Megan Abubo’s Journal

This week Im in Ecuador for the  ISA  Quiksilver world junior championships.  I ended up here because two months ago, Rainos Hayes asked me if I would like to coach the girls side of the Hawaii junior team and help with the ladies side of things.  Kahea Hart and Himself run the boys side.  Since my year is pretty freed up and I wanted to do some different things, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to give back to this sport that has given me so much.  I was pretty amped to be a part of such a special event.  Before I left for Australia back in February I did a couple of training sessions with the girls and was pretty amped to work with them.

This event is being held in Salinas Ecuador.  To get here was a mission!! Especially with 12 teenagers , 3 coaches, a few sets of parents and long time supporters of amateur surfing.  I’m not used to checking in with so many people, not have my special seat, and being entertained the whole time I travel basically.  It was very different but a good experience for me.  so 3 5 hour plane rides later, mechanical difficulties, and a few layovers we were finally in Ecuador. (more…)

So the Roxy Pro Gold Coast came to an end.  Steph Gilmore and Melanie Bartels started off right where they left off.  Steph surfed her homebreak of snapper rocks finally and defeated the amazing Hawaiian.  Mel Bartels is a good friend of mine and it is so good to see her get the financial, emotional, and mental support that she has needed for a long time.  She really stepped up her game this event.  It was so cool to see the whole womens tour has gone up a couple of levels and really putting some flare and mixing it up this year.  The top 18 on the Asp Woimens World Tour are all capable of winning a world title and their all looking at the top of their game. (more…)

On the first lay day of the Roxy Pro I went down to Byron Bay for the Sunday markets. I don’t particularly like markets but a lil Byron Bay on a Sunday mixed with the markets sounded very interesting to me so decided to give it a go and head an hour south of the goldie.

A few of the girls decided to join in the trek: Lee Anne Curren, Rosie Hodge, Amee Donohoe and Nikita Robb. Lucky for me I was jus a passenger cuz Amee’s Donohoes dad drove the whole way so I just checked out the rolling hills. (more…)

So I have been in oz for a week now and it is always so surreal coming here. This country is just so surfer friendly. It has the only airline in the world that doesn’t charge you a cent for your surfboards and there is a pub on every amazing surf break along the entire coast. For instance you can sit at the snapper surf lifesaving club and have your favorite schooner and watch the sunset and 400 surfers fighting it out on one of the worlds longest righthand point breaks. The only buildings that are even really allowed on the beach are these surf lifesaving clubs. It is a surfers paradise really and from my room I can see the actual Surfers Paradise. (more…)

I just went to Indonesia on a boat trip with 7 amazingly diverse, musically inclined, artistically talented, funny chicks. If I could say all those in one sentence properly they were all of the above. Kassia Meador and myself planned a boat trip to Indo with a more diverse group of women than we have ever gone with before. Usually we go on trips based on who’s rated what and who’s killing it at that time and only for purposes of getting good photos and film. This time we didn’t really think about photos or filming as much as a good vibe. We just wanted to go on a chill boat trip with some talented women surfers in and out of the water. So we got together and put a core group of girls together and what we came up with was Lee Ann Curren aka ( charger) and daughter of the infamous Tom Curren. It was scary the similarities between her and her father and she was always charging and playing really good tunes on the boat. And I gave her mad props for cutting her bangs herself the morning of her departure for the boat trip. Sally Fitsgibbons aka (Giblet) official token grom of the trip who surfed better than just about anyone in Indonesia at the time and might I add has just qualified for the Asp WCT womens world tour two weeks after our trip at 17 and half way through the year. I feel honored having been able to go on a trip with her before she is untouchable, haha. Serena Brooke aka ( tassie devil) my bunk mate and hell charger. She did the biggest floater I have ever seen a woman do on this six foot bombie . She showed up to Indo without clothes, only army pants and a puff jacket in hand. So she had an entire megan wardrobe on her hand . it was funny, but for her only funny for a couple of days.
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I’d like to send a huge congratulations out to Stephanie Gilmore who won the 2007 ASP Women’s world tour as a rookie on Maui. It has been awesome watching her surf all year and an inspiration to see her take the title in her rookie year. congrats kid!

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It was an amazing 2007 Hawaii Triple Crown Season. It started off with Haleiwa, my homebreak and favorite wave in the world and ended with Honolua Bay probably one of the best waves in the world. The women’s tour was blessed with amazing waves and we really got lucky considering it was a very up and down winter. Haleiwa was awesome and I scored my first perfect 10 and took home the trophy to the one contest i have always wanted to win my whole life. It was probably the best day of my life and I won’t ever forget it. The waves were so good too! Sunset was absolutely insane, fun size and perfectly glassy and picture perfect. Unfortunately in the semifinals I took a horrendous wipeout and ended up in the hospital with torn intercostal muscles and bruised ribs. I thought i was out and the triple crown was a done deal for me. But i ended up getting lucky and surfed my heats and made it far enough on maui to win the crown. It is probably the biggest accomplishment in my entire surfing career. Right now I’m on a break and just reflecting last year and enjoying the many great things surfing has given me this past year. I hope everyone has a great new year and happy times! ALOHA

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Hey guys,
I just finished a trip off some remote areas of mainland mexico. It was awesome! We went on a boat called the Royal Pelagic and were treated like queens. We had 5 star service and treatment the whole way. It was great. There were 8 of us and we got to surf fun waves by ourselves with no one out for a week. There wasn’t tons of swell, but when your surfing with your buddies you make the most of it and have a blast. We were taken over by the military for a few hours which was exciting and scary. They had big guns and boats. But we stayed surfing through it all. haha. Highlights of the trip were watching Steph Gilmore and Mel Bartels surf, they were ripping and absolutely amazing. Being fed amazing cuisine three meals a day, thanks chef Ben. and hanging out on deck with the girls, crew, and captain K. Life is pretty good! Hope your all getting good waves out there and enjoying the start to your summer like me, or winter if you live down under! Aloha! (more…)

Hey!

Welcome to my new web site. You can check out what I’m up to these days with a brand new photo gallery, my bio, a blog where I’ll keep you up to date with my latest surfing adventures, news, info about the great companies that sponsor me, links to some of my favorite web sites, and a lot more.

Stay tuned, there is much more to come. We’re still making some changes around here so please be patient as we get everything in place.

To all of my fans that have supported me throughout the years, thank you so much. Aloha!

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