Past Triple Crown Winners
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Surfer |
Nationality |
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2008 |
Joel Parkinson |
Australia |
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2007 |
Bede Durbidge |
Australia |
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2006 |
Andy Irons |
Hawaii |
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2005 |
Andy Irons |
Hawaii |
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2004 |
Sunny Garcia |
Hawaii |
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2003 |
Andy Irons |
Hawaii |
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2002 |
Andy Irons |
Hawaii |
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2001 |
Myles Padaca |
Hawaii |
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2000 |
Sunny Garcia |
Hawaii |
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1999 |
Sunny Garcia |
Hawaii |

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| 09 Winners, Overview & History of Triple Crown Events |
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The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is a Hawaiian specialty series of professional surfing events, offering three events to men and three events to women. For the men, those events are the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park; the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach; and the Billabong Pipeline Masters at the Banzai Pipeline. The women's events are the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park; the Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach; and the Billabong Pro Maui at Honolua Bay, Maui.
All events, with the exception of the women's Billabong Pro Maui, are staged on the North Shore of Oahu - a coastline world famous in surfing terms for its clockwork winter swells that reach 50 feet in height.
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Celebrating 25 years in 2009.Winner 09 Joel Centeio Defending champion: Michel Bourez (Tahiti). Event dates: November 12-23, 2009, will run on the best four days of surf during the period. Event rating: Men's 6-star Prime World Qualifying Series event. Will have a major impact on final year WQS rankings. Prize purse: $145,000 The Wave: When the waves are up, Haleiwa can be a heavy, fast wave that offers the rider every kind of maneuver. The inside "Toilet Bowl" section is famous for its grinding barrels and wringing wipeouts.
VANS HAWAIIAN PRO-Winner 09 Alanna Blanchard Defending champion: Carissa Moore, Hawaii Event Dates: November 12-23, 2009, will run on the best two days of surf during the period. Event rating: women's specialty. Prize purse: $15,000 The wave: When the waves are up, Haleiwa can be a heavy, fast wave that offers the rider every kind of maneuver. The inside "Toilet Bowl" section is famous for its grinding barrels and wringing wipeouts.
O'NEILL WORLD CUP OF SURFING-Winner 09 Joel Parkinson Celebrating 34 years in 2009. Defending champion: CJ Hobgood, USA. Event dates: November 24-December 6, 2009, will run on the best four days of surf during the period. Event rating: Men's 6-star Prime World Qualifying Series event. Will have a major impact on final year WQS rankings. Prize purse: $145,000 The Wave: The venue that is known to make or break a champion. A deep-water spot of ferocious power and uncompromising volume. This wave demands spontaneity as it lurches and heaves with unpredictability. It promises a ride of unparalleled adrenalin or a wipeout you'll never forget.
GIDGET PRO SUNSET BEACH-Winner 09 Carissa Moore!!! Celebrating 15 years in 2009. Defending champion: Stephanie Gilmore, Australia. Event dates: November 24-December 6, 2009, will run on the two best days of surf during the period. Event rating: Women's elite World Championship Tour event. Will have a major impact on the 2009 women's world title. Prize purse: $90,000 The Wave: The venue that is known to make or break a champion. A deep-water spot of ferocious power and uncompromising volume. This wave demands spontaneity as it lurches and heaves with unpredictability. It promises a ride of unparalleled adrenalin or a wipeout you'll never forget.
BILLABONG PIPELINE MASTERS Celebrating 39 years in 2009.WINNER TAJ BURROWS Defending champion: Kelly Slater, USA. Event dates: December 8-20, 2009, will run on the four best days of surf during the period. Event rating: Men's elite World Championship Tour event. Will decide the 2009 men's world title. Prize purse: $340,000. The Wave: The deadliest surf spot on Earth. The most photographed wave in the world. Competition began here in 1971, making the Billabong Pipeline Masters the longest running professional surfing event on the planet.
BILLABONG PRO MAUI Celebrating 12 years in 2009. Defending champion and WINNER: Stephanie Gilmore, Australia. Event dates: December 8-20, 2009, will run on the two best days of surf during the period. Event rating: Women's elite World Championship Tour event. Will decide the 2009 women's world title. Prize purse: $90,000 The Wave: Honolua Bay, the only outer-island stop on the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, is a right-hand point break that is the kind of wave surfers dream of. Peeling off over several hundred yards, the ride offers numerous top to bottom maneuvers as well as barrel riding. Australians have won this event 10 of the 11 years it has run as it greatly resembles the right-hand, sand-bottom point breaks of Queensland and New South Wales
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The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is second only to surfing's world title as it is considered to be the ultimate test of a surfer's ability to master the big waves at three unique venues - each with its own set of challenges for the surfer.
In addition to individual event champions, the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing crowns an overall men's and women's champion each year. This goes to the surfer who has performed best across all three competitions, making them the most proficient big-wave rider in the world.
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