North Shore Kaua‘i’s Alana Blanchard won her heat yesterday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Midori Pro in Newcastle, Australia.
Blanchard, who is in her first official year on the professional circuit, is now one of two Hawai‘i surfers left in the competition.
Blanchard scored consistently high scores on the 2- to 3-foot waves to score [...]

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North Shore’s Alana Blanchard won a super heat at Bells Beach, Australia, to win a spot into this week’s Rip Curl Women’s Pro.
Blanchard has been placed in Heat 3 in Round 1 to surf against the reigning women’s world champion Stephanie Gilmore and 17-ranked Jacqueline Silva. The official waiting period for the Rip Curl Men’s [...]

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