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"\"&lt;p&gt;Defending Event Champion and Roxy Team Rider Sofia Mulanovich Chasing Stephanie Gilmore In World Title Race Heading Into Event&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2008\\/11\\/05\\/sofia.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000076219\\\" title=\\\"Roxy Pro Sunset Beach\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2008\\/11\\/05\\/sofia.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Sofia Mulanovich\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"329\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Huntington Beach, Calif. \\u2013 (November 5, 2008) \\u2013 Roxy is pleased to present the 14th Annual Roxy Pro Hawaii at Sunset Beach, on Oahu\\u2019s North Shore, November 24 \\u2013 December 6, the biggest, heaviest wave contest on the ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) Women\\u2019s World Tour.\\u00a0\\u00a0 In addition to being the seventh stop of the ASP Tour, the event is also the second jewel in the Van\\u2019s Triple Crown of Surfing.\\u00a0 The contest, which will be broadcast live on the web from www.roxy.com, will take place over two days within the 12-day holding period.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Roxy Pro Hawaii is the longest running women\\u2019s professional shortboard competition in Hawaii and will once again play a crucial part in deciding the 2008 Women\\u2019s World Tour Champion.\\u00a0 Coming into the event, reigning ASP Women\\u2019s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) holds a small lead in the ratings over Roxy team-rider Sofia Mulanovich (Peru), the defending Roxy Pro Hawaii and 2005 Women\\u2019s World Tour Champion.\\u00a0 With the ratings so close and the lead changing hands multiple times throughout this year\\u2019s tour, the Roxy Pro Hawaii will play a critical role in determining the 2008 ASP Women\\u2019s World Tour Champion.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cWe are thrilled to be continuing the tradition of women\\u2019s big-wave surfing in Hawaii with the Roxy Pro Hawaii,\\u201d said Randy Hild, EVP of Global Marketing, Roxy.\\u00a0 \\u201cSunset Beach is a defining wave and proving ground for any surfer, male or female, and Roxy is proud to offer women the chance to leave their mark on this famed break.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Sunset Beach is regarded as the most difficult wave in the world to surf well. It is a huge expanse of water with the primary take-off zone located more than 250 yards out to sea. Swells converge on that zone from a variety of directions that range from west, all the way to north-east. If a surfer doesn\\u2019t know her way around the lineup, surfing Sunset is akin to being lost at sea in a maelstrom.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The 2008 Roxy Pro Hawaii will feature the top 17 ranked women on the ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) World Tour, as well as three wildcard entrants who will be determined in the Roxy Trials.\\u00a0 Roxy Team Rider, Sally Fitzgibbons will be among the contestants vying for the wildcards, with her spot already secured for the 2009 Tour, Fitzgibbons is looking to make an early impression at this year\\u2019s contest. 2007 Quiksilver ISA World Juniors Champion Laura Enever was also granted a trialist spot, along with Bruna Schmitz, Coco Ho, Carissa Moore and Lee Ann Curren.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Roxy Pro Hawaii is the second in a series of two Roxy Pro events on the ASP Women\\u2019s World Tour schedule. The tour\\u2019s first event of the year the Roxy Pro Gold Coast (March) was won by Sofia Mulanovich, who hopes to lock down her second world title in Hawaii.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Roxy Pro Hawaii will be streamed live on the web at www.roxy.com with live interviews and commentary by Roxy Team Rider and longboarder extraordinaire Kassia Meador.\\u00a0 For more information on the Roxy Pro Hawaii and the full trials list please visit www.roxy.com.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;About Roxy:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nRoxy is a brand of Quiksilver, Inc. (NYSE:ZQK), the world\\u2019s leading outdoor sports lifestyle company, which designs, produces and distributes a diversified mix of branded apparel, wintersports equipment, footwear, accessories and related products.\\u00a0 The Company\\u2019s apparel and footwear brands represent a casual lifestyle for young-minded people that connect with its boardriding culture and heritage.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The reputation of Quiksilver\\u2019s brands is based on different outdoor sports.\\u00a0 The Company\\u2019s Quiksilver, Roxy, DC and Hawk brands are synonymous with the heritage and culture of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding, and its beach and water oriented swimwear brands include Raisins, Radio Fiji and Leilani. The Company continues to make snowboarding equipment under its DC, Roxy, Lib Technologies, Gnu and Bent Metal labels.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Company\\u2019s products are sold in over 90 countries in a wide range of distribution, including surf shops, skate shops, snow shops, its proprietary Boardriders Club shops and other company-owned retail stores, other specialty stores and select department stores.\\u00a0 Quiksilver\\u2019s corporate and Americas\\u2019 headquarters are in Huntington Beach, California, while its European headquarters are in St. Jean de Luz, France, and its Asia\\/Pacific headquarters are in Torquay, Australia.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;About ASP&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the governing body of professional surfing. Crowning surfing\\u2019s undisputed world champions since 1976, the ASP sanctions the following tours: the Foster\\u2019s ASP World Tour, the ASP Women\\u2019s World Tour, the World Qualifying Series (WQS) and the World Longboarding, Junior and Masters Championships. The ASP is dedicated to showcasing the world&amp;#8217;s best surfing talent in a variety of progressive formats and has revolutionized the way the world watches surfing via their webcasts. The organization is divided into seven different regions: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Hawaii, North America, and South America.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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