12 Jan 2018

Tahiti wins first World Surf Championship

1:31 pm on 12 January 2018

Tahiti has its first World Surf League Champion after Vahine Fierro claimed the 2017 WSL Junior Championship at Australia's Bombo beach this week.

Fierro beat Hawaii's Summer Macedo in the women's final while Oahu-based Finn McGill beat Japan's Joh Azucho in the men's championship.

Fierro told Surfer Today the win was an amazing way to end her Junior career and kick off the 2018 season.

Tahiti's Vahine Fierro beat Hawaii's Summer Macedo

Tahiti's Vahine Fierro beat Hawaii's Summer Macedo Photo: WSL/Smith