Aussie Women Shine on Day 1 of MEO Pro Portugal Surfing Event

Sally Fitzgibbons of Team Australia surfs in the women's quarter final on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in Ichinomiya, Chiba, Japan on July 27, 2021. Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Australia’s top female surfers excelled on day one of the MEO Pro Portugal Championship Tour (CT) surfing event at Supertubos in Peniche, which began on Thursday.

All seven have made it through to the round of 16, but it was rookie Molly Picklum from the New South Wales (NSW) Central Coast, and  CT veteran Sally Fitzgibbons from the NSW South Coast that really stood out in the shoulder to head-high conditions.