Melanie Redman-Carr (WA) made it 2 in a row when she won the Roxy Pro in perfect six to ten foot (two to three metre) conditions at Fiji?s Cloudbreak Reef. Redman-Carr was in devastating form throughout the event to eventual take out six times ASP world champion Layne Beachley (NSW, Aus) in the finals for the second time this year. A year that on her current form, could be her world title year.
The current top six ASP Women's World Tour Ratings are dominated by Australians:
1. Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS)
2. Layne Beachley (AUS)
3. Chelsea Georgeson (AUS)
3. Rochelle Ballard (HAW)
3. Samantha Cornish (AUS)
3. Rebecca Woods (AUS)
Redman-Carr has 2400 points, Beachley 1944 points and the others sharing third place, have 1116 points.
Only Rochelle Ballard (HAW), splits the Australian clean sweep and she has been voted the unluckiest surfer during the Roxy Pro when she was eliminated by Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) in round three. Ballard, needed a 4.25 to advance but didn't find a winning barrel until seconds after the hooter, signalling the end of the heat. Emerging from what her peers were touting the best tube they've ever seen ridden at Cloudbreak, the undisputed opinion was that Ballard would have earned a 10-point ride for the critically deep barrel-ride had she performed it during her heat.
On to the barrels at Teahupoo, Tahiti..
