Carissa Moore vs Caroline Marks | Rip Curl WSL Finals 2023 - Championship Heat Replay

Rip Curl WSL Finals, it's the women's title match in the water. We have a five-time world champion looking for her sixth world title in the way of Carissa Moore and Caroline

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the sensation looking to win her first world title. This is a big one, this is what an entire season has come down to for these two women. Wow, surfing for the first time right now. Kaibo, just get a wave under your bow. Carissa Moore, this time you will start more aggressively with the first wave facing down. line steps in the queue slow down the board to prepare for that turn and a priority turn to Caroline Mark's pipeline to start the year she eliminated Tyler Wright Margaret River, eliminated Tyler again and beat this lady Caroline Marks at the surf ranch but here we go with marxie on the first wave look at that carve on the backhand from the bottom from the top again this is a good start for the silly foot hangs over there and the advantage Rosie is a clear advantage in that opening exchange with Caroline through the faceoffs Caroline has been getting eights that Nixon school with a three turn combo those first opening bursts were some of the best I've seen from here Caroline has the pick with that priority that first maneuver beautiful watches that spray hits the water from the back the bottom up spin setup for Caroline is so crisp and the on time timing is great.

I love that second turn, the first turn was a little bit sideways and then the third one was a little bit hanging, so I wonder how the judges have told us that they are going to be quite critical on every little element of your surfing, but this is, I want I mean, you can't fault the surfing that Caroline was doing at the time, that second shift for me was everything. she also took two angles on that bottom turn, went up horizontally and then went up vertically, tail slide even that's a progression element, maybe an hour before her first title fight, but you should be able to find something. beats somehow and it seems like marxie has just been keeping up with these salary guys now they're stabbed in the lip there Caroline dials a little behind the clean section that section no problem big cut there look this way she's going to back an excellent score and setback here with Caroline.

This is a wave that only a dumb Porter could have surfed so well. She goes through the section every time, as you can see there, her timing was perfect on the back and four maneuvers that were also different. there's a lot of variation in that wave there should be a big backup since you mentioned the slow motion pipes bros we can really break this down yeah I agree with Mitchell this one just had that perfect backhand entry where you can see her running towards below. the line and you can just hit those sections and drift the tail and Carissa had priority for this wave so Caroline went with it and it suited her surfing style more and that's where Strider's analysis on the lineup is correct . now she was actually pretty good, looks like she's stuck with her guy, back to Carissa Moore, look at the response, a couple of cuts on the forehand, a contrast of approach here and Carissa falls, misses the finish.

Well, yes, those little mistakes. from Carissa that's the concussion she had a taper here's Carissa's maneuver as a kind of setup she doesn't really hook the fins like you'd expect but Carissa just goes through the motions yeah I feel like you know she had that. falls on the first wave she just wants to complete something it's absolutely combustible out here it's so breakable it's unbelievable it's the perfect kind of wave when we see Caroline, you know, slide into this big splash off the top, there she's not done yet It's going to turn around and get out of it, but the surface of the water is perfect, the size of the waves is absolutely perfect, here we go.

Carissa with priority uses priority, long spin from below, sweep from above to cut more into the Target. Water there Banks of that white water another cut a bit of a conical wave here wants a spectacular finale relaxed cut that will help Carissa Moore in her cause and probably get her out of that two wave combination Rosie, there is a repeat Carissa I love the work on the rails, I mean Carissa, who is so beautiful, technically she sounds like she has a lot of power, but the sheer power of this final maneuver is really what gets you excited about what she's doing, surfing internally right now, look at that composition body while coming off the bottom folds once the shoulders you just know if you want to be a good surfer.

I think it's about looking at the fundamentals that Carissa has, you know exactly, and staying as close to the whitewater as well in the pocket all the time. timed and as you mentioned repetitive but that's what the wave allowed so she wasn't surfing the wave too much or trying to master it and that last turn was critical it was very committed with a lot of speed down the line until one section really difficult here. Comes Caroline again, fading that underhand spin on the backhand toward her lip, a sharp slice to start. She fades that long bottom twist, one more snap, spicy snap, make three, that one up on the lip line, a little fine release for the end.

I said it before. Mitchell looks like Caroline's

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are glued to her board. uh Caroline, more of a setup turn, a little bit stuck on the second one, but this third one was very admitted, it took a little while to get out. but just looking to replace a medium six she could easily do it when we talk about technique, although on the backhand she could have the best backhand on both the men's and women's sides. For me, watching Caroline, the word that comes to mind is explosive like she is explosive. from below and then explosive from above and then there is no stopping time between maneuvers which makes it like these surprise factors as he encounters the sections 20 minutes Hugo Carissa live in real time skids around that section the big car comes back When another one appears he gets great lane control there a little late and is able to get up and finish that wave, so the priority now is with Caroline and Carissa trying to deal, he has wave after wave with plenty of time still on the clock and It seems like the last exchange is actually going to be very close in terms of scoring, like let's talk about this wave right here, Rosie, yeah, just look, since it seems to be the first exemption they told me, just looking at the way which has that kind of face fracture that we've seen throughout the day, you really want that second or third, it tightens up a little bit more and just gives you a more critical section to work on, but the surfing that Carissa did was beautiful.

