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06/12/2005:// West Australian Melanie Redman-Carr capitalised on home-grown big-wave knowledge to win her first professional surfing competition in Hawaii.
In 6-8ft surf, 30-year-old Redman-Carr posted one of the highest heat scores of the O'Neill World Cup at Sunset Beach to defeat Rochelle Ballard in the final.
Her best ride, a 9.33, was her reward for a three second tube ride - the only successful tube ride of the final.
Born and raised on the powerful surf of West Australia's famous big-wave surfing venue Margaret River, Redman-Carr was comfortable at Sunset, despite having only surfed here once in the past few years, as there hasn't been an event here for the women since 1997.
Redman-Carr's victory gives her the lead on the Vans Triple Crown of Series ratings for women.
"I'm really happy to win out here at Sunset, because whenever the waves are big, those are the results everyone talks about," said Redman-Carr, who has been coming to Hawaii for the past 10 years.
On her top-scoring tube-ride: "It's nice to get in, but it's even nicer to come out. Those kind of waves were hard to find.
"It was pretty tame for Sunset. It's similar to West Oz, there are waves like this there - where you get that lost-in-space feeling and you're all alone out in a huge lineup. But all the girls were charging - even the young ones. I think it's necessary to have an event like this for women's surfing."
The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing women's standings after two events. 1. Melanie Redman-Carr; 2. Chelsea Georgeson; 3. Claire Bevilacqua; 4. Megan Abubo (Hawaii); and 5. Rochelle Ballard.
The third and final event of the women's Triple Crown will take place at Honolua Bay, Maui, December 8-20.
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