{"id":106,"date":"2005-03-06T21:43:22","date_gmt":"2005-03-06T11:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=106"},"modified":"2012-03-10T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T15:00:39","slug":"quicksilver-roxy-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2005\/03\/quicksilver-roxy-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Quicksilver\/Roxy Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/stephanie_gilmore.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/stephanie_gilmore_small.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Gilmore\" style=\"float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:0px;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This weekend I managed to make it down to the see some of the surfing action at the Quicksilver and Roxy Pro. Once again, the beautiful beaches of Snapper Rocks at Coolangatta played host and would have drawn a crowd of (my guess) at least a thousand or more throughout the day. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/quicksilver_pro.jpg\" alt=\"QuickSilver\/Roxy Pro @ Snapper Rocks\" style=\"float:right; margin-left:15px; margin-bottom:0px;\"\/><br \/>\nI managed to catch the final showdown for the Roxy Pro, which was won out by local 17 year old wildcard surfer, Stephanie Gilmore over Hawaiian Megan Abubo. The competition continues til next weekend, so there will be plenty more action to come. My highlight of the day (after all the awesome surfing) was when I found myself standing right next to the former World Champ, Sofia Mulanovich whilst I was taking pictures of the newly crowned one. Oh, and did I mention I saw the <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory?id=555250\">huge surfboard<\/a> that everyone rode to set a new world record?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend I managed to make it down to the see some of the surfing action at the Quicksilver and Roxy Pro. Once again, the beautiful beaches of Snapper Rocks at Coolangatta played host and would have drawn a crowd of (my guess) at least a thousand or more throughout the day. 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