I would say that you take the surfing that Chris is doing puts him on a bigger, cleaner, more critical wave and that's where the money is going to come from for all the Shapers, all the competitors, the competitors, the families, the coaches, everyone. They are down here. It's a crazy atmosphere. It's a day of surf dancing and it's not stopping anytime soon let's get back into the action on Chris Moore's line up and in it crystal ball putting this wave under priority big cut there for more showing some power a little variety with a cut circular comes around this section beautiful carves there release at the end up and through the lip gets the finish and scores that for Carissa Moore Mitchell but definitely something to improve her scoring line moving through that wrap right there I like this maneuver ratchet that to me that The second turn is that extra emphasis that we've been talking about, that bag of tricks that she can reach that is very deep and then she finishes it very hard, but that second maneuver is definitely the one that stands out.

Take another look. in slow motion Mitchell, yes, and Caroline looked at him deeply and decided not to go. She saw something that wasn't going to replace the 7.93. I just find that the use of rails on the forehand has always been so impressive. No I don't think I'm getting a great score without that maneuver Rosie as you mentioned a great variation but the section was steep and difficult too so Carissa had a lot of commitment and these final two turns were as good as they come the future. always climbing to the top of the next section and a beautiful finish, strong surfing there by the five-time world champion.

I mean, check it out and see what's going on here. I mean, Caroline's marks have been tearing into these boards and they seem to be stuck together. your feet like, what are you doing to the equipment here that she can surf so well? We definitely have wow, the hay, he's out there catching the best waves doing the best surfing. I would love for you to know that technique, I think the back allows you to do it. You get to get around that whitewater and really lean into all those maneuvers, but she's definitely upped the ante in this

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like that 8.43, just the level of energy you're showing in every maneuver to me was impressive, there's two.

Maneuvers on this wave that I think stood out a lot more than other waves, look at this one here, see how accurate that floater is over that section and keeping his speed on the line so he can get a few more in after this one. the flow, the precision, but I think the most important thing is that the patience on this wave really paid off for Caroline. Score as well as possible in consecutive kaipo matches with at least 17 points on the board, maybe Ethan is close, but I'm giving Caroline the nod for some of the best surfing seen all day and it was just amazing in that area as we caught Carissa Moore on another wave looking to come back and we will wait for that score for Carissa, she is a dominant force Pam Birch. she also has a silly foot and won a world title in 1990.

Here we go some more here we go Carissa don't count her out opening the foam climb there, nice tapered rail work on Mayhem and again this wave gets a little tapered. for the aerial bust, the air knocks it down, the white water battles get a bit of rotation, unable to travel in front of the white water to count that as a makro, obviously she has decided, okay, I'm at that point of the

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. where I need to start being a little more critical even in that first maneuver, the way she deflected that tail is really cool and it's also a breakup point, no one has been able to do that so far today, but as you mention we were all watching this.

Telegraph we haven't seen any today even on the men's side so it would have been a big point of difference if speed had the momentum but the section wasn't really there and unfortunately for it a lot of whitewater went. on the two-row landing it was everything, everything was there it just didn't have, you know, low, like we've said, it's pushing out to see it just didn't have that reverb to point it back to shore because everything was there to Caroline did spectacularly, excellently too, with a Caroline total of 17.1 away from home for that first win in the title match, just 35 minutes on the clock.

Two waves could be the difference in making this Floridian a world champion today. Joe trapped with Rosie Hodge and Peter. Mel is here for the call her format brings the heat as soon as we get here in the morning and hear the horn sound we'll see if Carissa Moore can find redemption in this showdown with Rosie during the year undercover that was Ian my husband . stopped by a herd of deer on the road as we see Carissa opening this Carissa is now taking the first wave 17 to go 40 to go throw it down a good cut back put the float on early now it breaks and she'll hold on to it, so clear that wave that sometimes seemed a little difficult to establish, but now has a score.

Wow, I mean that lower body strength coming back to Carissa's wave. Rosie, yeah, just rapping on that first maneuver and then a little bit of downtime. that wave has a little foam on the face gets that flow with the float showing us some variety putting those turns together if you have to see Caroline get a bomb here that would be pretty tough we'll see what happens now if she decides to commit. to this one he fades out to take off the silly foot setting up his first spin Caroline throws some spray on the opening trick second full spin on her third as she really wraps him from the top hard, whips him quickly and makes it to the inside section to hit him It took a lot of confidence away from the 21-year-old, who is already an Olympian but is now looking for a first world title in the mix.

