AUSTRALIA’S newly-crowned world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore capped off a memorable week by winning the season-ending Billabong Pro in Maui.
Gilmore defeated fellow Australian and defending event champion Jessi Miley-Dyer in the final at Honolua Bay.
The 19-year-old sensation dominated in the inconsistent, one-metre waves to finish with a heat total of 10.33 to her opponent’s 8.36 final score.
Gilmore will now head to Pipeline to watch the final men’s event of 2007 before heading home to Queensland’s Gold Coast to celebrate her historic world championship.
The teenager is the first rookie in history to win a world surfing title.
Earlier, the elimination of Australia’s seven-times world champion Layne Beachley in the semi-finals handed the triple crown of surfing to Hawaii’s Megan Abubo.
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