Supergirl Pro Junior Results
Congratulations to Lakey Peterson of Santa Barbara, CA for winning the 2011 Supergirl Pro Junior and the coveted Supergirl cape! For more results and photos, click here.
LAKEY PETERSON TAKES 2011 SUPERGIRL PRO JUNIOR TITLE,
WINS THE ONLY 6-STAR ASP PRO JUNIOR CONTEST IN NORTH AMERICA
Malia Manuel, Leila Hurst and Nagé Melamed Take 2nd, 3rd and 4th
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (August 13, 2011) — One week after claiming the US Open of Surfing Pro Junior title, Lakey Peterson rose above the field of top surfers in Oceanside, California today to win the 4th Annual Supergirl Pro Junior. Sixteen of the world’s best 20-and-under female surfers took to the waves to battle for the richest purse on the Circuit, with Lakey Peterson claiming the $2,500 top prize. Malia Manuel, Leila Hurst and Nagé Melamed rounded off the top competitors in second, third and fourth place, respectively.
Official Results—2011 Supergirl Pro Junior
- Lakey Peterson 15.54 points
- Malia Manuel 12.23 points
- Leila Hurst 9.83 points
- Nagé Melamed 6.96 points
“It’s such a great contest,” said winner Lakey Peterson as she showed off her coveted pink Supergirl cape. “I want to thank ASA and Warner Bros. for putting on such a great, well-run event. It’s a nice way to end the year by winning the only 6-Star Junior contest.”
The only 6-Star ASP Pro Junior contest in North America, the Supergirl Pro Junior is the first event in the 2011 Supergirl Jam— the action sports industry’s only large-scale, all-female competition and lifestyle event series. The series, designed to promote female empowerment, strength and independence, closes its 2011 run August 21, where the top female athletes in skateboarding and snowboarding will compete in Venice Beach.
Peterson started strong in the finals with a 6.33 and a 7.67, then improved with a 7.87 to edge out Malia Manuel and take a commanding lead to win the event. Melamed, who was a wild card as a rookie at Supergirl Pro Junior, earned her stripes claiming fourth, just behind the Supergirl vets that took first through third.
“I just want to congratulate Lakey. She surfed really well,” said Malia Manuel who took second. “I’m just happy to be here. It’s a very prestigious contest, the only 6-Star Junior event for the girls— with the largest prize purse and a great opportunity to earn valuable points for the World Tour.”
The next stop in the series is the Supergirl Jam in Venice Beach, California, on August 21 beginning at noon. This event will include a Snowboard Rail Jam featuring a 28-foot tall man-made mountain where 80,000 pounds of REAL snow will be packed and ready for the ladies to bring their winter slope style to the beach! The Supergirl skateboard jam will feature both pro and amateur street competitions with the world’s top female skaters on a custom-built course. For the first time in Supergirl Jam history, the Am-Jam contest will be hosted on the pro course and the top amateurs will advance to get a shot at competing alongside the pros.
The Supergirl Jam series will be broadcast nationally in October via three hours of coverage on FOX Sports Net (FSN) and five hours of coverage on FUEL TV. For more detailed information on the Supergirl Jam event or the television programming please visit www.Supergirljam.com.
For preliminary heats results and more detailed information on the Supergirl Pro Junior or information about the 2011 Supergirl Jam event series, please visit Supergirljam.com.
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About ASA Entertainment:
Founded in 1994, ASA Entertainment Group, LLC is an action sports event, television and content production agency focused on creating and executing customized, turn-key marketing programs that range in scale from grassroots to global. ASA’s events, featuring skateboarding, freestyle BMX, inline skating, freestyle motocross, snowboarding, surfing and music, are broadcast domestically on eight networks (including CBS and Fox Sports Net), and distributed to more than 700 million HH globally via 30 international broadcast partners. ASA’s productions span the spectrum from large, international competitions such as the ASA Action Sports World Tour, the World Championships of Freestyle Motocross, The Supergirl Jam Series and the ASA Big-Air Triples to amateur contests, lifestyle and branded entertainment events, demonstrations, exhibitions, school programs and mobile tours. After 17 years as a leader in action sports, ASA Entertainment regularly connects brands to consumers through its platform of premium action sports and lifestyle content. For more information, visitwww.ASAentertainment.com or ActionSportsTour.com.
About the ASP:
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the governing body of professional surfing. Crowning surfing’s undisputed world champions since 1976, the ASP sanctions the following tours: the Foster’s ASP World Tour, the ASP Women’sWorld Tour, the World Qualifying Series (WQS) and the World Longboarding, Junior and Masters Championships. The ASP is dedicated to showcasing the world’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.
About Warner Bros. Consumer Products:
Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.
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