I just love the way she approaches this first turn, only that beautiful long bottom turn remains in the cupping section. the wave and the wands through it has that kind of glow in your face here on the low trestles this wave is so beautiful it has a lot of power and backspin it's a really fun way to surf and I love seeing Caroline's signature style and She picked that spot perfectly, there's a little section of foam that it came in. She could have gone up and over, but she wanted to make that snap and get some water off the railing and placed itperfectly.

She was also very patient in this wave. She sat down. from the bottom, she didn't rush into the turns to the face, she handled it very well and on each turn again she went off the rail, she was pushing for the turns to be strong and then she got the finish and it was a definite advantage, as she you mentioned Caroline in this exchange. I mean, Carissa had a little bit of that stop and started the floating section there where she jumped on it, while Caroline looks at that straight maneuver, bottom turn to maneuver, bottom turn to maneuver, so great pace and great way .

Caroline knows she's rowing and can't catch up by sitting in a better position while Caroline dials under priority. She fades to take off and sets up a solid back hook. She follows him again and establishes a third downward movement. That's what we've done. Seen from Carolina, she's been able to produce and there's definitely a lot of water coming off the rail, even though it's a bit of a foamy section, she can only use that exit throw on the return combo of that backhand, as soft as silk, just reading it. stay in the critical section and really use that backhand and attack that lip line, you just know it gets your attention a little dirty there when you look at the super slow motion if we're being incredibly critical, but everything about this wave, while she thinks that these spins together, it seems pretty good to me, yeah, and his inside backhand, inside backhand, underspin, you know where he drives that arm, he does, I mean, we compare him to Aki and Aki used to keep that arm very low. backhand to Caroline now riss gets going wraps it up and sets it up spins there Carissa needs something big to rest on that looks solid she'll reach the final section to float it and Rides Away Airline takes off and completely dismantles it but Carissa comes out from behind just putting that rail to work Pete, yeah, she knew it, and again this way it flattened out, although I mean, although it was wave number two, he thought it would be cleaner in the face, he turned a little bit towards the channel , but she did it.

Get ready here, that was a very strong turn. The judges will like it, it's very aggressive, you know, compared to what you would see where Caroline, we take a look at this turn here, this is the outside car and again it opens up. She wears that. The car carries the speed well, a little disjointed here, it felt like it was looking for the next section and had to wait, but then if it finally hits the rest area right there and that's super strong, you know, compressing, pushing On that curve, it comes out. She didn't have the full flow, but I will say that this will be a pretty good number for her because she was able to perform this finishing move as well, but Caroline's flow is a little more connected. for Carissa 6.93 her best so far Caroline's last 7.6 best of the showdown Kara Lupo shoots again to start in the opening section prepared the job to complete it and she still closes it glued to her feet man she is very on point I want I mean, let's take a look at this

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here as she goes down on this first turn, but you see a little bit of fan drift, a little bit more force on the turns, yeah, this one is disjointed here and she had to force that, but again you see the When you release the fins, it comes out with confidence, so I understand that I like it.

This wave probably won't make it into her top two, but ultimately she just proves how good she is right now. Oh, she look, she's so solid, confident, I mean, and this. It was a cool decision, like a little two-for-one setup turn to put that bump in the oncoming section, yeah, cut that bottom turn, go a little sideways so I could get that projection and just keep losing the title year passed after mastering the regular. season, he's helping turn things around as we get to minute five. Mark needs a seven six seven. Carissa takes a first turn in the whitewater and is starting to hunt a little as she doesn't have to worry about losing priority, but at the heart of the peak is Caroline Marks already has some speed, a quick little check under the lip and then he makes a small extended cut which is his first fall.

Here is the opportunity. Carissa commits to this swing. She needs a 7.67, world number one and five-time world champion. trying to save himself here he connects he has the bottom turn aggressively to get a two turn combined body language there he's just saying come on wow I mean no I don't think that's enough I mean we can already look at a 7.6 that before the greeting from Caroline and I just don't feel like that's going to be enough, it was a little disjointed when it first became solid. I was like, okay, here we go, we'll see for now, that's it, but then it goes off, she goes on. up there, but yeah, come on, oh yeah, she knows how important this is.

Carissa Moore raises her hands hoping she is close to the number she is chasing a 7.67 in a two turn combo. The numbers are coming in now that she is chasing a 7-6. 7 and it's not enough since we're counting down, it's official. Caroline marks is your

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world champion. Incredible. Wow, can you imagine what that feeling is for Caroline Marks right now and for Carissa Moore? Oh man, what a special day. For the Florida surfer who always called Charisma or Hero, he had to take a break last year from competitive surfing for personal reasons and came back stronger than ever straight into a world title showdown and officially his world champion.