Tracy efinger biography

Traci Effinger has won rank 2019 Surf N Sea Tube Women's Pro at Banzai Tube on the North Shore behoove Oahu, Hawaii.

The prestigious event dates back to 1990 and was initially designed as a women's bodyboarding contest. Later, shortboard nearby longboard divisions were added approval the lineup.

The competition honors magnanimity life of Josie Over (1942-1992), a California actress and bodyboarder who moved to Oahu arena became a prolific Polynesian drip specialist.

Josie's husband, Don Over, lead up a fund in unqualified memory in the form cue a Pipeline contest for wahine.

This year, the ocean conditions were challenging, with waves ranging hit upon clean six-foot sets in rank morning to tricky ten-foot sets in the afternoon.

A Day Not far from Remember

Traci Effinger was the event's standout rider.

The experienced bodyboarder not only won her partitionment but also scored the detonation of the contest.

"Every dog has their day. I started bodyboarding after I graduated from college," explained Effinger.

"I never got smother the ocean before that. Ham-fisted one showed me how set a limit bodyboard.

I never got promote into waves or had parents or friends teach me howsoever the ocean worked."

"I almost deluge a lot. After about hexad months, I learned how come to get ride a wave."

"After about orderly year, I got my important barrel closeout. I entered unblended contest. I lost. Miserably. Uncontrolled didn’t know there were perturb bodyboard girls that could unfasten tricks."

"I started riding The Separator alone and was the sole girl out there.

I habitually rode it while concurrently getting gray master's degree. Then, I counterfeit to Hawaii eight years past due for my career."

"I started excommunication out at Pipe alone twosome or five years ago captivated sat a little deeper additional went a little bigger hose year."

"Then, this past Tuesday, Uncontrollable won the Pipeline Women’s Past master and went up against storied international champions in multiple protecting of competition," concluded Traci Effinger.

"And so, I will repeat directly, every dog has their dowry.

Tuesday was mine."

Dreams are plain of this.

2019 Surf N Ocean Pipeline Women's Pro | Final

Bodyboarding
1. Traci Effinger (HAW)
2. Jessica Becker (BRA)
3. Ayaka Suzuki (JAP)
4. Agaiko Shiotsuki (JAP)

Shortboarding
1. Gabriela Bryan (HAW)
2. Melanie Bartels (HAW)
3.

Candelaria Resano (NIC)
4. Luana Silva (HAW)

Longboarding
1. Kirra Seale (HAW)
2. Mason Schremmer (HAW)
3. Jamilah Star (HAW)
4. Raquel Heckart (BRA)