Veteran Sally Fitzgibbons has taken down a pair of big-name Americans to claim a confidence-boosting first heat win of the 2025 World Surf League season as action got under way at famed Supertubos.
Fitzgibbons, 34, put together a two-wave score of 10.73 points to down former event winner Caroline Marks and Lakey Peterson and advance straight to the round of 16 at the Rip Curl Pro Portugal.
"It's pretty neat to be back in front of the glass, it's been a while," Fitzgibbons said.
