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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephanie Gilmore Wins The Dow AgroSciences Pro&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The four-time World Champ beats Carissa Moore in the final at Taranaki, New Zealand&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;TARANAKI, New Zealand (Saturday, April 14, 2012) \\u2013 Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, has won the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival\\u2019s blue ribbon event, the Dow AgroSciences Pro in clean three foot (1.5 meters) surf over Carissa Moore (HAW), 19, at Taranaki, New Zealand today.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Stop No. 3 of 7 on the 2012 ASP Women\\u2019s World Championship Tour, the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival offers vital points in the race for the ASP Women\\u2019s World Title. This year the event scored the best waves and also witnessed the biggest performances in its three year history, with classic waves on offer for the duration of the competition.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Gilmore, four-time ASP Women\\u2019s World Champion and current ASP Women\\u2019s World No. 1, finished 9th at the TSB Bank New Zealand Surf Festival both in 2011 and 2010, but today took top honours in an exciting Final. Gilmore and Moore were extremely evenly matched opponents, with both surfers trading excellent scores, going back and forth, finishing the 35 minute duel separated by only 0.70.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000145703\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/04\\/Stephanie-Gilmore.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000145703\\\" title=\\\"Stephanie Gilmore\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/04\\/Stephanie-Gilmore.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Stephanie Gilmore\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"424\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Stephanie Gilmore. Photo: ASP&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThis is by far the best start to a season I\\u2019ve had in my career,\\u201d Gilmore said. \\u201cTo have three Finals straight off the bat, I\\u2019m kind of tripping out. It\\u2019s really cool. That was a really close Final, I\\u2019m sure it could have gone either way. I watched Carissa\\u2019s (Moore) wave from behind and she did that huge first turn and then raced to the next section, but if she did another turn straight away, I\\u2019m sure she would have gotten the score. I\\u2019m glad it went my way though.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Moore, reigning ASP Women\\u2019s World Champion, has an excellent record at the TSB Bank New Zealand Surf Festival. She won the inaugural event in 2010, then finished runner-up in last year\\u2019s Final and today made her third Final appearance in three years.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI just let a couple of waves go under my priority,\\u201d Moore said. \\u201cI didn\\u2019t think they\\u2019d offer that much, but Steph (Gilmore) did a really good job. You can\\u2019t discount her, she\\u2019s won four ASP Women\\u2019s World Titles. It\\u2019s nice to be up there again. I really like this event, I have a really great support team and there\\u2019s a lot of love here. I\\u2019m really stoked. Each event and each year is a clean slate and something different and I\\u2019m trying my best to get better with each one.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Paige Hareb (NZL), 21, the hometown hero, finished equal 3rd today after losing to Gilmore in the tight Semifinal. Hareb held the lead for the majority of the heat, until Gilmore caught one of the best waves of the day, pulled in to a clean barrel and punctuated the ride with two massive turns. This equals Hareb\\u2019s best result on the ASP Women\\u2019s World Championship Tour and has moved her up the ratings to 7th in the world.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cYou get pretty pumped having the support of the hometown crowd,\\u201d Hareb said. \\u201cI lost my breath out the back and had to relax and take a few deep breaths. Looking back from the water and seeing friends and family and everyone from Taranaki was cool to see. I\\u2019m glad the weather and waves have been great for everyone. In the Semifinal that one bomb wave came through and Steph (Gilmore) happened to have priority at the time. I couldn\\u2019t do anything about it. I was just left sitting out the back watching her rip it apart all the way to the beach. I\\u2019m pretty competitive, so I\\u2019m happy with the result. I\\u2019d like to get at lest another 3rd in one of the remaining events this year.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Lakey Peterson (USA), 17, has been a standout performer all week at the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival, consistently posting excellent scores with her classic Californian style. She eliminated last year\\u2019s runner-up to the ASP Women\\u2019s World Title, and defending TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival event champion, Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21 in the Quarterfinals. Peterson then narrowly lost in the Semifinals to Moore, and takes home an equal 3rd place finish, her best result thus far in her rookie year on the ASP Women\\u2019s World Championship Tour.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cIt\\u2019s my best result this year so I can\\u2019t be too bummed,\\u201d Peterson said. \\u201cA 3rd is really good for me. The waves are super fun, but I kind of fell apart in that heat. Earlier I think there was more rights, but in that one it was more lefts. I\\u2019m not bummed about my performance, but it\\u2019s hard to come that close to a Final and not make it. It\\u2019s good when I surf against girls like Carissa (Moore), Steph (Gilmore) and Sally (Fitzgibbons) because it pushes you to surf way better. I\\u2019m stoked because we got really good waves for the whole contest, which doesn\\u2019t always happen.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TSB BANK NZ SURF FESTIVAL FINAL RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 15.76&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2: Carissa Moore (HAW) 15.06&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TSB BANK NZ SURF FESTIVAL SEMIFINAL RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSF 1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 16.44 def. Paige Hareb (NZL) 14.07&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSF 2: Carissa Moore (HAW) 12.93 def. Lakey Peterson (USA) 11.92&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TSB BANK NZ SURF FESTIVAL QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 1: Paige Hareb (NZL) 14.33 def. Laura Enever (AUS) 12.16&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 12.33 def. Tyler Wright (AUS) 11.60&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 3: Lakey Peterson (USA) 16.50 def. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 14.00&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 4: Carissa Moore (HAW) 15.66 def. Courtney Conlogue (USA) 12.90&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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