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In case you’ve been living in a cave and haven’t caught up on the news, Paige Hareb once again re-qualified for the illustrious WSL World Tour thrusting our flag back in the sand for 2018. Paige shares with us her inner feelings from life inside the tour.
After a bit of time at home enjoying family, friends and my re-found love for golf I was straight back into a new year of competing with the first event kicking off in January, there wasn’t much time for rest. A new 6000 event in Florida, I went with a goal of wanting to carry on my momentum from last year and start 2018 strong. With my first heat being super nerve-wracking and to the point where everyone had given up on me (even myself almost) with five seconds remaining I had last priority and for some reason the girl coming second didn’t stop me from going. I went on to do two whacks to get a 7 and get through the heat! Don’t EVER give up! I then went on to win a few more heats and end up with a keeper result of a 5th place finish first up. I’ll take that thanks! Florida you think of nice balmy weather and water where a lot of people head to for retirement. However, we unfortunately struck a bad cold snap. I was down at the beach with five layers on, unprepared and shocked that it was three degrees! I semi got the job done that I went there to do and we also luckily timed it right to see a rocket launch at NASA.
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