This past quarter saw Sally spend a considerable period in Hawaii where she surfed Haleiwa, Sunset and Maui. Sally prepared well for the WQS at Haleiwa and was disappointed with a 9th place finish. Moving on to the Roxy Pro at Sunset Sally met some solid conditions during preparation and during the Trials event. Sally won the Trials convincingly and was unlucky not to progress further into the main draw. To finish the Hawaii season Sally went to Maui to practice but there was little swell and she returned home for Christmas and her 18th birthday. Reflecting on a big year Sally feels all her goals were achieved.

I left Sydney on my quest for Morocco. It was to be the first of four planes, apparently Morocco is not the closest country to Australia.

I met up with Kassia and Jen in L.A; and we continued on our journey. As we skated through Parisairport to change terminals we were all smiles, until security told Jen she had to check the skate board in before boarding our next plane. We finally arrived in Marrakech, our final destination and all our bags were missing, except Jens mini skateboard, which was now broken. We took a visit to the lost baggage room and then Candice flew in from London and everyone was excited to see her and have their feet on the ground. We settled at a hotel for the night and feasted on some traditional Moroccan food.

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Check out Roxy’s Kassia Meador, Jennifer Smith, LeeAnne Curren, Sally Fitzgibbons and Candice O’Donnell adventure through Morocco on Surfline!  The girls went exploring down the coast of Morocco and had more than their share of waves and adventures.  Below are some photos from the trip, but be sure to check out the full story on Surfline. 

Aloha friends~ Please join us for a special screening of the multi-award winning documentary film on the life of Rell Kapolioha’ehukai Sunn, also known as The Queen of Makaha. You’ll laugh, cry and also be inspired by her amazing journey.  Look forward to seeing you Saturday, Feb 21 at 7pm at the Grace Theater located at 102 N Freeman Street Oceanside CA map

Roxy’s Laura Enever (17) just dominated the ASP Billabong Pro Jr in Australia, she won every heat by a mile! In the Final, she had her competition needing  a combination of scores just to catch up!  Laura is surfing top notch! We are SO proud of Laura!

Lipoa Richards-Kahaleuahi

Age:	19
Hometown:	Hana, Maui
School:	UC Santa Barbara – Sophomore
Sponsors:	Roxy, Kazuma Surf Boards, Hi-Tech Surf Shop, Dakine
Claim to Fame:	Lipoa put together a sensational four event win-streak going undefeated in the College Women’s division of the 2008-09 Southwest Conference College Season. The victory at the season finale held at HB’s Ninth Street sandbars on January 24-25, improved her record to a perfect 4-0 to close out the regular season. Undoubtedly the UCSB sophomore will hope to carry the momentum of her outstanding run into the upcoming State Championships where she will be gunning for her first major NSSA title.

Hi Friends~  Check out the video from Lisa and Sally’s recent visit to Transworld!

http://surf.transworld.net/2009/01/26/cotes-cube-lisa-andersen-and-sally-fitzgibbons/

Hi Friends!  Here is the last episode from the Roxy Road Trip Australia, turn up the sounds and ENJOY! 

"So the last day of the trip the waves weren’t the best so we decided to go to this waterfall in the mountains.  Its was raining pretty hard, so when we rocked up the fall was flowing full force.  The air was really cold because we were really high up in the Australian mountains.  We threw on our amazing wetsuits and had to get down in the water and check it out, being the adventurous crew we are..Water is the strongest element in nature and being there feeling all the energy around us, we couldn’t help but feel ALIVE. This was a perfect ending to a very unique trip.  Thanks for joining us on this incredible adventure. Hope this inspired you to get a few friends together pack up the car and head out on your own road trip. Who knows what you will find" –Candice O’Donnell

Please be sure to watch "The Bachelor" this Monday January 19th at 8pm/7pm Central!  Keep a Breast, who ROXY proudly sponsors, will be the featured date and casts all of the bacherlorettes and the bachelor!!!  Watch the teaser below..

Hi friends~  Wanted to share with you the Roxy girls road trip day number 4 through Leeanne Curren’s eyes. enjoy!

"After we painted our masterpiece tent, we really needed to have a good surfing day. We woke up the next day early and checked the waves in front of the camp as the sun was coming up. The conditions were really clean and there were no clouds in the sky, which was a pretty big surprise because its been raining so much lately. It was so amazing what this trip has brought us.  The whole beach was empty and we went out and surfed all day by ourselves, and when we were finally surfed out we cane in and had the idea of making a campfire. The boys went to pick up some wood in the forest while we cooked dinner.  We grabbed the guitars, Jen’s "hard-core"-Dion, and made a nice big fire to keep ourselves warm on the beach.  We hammed for a little while and then Millertime told us the craziest surfing stories that he knew, it was interesting…He is a good story teller.  That was really a nice evening, and we decided to sleep on the beach under the moonlight….Which sounded good, but the sand wasn’t that comfortable and we were all paranoid by all of the bugs and the spiders just waiting for us to fall asleep to start eating us.  The fire didn’t make it through the night either and we were pretty much frozen on the beach when we woke up. But that was a good experience not to go though again, except falling asleep while watching the stars.. –Leeanne Curren