LA COTE DES BASQUES, Biarritz, France (Sunday, July 11, 2010) – Cori
Schumacher (California, USA), 33, has won the Roxy ASP Women's World
Longboard Championships today in Biarritz, at the world famous venue of
La Côte des Basques defeating fellow finalist Kaitlin Maguire
(California, USA), 22, in clean two-to-three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) waves
in a 100% American heat.
Claiming her first ever ASP World title
after several years amongst the world's best female longboarders'
contingent, Schumacher stepped-up to her reputation to dominate the last
action-packed day of the contest posting the event's highest
single-wave and heat scores respectively a 9.25 and 17.25 points.
“It
feels so good right now,” freshly crowned Schumacher said. “It was like
six minutes to the end and feelings just all washed over me and I was
tingling. It's such an amazing feeling to win. I had some pressure
though when I paddled into a wave and left Kaitlin (Maguire) on her own
because she can pull a world championship out of her hat anytime.”
Coming
out on top of a series of intense exchanges in a well-fought final
after eliminating two former world champions in the Quarterfinals
(Jennifer Smith) and the Semifinals (Joy Monahan), Schumacher's solid
13.15 score to Maguire's 9.80 confirmed her domination over the weekend,
her smart heat tactics and strategy giving her the final shot at the
title.
“I took a gamble to paddle into that last wave and hoped
for the conditions to slow down as it had been doing the last three
days,” Schumacher said. “It paid up, the gamble went well!”
Maguire,
who was surfing her first final in an ASP World title decider event,
came short of five points leaving the 2010 edition with the runner-up
spot, a promising result and a guarantee to return in next year's ASP
Women's World Longboard Championships along with the event's top 16
surfers.
“I was really exhausted for the final,” Maguire said.
“Doing the semis and the final in a row was a tough one but it was a
good heat. I surfed my best and she surfed better. I was really aiming
at the title coming to France so it's disappointing to come one spot
short.”
More about the final's competition on www.roxyjam.com
1st, Cori Schumacher (USA) 13.15
2nd, Kaitlin Maguire (USA) 8.10
SEMIFINALS
Heat 2: Kaitlin Maguire (USA) 14.25 Def. Justine Dupont (FRA) 11.20
QUARTERFINALS
Heat 1: Cori Schumacher (USA) 9.75 Def. Kelly Nicely (USA) 6.25
Heat 2: Joy Monahan (HAW) 13.75 Def. Jennifer Smith (USA) 12.65
Heat 3: Kaitlin Maguire (USA) 14.40 Def. Coline Menard (REU) 13.35
Heat 4: Justine Dupont (FRA) 12.40 Def. Kelia Moniz (HAW) 12.00
ROUND 2 RESULTS (all 16 surfers automatically invited for the 2011 edition)
Heat 1: Cori Schumacher (USA) 12.75 Def. Kassia Meador (USA) 11.25
Heat 2: Kelly Nicely (USA) 8.80 Def. Haunani Kane (HAW) 6.95
Heat 3: Joy Monahan (HAW) 10.90 Def. Leah Dawson (USA) 10.35
Heat 4: Jennifer Smith (USA) 10.25 Def. Summer Romero (USA) 5.55
Heat 5: Coline Menard (REU) 7.75 Def. Yoko Furuichi (JPN) 4.85
Heat 6: Kaitlin Maguire (USA) 9.75 Def. Geodee Clark (HAW) 6.05
Heat 7: Justine Dupont (FRA) 10.50 Def. Isabelle Braly (AUS) 4.35
Heat 8: Kelia Moniz (HAW) 14.50 Def. Miku Uemura (HAW) 5.00
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