The Canadian was crowned the winner in Fiji after Isabella Nichols was forced to withdraw from the Final due to an ankle injury sustained during her Semifinal win over Brisa Hennessy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Erin, the result marks a full-circle moment at a wave that has already played a defining role in her career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2024, she arrived in Fiji as a wildcard and left with her maiden Championship Tour victory, becoming the first Canadian surfer to win a CT event. Now a full-time member of the Tour, she has returned to the top of the podium once again, just weeks after winning the Outerknown Tahiti Pro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel so amazing, I\u2019ve just been having the best time these last two events,\u201d Erin said. \u201cI can\u2019t believe that I got two back-to-back wins. That just seemed impossible at the beginning of the year, but now I\u2019m just insanely happy.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The victory caps off an incredible turnaround for Erin after a challenging start to the season. Her wins in Tahiti and Fiji have seen her climb from World No. 19 to World No. 8 in just two events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After claiming the win at Teahupo\u2019o, Erin arrived in Fiji with renewed confidence and wasted no time showing it, opening her campaign with what she described as the best heat of her life and posting a Perfect 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve just been having so much fun,\u201d<\/strong> Erin said. \u201cThat win in Tahiti took so much pressure off and allowed me to go out there and surf the way I wanted to.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve just been smiling and having fun, and I just love this place.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Her Tahiti-Fiji double also puts Erin in rare company. After arriving in Fiji, she crossed paths with 1999 World Champion Mark Occhilupo, who won both events back-to-back in 1999. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe congratulated me on Tahiti and was telling me about the \u2018dime-a-double,\u2019 where you win both Fiji and Tahiti back-to-back,\u201d<\/strong> Erin said. \u201cIt\u2019s been in my head, and the closer I\u2019ve been getting, I\u2019ve been getting so excited, and finally doing it is insane.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n While the Final didn\u2019t unfold the way either surfer had hoped, Erin was quick to recognise Nichols and the form she had shown throughout the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m honestly so bummed for Isabella. I love her like a sister, and I really wanted to share a Final with her,\u201d<\/strong> Erin said. \u201cI hope she rests up really quickly, and I\u2019m praying for her.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With two straight victories behind her, Erin now carries plenty of momentum into the back half of the season as the Tour moves to Stop No. 9, the Lexus Trestles Pro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m so excited to go to Lowers,\u201d<\/strong> Erin said. \u201cI love it there and have a lot of friends and family there, so it\u2019s going to be great.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Congratulations, Erin. Back-to-back and just getting started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Two events. Two wins. Erin Brooks is on a roll. Erin Brooks has claimed the 2026 Fiji Pro, securing back-to-back Championship Tour victories and returning to the place where she made history just two years ago. The Canadian was crowned the winner in Fiji after Isabella Nichols was forced to withdraw from the Final due […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[592],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-updates"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38810,"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38808\/revisions\/38810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripcurl.com.vn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/6545\/3497\/files\/Women_s_Winner_26Fiji__C8A3483_Cait_Miers.jpg?v=1788419778\")
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