How the Californian has climbed the Jeep Leaderboard and what she'll need to do to hold on.
The culmination of the 2015 Championship Tour season is approaching quickly and with that comes talk of World Titles.
The Roxy Pro France marks the second-to-last event of the season for the women and a race is most definitely underway. After struggling with an injury in 2014, Californian Courtney Conlogue (USA) has emerged as a tour de force heading into Hossegor in what is her closest shot ever at a World Title. If Conlogue wins the event in France and World No. 2 Carissa Moore (HAW) is eliminated by Round 4, Conlogue will clinch her first World Title. But it's by no means a sure bet: With two Titles to her name already, Moore knows how to perform under pressure better than anyone.
Conlogue matched challenging conditions to earn one of the highest single wave scores on her journey to victory in Portugal, a 9.67.
Not to be discounted are the inspired performances of Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), who still hold a slim chance at winning a Title in 2015. Buitendag would need to win both remaining events, while Fitzgibbons requires a victory and a second place by the end of the Target Maui Pro, the women's final event of the year.
Heading into Stop No. 9 of the men's Tour, the Quiksilver Pro France, Jeep Leader Mick Fanning (AUS) has a slim lead over World No. 2 Adriano de Souza (BRA), who remains in eager pursuit of his first Title. However, math shows that World No. 3 Filipe Toledo (BRA), who routinely drops excellent aerials at beachbreaks, and World No. 4 Owen Wright (AUS), who boasted two perfect heats in a single event, still have a shot to take the lead by the end of the French contest. While it may be too early to make any definitive calculation of the race, make no mistake, the pressure is on before the next event, set in Portugal, begins.
Mick Fanning looked determined in the Final of the Hurley Pro, but will his carry this momentum into France?
Don't miss the action when the stakes elevate at the Quiksilver Pro France and Roxy Pro France LIVE on the World Surf League and WSL App through October 17.
Title Race: Chasing Trophies in France
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The culmination of the 2015 Championship Tour season is approaching quickly and with that comes talk of World Titles.
The Roxy Pro France marks the second-to-last event of the season for the women and a race is most definitely underway. After struggling with an injury in 2014, Californian Courtney Conlogue (USA) has emerged as a tour de force heading into Hossegor in what is her closest shot ever at a World Title. If Conlogue wins the event in France and World No. 2 Carissa Moore (HAW) is eliminated by Round 4, Conlogue will clinch her first World Title. But it's by no means a sure bet: With two Titles to her name already, Moore knows how to perform under pressure better than anyone.
Not to be discounted are the inspired performances of Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), who still hold a slim chance at winning a Title in 2015. Buitendag would need to win both remaining events, while Fitzgibbons requires a victory and a second place by the end of the Target Maui Pro, the women's final event of the year.
Heading into Stop No. 9 of the men's Tour, the Quiksilver Pro France, Jeep Leader Mick Fanning (AUS) has a slim lead over World No. 2 Adriano de Souza (BRA), who remains in eager pursuit of his first Title. However, math shows that World No. 3 Filipe Toledo (BRA), who routinely drops excellent aerials at beachbreaks, and World No. 4 Owen Wright (AUS), who boasted two perfect heats in a single event, still have a shot to take the lead by the end of the French contest. While it may be too early to make any definitive calculation of the race, make no mistake, the pressure is on before the next event, set in Portugal, begins.
Don't miss the action when the stakes elevate at the Quiksilver Pro France and Roxy Pro France LIVE on the World Surf League and WSL App through October 17.
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