Stephanie Gilmore has won the Roxy Pro in Biarritz, clinching her first victory of the season ahead of freshly crowned 2011 ASP Women’s World Champion Carissa Moore in good quality three-foot waves and finding the only clean barrel of the event en route to victory.

“Today was unbelievable because so much has gone down,”  Roxy Pro winner Gilmore said. “In my perfect world somebody would be crowned world champ and I would take the win and that is what I dreamt about. It feels so good. I missed it so much this year. I am so happy right now.”

“It’s been a great event and I was just smiling during the whole final,” said an ecstatic Carissa Moore. “It’s probably the heat I’ve spoken in most in my career and we were just enjoying our time out there with Stephanie. The waves were fun and I am just super stoked to be here in Biarritz.”