Paige Hareb second at the World Surfing Games

Paige Hareb has placed runner up at the 2010 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games in Peru this morning. Paige led the final until the last two minutes when the Australian surfer Chelsea Hedges got the better of the final exchange and jumped into the lead.

 

Hareb continued to dominate for the New Zealand team progressing through to the final. ISA / Paolo Lopez.

The result equals the best ever at the World Surfing Games by a New Zealand surfer and is the best result ever achieved by a female team member.

Paige has helped the Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team to eighth place at the event - 3 places higher than their result in 2009.