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Hawaiian Alana Blanchard (Kauai) outclassed a quality field of young European surfers today to win the Rip Curl Girls Pro Junior in small 1-3ft (0.5-1m) waves at Liencres Beach in Spain.
The 17-year-old also wins a Wildcard entry into Round 1 of the Rip Curl Girls World Tour contest - Stop 4 of 7 on this year’s ASP Women’s World Tour - due to start this Tuesday, September 4. It will be her first appearance in a World Tour event and valuable experience as she looks ahead to the 2008 ASP World Qualifying Series.
Blanchard faced French trio Pauline Ado, Laetitia Sudre and Lea Mengual in the final, eventually finishing in first with a two-wave heat score of 14.16 points out of 20.00.
(Source: Freesurf Magazine)
