Central Coast surfer Molly Picklum has won the world title, topping off an incredible year of international surfing in the World Surf League Pro Tour Championship final held at Cloudbreak beach in Fiji on Tuesday, September 2.
Picklum entered the championship final seeded as the number one and favourite in the event after an incredible win in Tahiti in August.
It was her US contender, Caroline Marks, who had the momentum in the first round, with a solid 12.50 wave ride score to Molly’s 10.5 in perfect conditions.
The momentum changed when the wind picked up, with Picklum showing her Aussie grit and determination in taking on the powerful Fijian swell at the iconic island location.
Picklum easily won the second round of the final with a stunning 15.83 score to Marks’ 8.03.
The North Shelly Beach local pulled off a near-perfect tube ride in the final round with a remarkable 16.93 score to her opponents’ 6.20, stamping the Aussie’s authority on the championship final with the two heats to one victory.
“I feel that being the undisputed champion is everything I really dreamed of,” Picklum said at the winners’ ceremony.
“(It is) really such a trip, that I’m on a list with so many females who have paved the way for us to get out there and do what we love.
“It takes a whole village to build a child; the whole Central Coast built the grit in me.
“I’d like to thank my team that stuck by me all year – Austin, Fletchy and all those guys, and Glen, who paved the way for me in the early years, and Rossy was here this week.
“Of course, my family and friends; they support me and know who I am, and they know how hard I work.
“It means the world to do it in front of them.”
As the winner of the final event, Picklum received the WSL Championship Trophy named after the father of surfing, Duke Kahanamoku.
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