Fifth Annual Roxy Pro Fiji Fast Approaching
Friday, April 8, 2005 (ASP Int'l, QLD, Australia) The fifth annual Roxy Pro Fiji, stop number three on the Women's Championship Tour, will return to the pristine Fijian setting of Tavarua and Namotu islands April 17-22, 2005. The Roxy Pro offers the largest prize purse in women's professional surfing - US$75,800, to be shared amongst the world's Top 18 ranked female professional surfers, with US$10,600 to the winner.
The third of nine elite level World Championship Tour (WCT) events in 2005, the Roxy Pro is also the second in a series of four WCT events to be presented exclusively by Roxy this year - all of which will play a critical role in deciding the 2005 women's world surfing champion.
After two events so far this season, Roxy team riders Megan Abubo (Hawaii) and reigning world champion Sofia Mulanovich (Peru) sit first and second respectively on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) WCT rankings. Abubo holds down a narrow lead of 168 points over Mulanovich - a difference that can be bridged in just one heat of competition.
At 27 years of age, Abubo's ties to the Roxy Pro in Fiji go back to its inaugural year of 2001 when she won the event. A permanent fixture of the world's Top 10-ranked women surfers, Abubo has returned this season with the same polished, faultless form that saw her challenge for the world title in 2000, eventually finishing runner-up to the crown.
"Fiji is a very special place and it reminds me so much of home," Abubo said. "I feel confident surfing in the Roxy Pro because I have a title there.
Source: parksandpipes.com
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