Clip: Aussie Surfer Makes History as First Women to Score a Perfect 10 at Pipe
In case you haven't heard yet, "Pipeline is for the fucking girls!"
Lexus Pipe Pro winner Caitlin Simmers made the claim after beating Australian Molly Picklum in the final.
Picklum took second place, but she's going down in history as the first woman to score a perfect 10 during a contest at the legendary surf break.
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ABC Sport shared the post above and captioned it:
"Australian surfer Molly Picklum scored the first ever women’s 10-point ride at Pipeline.
"Hailing from the NSW Central Coast, Picklum lost the final to US surfer Caitlin Simmers, but she’ll always have this little slice of history!"
The clip above shows Picklum getting barreled on the 10-point wave in the semi-final against Hawaii's Bettylou Sakura Johnson.
She drops in backside at Pipe, grabs rail, pulls in, and gets spit out.
Narrating the wave a WSL commentator says:
"This was absolutely insane, grabs the rail, pulls up from underneath the lip, and comes flying out with a spin.
"Wow, for me that was so technical, so, so, so technical and so hard to do on your backhand she held that rail for so long.
"So beautiful to watch. My jaw's through the floor right now."
Considering that women weren't allowed to compete at Pipeline until 2020, it's pretty badass.
Sounds like Picklum thinks so too.
According to ABC Sport, she said:
"I'm just so, so happy — 10 points, it's hard to come by.
"With the wave I was just like, 'I need a score and I know she's capable of a 10', so I just took off and I just thought it's got some draw to it and I may as well roll the dice and try.
"But 10 points, I love it, I want more."
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