Gabi Rowe wins Rip Curl Girls Tour

Gabi Rowe from Port Issac became 2009 Rip Curl Girls Tour Champion. With a first place finish at Croyde and fifth in St Ives she did enough to take the title. Second went to Gwen Spurlock, in doing so extending her lead on the UK Pro Surf Tour ratings.

However the Rip Curl St Ives Women’s event was won by local surfer Tassy Swallow. Who was unable to compete at Croyde as she was recovering from Swine flew. Runner up was Zoe Sheath from Isle of White followed by Gwen Spurlock and Newquay’s Rachel Taylor

In the first ever UK Pro Surf Tour Women’s Longboard event Candice O’Donnell dominated the division defeating Nicola Bunt, Elsie Pinnigger and Marina Lee in the final