Video: It's easy street for Layne in Maui
Two surfers remained in contention for the 2006 ASP Women's World Tour title heading into the year's final event, the Billabong Pro in Maui - 18-year tour veteran Layne Beachley and her fellow Australian, the 2005 champion Chelsea Georgeson.
However, any spectators hoping for a tight battle between the two were to be left disappointed, as the 34-year-old Beachley was effectively handed the crown after Georgeson was ousted by compatriot Claire Bevilacqua at the quarter-final stage.
Beachley, though, was still in her element in the perfect two metre barrelling right-handers.
2006 has seen Beachley claw her way back into contention after Melanie Redman-Carr won the first three events of the year.
She completed victory at the Billabong Girls Pro in Brazil, followed by a second finals appearance at her own event, the Beachley Classic in Sydney.
And the 34-year-old secured an unprecedented seventh world title - her first since 2003 - as Redman-Carr, Georgeson and 2004 world champion Sofia Mulanovich all succumbed to pressure in the final events of the season.
