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Making History From Hawaii

Making History From Hawaii

Date: 2018-06-29

History was made when Brisa Hennessy from Hawaii ripped her way to the top of the podium of the first ever World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) event to take center stage over the men's division of the same contest.

Hennessy surfed exceptionally well throughout the WSL QS3000 rated Volkswagen SA Open of Surfing, presented by Hurley with not only three of the top five women's wave scores for the week coming from her but also the highest wave score of the entire contest for both men and women; a near perfect 9.83 surfed in the first round of the competition.

"It has been a really challenging year and the QS is hard and I am just over the moon to get a win here. I have not been in a final in a while and it was just amazing to surf against Dominic (Barona). She is an incredible surfer and human being and I feel very honored," said an elated but humble Hennessy as she came out of the surf.

The WSL QS3000 rated Volkswagen SA Open of Surfing, presented by Hurley is the biggest women's QS event on the African continent and only one of five on the planet and Hennessy's win catapulted her into the top ten of the women's WSL QS ranking and opened a door for her to possibly realizing her dream of making it onto the 2019 Championship Tour.

Cape Town's Tarryn King pulled off a commanding victory in the WSL LQS1000 rated women's longboarding final, ending the heat on 13.00, nearly five points higher than runner-up Michelle van Kempen from Nelson Mandela Bay.

King, a two-time runner-up in events during the 2018 City Surf Series was hungry for the win and pulled off a solid win over Van Kempen (Nelson Mandela Bay), Crystal Hulett (St. Francis Bay) and Shannon Hughes (USA).