Surfing-Brooks Takes Three-Peat at Trestles Pro; Pupo Claims Men's Win for Brazil
- On Friday, Canadian teenage surfing phenomenon Erin Brooks claimed her third straight world championship tour event at Lower Trestles, the surfing venue for the 2028 LA Olympics.
- Brooks defeated five-time world champion Carissa Moore in the quarter-finals and Australia's reigning world champion Molly Picklum in the semi-finals, achieving the first three-peat since Stephanie Gilmore in 2008.
- In the final against world No. 1 Gabriela Bryan, Brooks scored a 7.0 for accurate backhand turns to reach 13 points, holding off Bryan's 11.90 total.
- Separately, Brazil's Miguel Pupo defeated Japan's Kanoa Igarashi in the men's final for his second win of the year, as the tour transitions to Portugal and the Philippines for post-season events.
- The 19-year-old Brooks' turnaround from early-season struggles to victories in Tahiti and the Fiji Pro positions her strongly ahead of the season finale at Hawaii's Pipeline in December.
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Brooks takes three-peat at Trestles Pro; Pupo claims men’s win for Brazil
Canadian teenage surfing phenomenon Erin Brooks claimed her third straight world championship tour event on Friday with a win at the Trestles Pro, while Brazil’s Miguel Pupo took out Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi for his second win of the year. Identified early as a potential world champion, the 19-year-old Brooks struggled in the first six events […]
Third consecutive victory for the Californian surfer
Brooks takes three-peat at Trestles Pro; Pupo claims men's win for Brazil
Surfing-Brooks takes three-peat at Trestles Pro; Pupo claims men's win for Brazil
Sept 18 : Canadian teenage surfing phenomenon Erin Brooks claimed her third straight world championship tour event on Friday with a win at the Trestles Pro, while Brazil's Miguel Pupo took out Japan's Kanoa Igarashi for his second win of the year.Identified early as a potential world champion, the 19-year-old
Miguel Pupo is the champion of the WSL Trestles stage in California. The Brazilian achieved the best wave of the final, took the lead five minutes from the end and won the Japanese Kanoa Igarashi with a 14.77 (8.50 and 6.27) against 14.40 (7.67 and 6.73) of the riva.
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