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On the move with
Keely Andrew
Six months ago, the
Sunshine Coast’s Keely
Andrew obliterated the
two-event Masters and
Women’s series. For her
efforts, she pocketed a
golden ticket to surf
in the 2014 Roxy Pro trials. Keely then took the
same winning form into
the trials and, with perfect, superbank waves
on offer, won her way
into the main event.
We caught up with Keely after
her first round heat with 2013
World Champion, Carissa
Moore.
Surf Photo Cestari/ASP
How have you found the Roxy
Pro so far?
It’s been a lot of fun! Coming
up against Carissa [Moore] in
the first heat was always going
to be a great experience.
Yes, that was quite a stacked
heat, was it daunting?
I was more excited than anything. I’ve always wanted to
surf against Carissa and it was
great to finally get the chance.
How’d you find her?
It’s kind of intimidating out
in the water with her because
she’s the world’s best, but overall, it wasn’t too bad.
You won your position into
the trials six months ago,
what have you done in the
meantime to prepare?
The trials kind of snuck up on
me and I hadn’t really been
thinking about too much, I’ve
been focusing on my qualifying events more than anything
and train as much as possible.
What kind of training
are you doing?
Training in the gym with
Tim [Just] and with my coach
working on some heat strategies and technique.
So tell me what’s going on on
the Sunshine Coast, because
there seems to be quite a lot
of talent coming out of the
woodwork.
[Laughs] I have no idea, maybe it’s because we have average waves a lot of the time and
most competitions are run in
average waves, comps become
just like an average day at
home.
This year, Dimity Stoyle has
qualified for the tour, you’ve
just won the Roxy Pro trials
and Isabella Nichols has been
winning all kinds of junior
events, what’s going on with
the girls? Are you competitive
with each other?
We’re very competitive with
each other, you know, whenever we see each other we
get along pretty well and it’s
always good to have two other girls from the same area as
you, but also highly competitive to help push you.
What’s next for you?
The rest of this year, I’m just
going to be trying to qualify for the tour. I have a few Pro
Juniors and then I go to New
Zealand.
It’s been a
lot of fun!
Coming
up against
Carissa in the
first heat was
always going
to be a great
experience.
~ Keely Andrew
Keely Andrew.
Portrait Ben Whitmore
10 – autumn IssuE
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