria State Government “Play it Safe by the Water” and proudly supported by ASP Australasia, Surfing Victoria, Bass Coast Shire Council and Phillip Island Nature Park.
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