World Title Showdown Awaits Moore, Peterson And Marks
(left-right) World Title contenders Lakey Peterson and Caroline Marks of the United States and 3X WSL Champion Carissa Moore of Hawaii posing with the World Title trophy ahead of the 2019 Lululemon Maui Pro (Photo by Kelly Cestari/WSL via Getty Images)

World Title Showdown Awaits Moore, Peterson and Marks

The stage is set at the Mau Pro, the final stop on the WSL Women's Championship with contenders Moore, Peterson and Marks all heading for a title battle

The lululemon Maui Pro, the final stop on the World Surf League Women’s Championship is at the beginning of its event window with contenders Carissa Moore, Lakey Peterson and Caroline Marks heading for a world title battle.

The women gathered earlier this week at Honolua Bay ahead of the events opening day for the lululemon Rising Tides event and to speak about the upcoming world title battle and the race to provisionally qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

Three-time WSL Champion Moore leads the World Title race going into the lululemon Maui Pro with Peterson in second and Marks in third. The race for the 2019 World Title is extremely close as less than six-thousand points separate 17-year-old Marks from 27-year-old Moore.

Despite the pressure of being the Jeep Frontrunner, Moore is embracing the excitement and closeness of the World Title race. Moore is very familiar with the famed venue as a three-time event winner (2018, 2015, 2014). Her relationship with this wave is a major advantage against the field in her run to clinch her fourth World Title and defend the event title.

“I love Honolua Bay,” said Moore. “It is one of the most beautiful, challenging, powerful but high-performance point breaks I’ve ever surfed and it is home for me, which makes it extra special. Hawaii is the place where you want to show up and show that you can surf and perform because this is the birthplace of surfing and where some of the best waves in the world are. I am so excited for this last event. How cool that I am in the World Title race with Lakey and Caroline. There is so much on the line.”

World Title Showdown Awaits Moore, Peterson and Marks
The Rising Tides WSL girls program taking place ahead of the 2019 Lululemon Maui Pro at Honolulu Bay on November 24, 2019 in Maui, United States. (Photo by Cait Miers/WSL via Getty Images)

Marks, who could be the youngest CT surfer to ever win the World Title pending her performance in this event, is feeling excited about the season’s finale after an incredible year that witnessed her win the first event of the year and the Roxy Pro France last month. 

“I am super excited,” said Marks. “It is so rad to be in this position. My goal this year was to be in the Top 5 and to win an event, and now I am in the Top 3, I’ve won two events, and am still in the running for the World Title and the Olympics, so I am excited. It has been an incredible year and I am looking forward to this week. I know everyone is super hard to beat but I am going to try my hardest and surf my best.”

Petersonwas in a similar position last season chasing her maiden World Title but was eliminated early, giving Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)her seventh World Title. This time, against two Americans, Peterson again has the opportunity to clinch her first World Title, but now also has the chance to provisionally qualify for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. 

“Just to have another year here and to finish here with the World Title race is so special,” said Peterson. “When there is so much going on with myself and Caroline and Carissa, and the Olympics, it deserves a good venue to finish at. I am happy to be here and excited to get going. It is anyone’s game to win this contest…I do not want to lose, nobody wants to lose. I want to win and that is a lot more fun, but I think it is remembering to have perspective. If you have perspective, you are going to enjoy life way more and generally, that is when you do better anyways.”The World Title scenarios ahead of the lululemon Maui Pro: If Carissa Moore wins Maui, she clinches the World Title; If Moore gets a 2nd, Lakey Peterson needs a 1st to take the World Title from Moore; If Moore gets a 3rd, Peterson needs a 2nd & Caroline Marks a 1st; If Moore gets a 5th/9th/17th, Peterson needs 3rd & Marks a 2nd to force a 3-way Tie Surf Off for World Title decision in Maui.

World Title Showdown Awaits Moore, Peterson and Marks
The Rising Tides WSL girls program taking place ahead of the 2019 Lululemon Maui Pro at Honolulu Bay on November 24, 2019 in Maui, United States. (Photo by Kelly Cestari/WSL via Getty Images)

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