Picklum Throws Down Biggest Hammer In Women’s History, Goes Back-To-Back @ Hurley Pro Sunset Beach

Introducing your new World No. 1 Molly Picklum. If Pipe wasn’t enough, another momentous Finals Day in women’s surfing went down at North Shore’s proving ground of Sunset Beach and Picklum answered the call. Picklum and Bettylou Sakura Johnson battled for the 2024 event title with Picklum taking her confidence from a historic performance in the Semifinals onward and earned back-to-back wins at the iconic break. Now, Picklum heads to Portugal wearing yellow and making her case for another World Title hunt.

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Since it hosted the first Championship Tour event ever in 1976, Sunset Beach has long stood as an old-school test of power surfing. And while timeless rail-to-rail surfing still dominates, a new school of surfers is beginning to redefine the wave with a more modern approach. Who will win out, and who heads to colder waters on a hot streak?

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As we look at the back looks like a set’s rolling through and it looks like Molly’s having a look here we go with Molly pum delays the bottom turn wave raises up pickles up into the lip big explosion behind her and what a turn Molly picklum

Taking it to the house she said look I was either going to die or I was going to make it you know it was just such a consequential consequential uh moment there and she just pulled it off a little bit of a rib on this one it’s

Already wet ing across the face of this wave overhead on the first section nice sweeping Cy for Molly picklum foam climb punch on the hollow part of the wave and another whip on the shoulder and here we go we’ll break down Molly so this one you can really see those ribs in the

Face of the wave but the timing was perfect where she hit that first section she just threw a lot of spray and then straight up into the lip I thought she was going to fall off a board there but somehow she just regained that we will make it official back to back Seasons

Your champion of the hurly pro Sunset Beach is Molly picklum wa that is that’s incredible Molly to maintain that momentum from pipe all the way through to Sunset and just do it in such an amazing fashion I just it’s so impressive and I I feel for Betty I

Really feel for Betty just having that higher single wave score that 717 and not being able to get another opportunity but yeah the numbers are right there and Molly with That win I mean wow and the yellow Jersey Molly pick them back to number one in the

World a final to a win last time we saw that Carissa Moore in 2021 which is a world title year for RIS we’ll see how things go for this young lady representing New South Wales the Central Coast which has some super Talent all paved the way by Surfers like Rebecca

Woods Amy donaho from that region I was just chatting with Ace bucking he’s from that area area as well he always looked up to Shane Powell uh mattye Wilkinson who is the first Surfer that co uh micro coach to a lot of success as we see the celebration

Already happening in the channel yeah that was a funny Dismount from the G by Molly I love it uh yeah as we say them just celebrating right now what a win what a win and what momentum a lot of momentum for Molly picklum all that hard work and dedication paying off and doing

It with so much stok Strider congratulations yeah buddy Molly early Pro sunet Beach you’re the champ back to back backing it up it’s not a fluke I mean backing it up I was thinking of Tyler when she backed her Bells R up and I didn’t think that stuff’s possible like what it’s just

Like you can’t predict it sunset’s crazy so I mean this goes up right up there for me for sure well your big snap in your last te was well goes right up there with me I don’t think any one of my friends would have hit that section I

Mean that’s Sunset you got to just commit and go for it and hope for the best and luckily on that one I made it otherwise I was dead I know it’s a long year but you’re now in the yellow Jersey yeah Baby yeah that was crazy but also too I just want to say the women’s level of at Sunset right now is incredible and I think like Gabrielle o’ Brien the she’s doing out here Bria Betty Lou um I mean they were setting the bar and I just got

Got it today so I’m stoked well you proved yourself at pipeline backed it up at sunset it’s going to be a great year can’t wait to see the rest of it want to say anything to your fans yeah I mean all of you guys support me through

Everything and um yeah thanks so much for tuning in and also I’d like to say thanks to Glenn he’s obviously spent a lot of time away from home this month and um it was well and truly worth it yay Glenny all right congratulations Molly go celebrate we love You what a great moment in the water for Molly picklum Glenn micro Hall and Betty Lou runner up on the beach with her mom who’s always so proud of her and you knew her game plan she didn’t need much she sat and waited the set unfortunately was too big she had a

Duck dive and then there wasn’t anything in the final minute as the Australians start the party in the channel Molly pum back in yellow heading into Europe and picking up a huge win what a season already coming up next the men’s final Canoa taking on Jack Robinson and that’s about it yeah for

Him it’s definitely easy mouth for some it’s like calculus it’s could be very challenging we’ve got a winner going back to back on on the glass already Molly picklum is with AJ yeah Joey Molly coming in sinking in that here you are the backto back champ at Sunset I know

Going into that final against Betty Lou you knew you had to be on your game what was your strategy to keep her at B get the win today I mean what a moment defending a title is just like so hard in our sport cuz at the ocean is in charge and um

Yeah just obviously Balo had such a good wave and um that’s why it’s scary she’s so capable of them like in her sleep you know so um yeah the ocean just played played its part for me and um I’m really really really happy it did that and

Molly when I think about the moments you’ve already had in this 2024 it started at pipe with a 10 and a finals and now here you are at Sunset Beach with a massive turn an iconic turn dare I say and a finals win how do you feel

Like you are just building momentum at each stop yeah I think every event feels different so just taking it for what it is and um enjoying it and just trying to find the little fun moments in between it all cuz I definitely wasn’t as confident this event I felt like i’ had

Some trouble just like trying to get the rail in and um it was a really tricky event for me for confidence-wise but I always kept belief and um I think that’s one of my strengths that I kind of always believe no matter what and um

Yeah that’s why you got to Just Keep On Believing how does this win help that belief yeah I mean of course it yeah winning twice it’s definitely you got to back yourself for sure anything you want to say to friends and fans back home in Australia absolutely thanks so much guys

I hope you’re all partying by now it’s probably after lunch and um I love you all I really appreciate the support and it’s just the start of the year but we did really well here in Hawaii and I’m Stu to come home soon what a great message to all of our

Friends and family back home all over Australia