Kiwi Paige Hareb has held her world ranking of 12 after the latest ASP Dream Tour event in Brazil that featured the end of Steph Gilmore's four-year reign as world champion.
Hareb secured another ninth place finish after making her way through to the fourth round of the Billabong Rio Pro in clean one-metre waves at Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro.
The contest was won by Hawaiian Carissa Moore who beat Australian Sally Fitzgibbons in a tight final 14.87 to 13.80.
After dominating the tour all year they now remain the only two surfers in contention for the world title with two events left.
Gilmore's hopes of getting back into the frame ended when she was beaten by Moore in the semifinals. Clearly a new guard of hot young surfers is taking over.
"I'm going through so many emotions right now, it's hard," Gilmore said as the reality set in.
"It's been a pretty good year and Sally and Carissa (Moore) have been on fire. It's good for the sport and good for me. I really don't know what to say."
Moore has appeared in all five finals this year, winning three of them with Fitzgibbons taking the other two.
For Hareb it was another solid result that will help her in her quest to stay on the top tour next year in what is an increasingly competitive environment.
She had a disappointing third round heat overnight where she finished a distant third behind Moore and young American Courtney Conlogue.
Hareb then had a good tussle with local Silva Lima in their elimination fourth round heat with Lima winning 14.33 to 9.30.
Hareb collected $US5000 in prizemoney and 3750 ranking points.
After a non-stop month that featured four events in as many weeks, the tour now takes a breather.
It will resume with the Roxy pro in Biarritz, France in early July and is scheduled to finish at the US Open at Huntington beach, California, a month later.
Hareb secured another ninth place finish after making her way through to the fourth round of the Billabong Rio Pro in clean one-metre waves at Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro.
The contest was won by Hawaiian Carissa Moore who beat Australian Sally Fitzgibbons in a tight final 14.87 to 13.80.
After dominating the tour all year they now remain the only two surfers in contention for the world title with two events left.
Gilmore's hopes of getting back into the frame ended when she was beaten by Moore in the semifinals. Clearly a new guard of hot young surfers is taking over.
"I'm going through so many emotions right now, it's hard," Gilmore said as the reality set in.
"It's been a pretty good year and Sally and Carissa (Moore) have been on fire. It's good for the sport and good for me. I really don't know what to say."
Moore has appeared in all five finals this year, winning three of them with Fitzgibbons taking the other two.
For Hareb it was another solid result that will help her in her quest to stay on the top tour next year in what is an increasingly competitive environment.
She had a disappointing third round heat overnight where she finished a distant third behind Moore and young American Courtney Conlogue.
Hareb then had a good tussle with local Silva Lima in their elimination fourth round heat with Lima winning 14.33 to 9.30.
Hareb collected $US5000 in prizemoney and 3750 ranking points.
After a non-stop month that featured four events in as many weeks, the tour now takes a breather.
It will resume with the Roxy pro in Biarritz, France in early July and is scheduled to finish at the US Open at Huntington beach, California, a month later.
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