{"id":6991,"date":"2017-08-30T08:36:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T08:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2017-08-30T08:36:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T08:36:46","slug":"womens-big-wave-surfing-begin-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/womens-big-wave-surfing-begin-october-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Big Wave Surfing to begin in October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The time has come. From Atlantik Surf we&#8217;ve always supported women surfing, we&#8217;ve posted articles in support of their memory like the <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/female-surfing-legends\/\">Female Surfing Legends<\/a> post, and in that particular article we say that women have always been ready to surf big waves, they have the guts and skills to pay the bills !<\/p>\n<p><strong>Waimea Bay<\/strong> in Hawaii will host the second<strong>\u00a0women&#8217;s big wave championship<\/strong> in history and it&#8217;ll start on the 1st of October. World&#8217;s most fearless female surfers will gather in Hawaii to prove what they are capable of, and it was just about time too. &#8220;Last season\u00a0the <strong>Big Wave Tour<\/strong> added a women\u2019s event for the first time at the <strong>Pe\u2019ahi Challenge<\/strong>, which Maui\u2019s Paige Alms won&#8221;, according to surfline.com.<\/p>\n<p>Keala Kennelly, Paige Alms, Bianca Valenti, Felicity Palmateer, Justine Dupont and a list of 23 female surfers will fight against giant waves and compete against each other for the first time in history honoring\u00a0<strong>Kuhina Nui Ka\u2019ahumanu<\/strong>, a Hawaiian queen born on Maui in the 18th century. She dined with men in an era in which that wasn&#8217;t well seen, but she also surfed with them too. Now, 2 centuries later, 23 women surfers will honour her wit and skills in this amazing contest. We will inform you on the scores from Atlantik Surf, your place to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantiksurf.com\">learn to surf in Tenerife<\/a>, Canary Islands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The list includes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MAKANI ADRIC<br \/>\nPAIGE ALMS<br \/>\nEASKEY BRITTON<br \/>\nJUSTINE DUPONT<br \/>\nEMILY ERICKSON<br \/>\nMICHAELA FREGONESE<br \/>\nSARAH GERHARDT<br \/>\nBRITTANY GOMULKA<br \/>\nRAQUEL HECKERT<br \/>\nKEALA KENNELLY<br \/>\nBLAKE LEFKOE<br \/>\nANDREA MOLLER<br \/>\nSILVIA NABUCO<br \/>\nREMI NEALON<br \/>\nNICOLE PACELLI<br \/>\nFELICITY PALMATEER<br \/>\nPOLLY RALDA<br \/>\nMOMO SAKUMA<br \/>\nTAMMY LEE SMITH<br \/>\nSAVANNAH SHAUGHNESSY<br \/>\nJAMILAH STAR<br \/>\nBIANCA VALENTI<br \/>\nCARLY WILSON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time has come. 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