The most successful women's surfer of all time, Australia's Steph Gilmore, talks to ABC Sport at the start of the new season about her dramatic eighth world title and some of the surprising sporting athletes she draws inspiration from.
"In this fashion you just try and make the top five and on the very final day the world's best battle it out and that moment crowns a world champion. You could have a bad day and Carissa just wasn't on that day."
"But what I loved about that final day was it gave me the sense of what sport is, it was one of those grand final moments and that's what I love about sport. However last year's success seemed a long way off after a tough start to 2022 had Gilmore in danger of being demoted to the Challenger Series as part of the mid-season "cut".
"I've won a lot of world titles but there's so many waves out there I'm not comfortable in and so many manoeuvres I'm not that great at. I'm a great competitor but I'm always looking at other surfers and thinking I need to get better at that trick, I need to push myself here in these heavier waves. Stephanie Gilmore has been a competitive surfer for two decades — she says that even when she finishes as a pro, she will still continue to surf for the love of it.
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