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One year ago, after winning her first gold medal at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, Tyler Wright made it to this section of the World Surfing News. She was only 15, and had enough credentials to be named an ISA Star. Now, after her back-to-back gold at the main global event for junior surfers, she´s not only an ISA Star twice, she´s made it into History books.
She holds the best record of results in the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. Two golds (Ecuador 2009 and New Zealand 2010) and one silver (France 2008). She overcame three-time ASP World Champion Stephanie Gilmore, who won the event twice, in Tahiti 2004 and United States 2005, and then became the sensation of professional women surfing.
If there’s a safe bet on who will be leading women surfing in ten years, reasons are more than enough to point the young girl from Lennox Heads.
Tyler Wright’s a record holder with the ISA, as well as on the ASP. In October of 2008, she was 14 when she became the youngest ever athlete to win a Pro World Tour Event, the Beachely Classic, beating the top 16 surfers of the planet. For doing that she first won the Oakley Trials, which is like winning a WQS event.
All eyes started looking at her after that big victory, but she showed championship class, felt no pressure and went to win two ISA World Titles.
After her win in 2009, she said: “To be World Champion feels incredible! I waited the whole year for this moment, I have tried several times to win the World title and finally, the moment has happened.”
When she won in New Zealand this year, Tyler said: “I feel on top of the world! It’s two years in a row for me in one of the highest level of competitions there is. It was a tough final, so I’m just really happy with the result. I love this event. I hope to come back next year.”
She wants to come back and get her record-breaking status even higher.
Less than a month after winning in New Zealand, Tyler won the trials of the 2010 Quiksilver Pro in the Gold Coast of Australia. She made it to the main event and placed 9th, so guess who beat her? Yes, Stephanie Gilmore, 16.00 points versus 14.20.
With a smooth, strong and modern-class surfing, an amazing competitive technique and already a great resume, Tyler can say goodbye to surf competitions and do something else. But, we all know she won't do that and we know a bright future is ahead.
It is safe to say that Tyler Wright will continue doing things right.
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