Whatever happens at the WSL finals event in California, the fierce and graceful Gilmore is already the greatest, Beachley reckons
When Layne Beachley secured her seventh and last world title at Honolua Bay back in 2006, she knew the benchmark she had just set would not stand forever. But Beachley didn’t realise that the fresh-faced teenager tearing it up on the qualifying circuit at the time would be the one who threatens to surpass her achievement.
This week at the iconic Californian break at Lower Trestles, Stephanie Gilmore, who brimmed with confidence and potential 15 years ago, has a golden opportunity to move ahead of her fellow Australian by winning a record eighth world title at the inaugural winner-takes-all, one-day World Surf League finals event.
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