The US Open of Surfing here in Huntington Beach was blessed with great surf conditions all week with 14-year-old Malia Manuel defeating fellow Hawaiian youngster Coco Ho in the women’s.
For Malia this makes her the youngest person to ever win a major event with only Courtney Conologue being younger when she won a minor 1 Star event back in 2006.
For Manuel it was her first ever ASP WQS event and she sits in 52nd spot while Coco Ho moved into 29th spot only having done three ASP WQS events this year.
Top of the ratings is still Sally Fitzgibbons on 9,695 points followed by Rosey Hodge, Paige Hareb, Bruna Schmitz and Jessi Miley-Dyer rounding out the Top 5.
Next week’s ASP WQS 6-Star event in Portugal should see some changes to the ratings for the girls with the Top 10 spots being very critical as there is only one more big event in Haleiwa at the end of the year for them to make it or break it.
In the ASP Pro Junior final, first to fourth Coco Ho, Nikita Robb, Sage Erickson and Courtney Conologue coming first to fourth in the girls.
For both Tanner and Coco, it was their first ASP Pro Junior wins of the year.
For current ASP WQS Women’s Tour ratings, check out ASP WQS WOMEN’S RATINGS
