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Carissa Moore and Leonardo Fioravanti Claim Victory at Sydney Surf Pro

Carissa Moore and Leonardo Fioravanti Claim Victory at Sydney Surf Pro

Date: 2020-03-20

Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia is where reigning World Champion Carissa Moore from Hawaii and Leonardo Fioravanti from Italy, have claimed victory at the Sydney Surf Pro, the first event of the 2020 WSL Challenger Series. The pair were standouts all event overcoming a world-class field in testing two-foot conditions at Manly Beach.

Reigning four-time WSL World Champion Carissa Moore came to Manly to keep her competitive mind sharp in a year when she had announced she would not be surfing at the Championship Tour level. It was obvious from Moore's first heat that she would be the one to beat as she continuously posted the highest totals of the event. In the Final, Moore came up against two-time World Champion Tyler Wright (AUS) with both competitors looking for their second win at Manly. In the small wind-affected conditions, Moore found rhythm, locking in the lead and never relinquishing it, claiming victory for the second time at Manly, with a heat total of 11.00.

"I'm super excited to have won this event as I really came here with zero expectations," said Moore.

With his back against the wall, right up until the dying moments of the final Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) looked destined to finish in the runner-up position. With ten minutes remaining in the heat, Fioravanti was left requiring a perfect ten-point ride to take the win, however thanks to some high flying aerial antics, the Italian natural-footer was able to claw his way into the lead thanks to two-scores in seven-point range and jump into the lead.The win at the Sydney Surf Pro is Fioravanti's first win at Manly after finishing second to Dion Atkinson back in 2016.

"This feels incredible to win a Challenger Series event here in Manly," Fioravanti said. "This is definitely the biggest victory of my career so I'm over the moon. When that wave came I just told myself that this is it, this is what I practice for, for moments like this. And when I got the score I was so stoked. This win is definitely for Italy -- my country. My home has been going through so much right now and I know that they are watching so this is for them."