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Princess Nicki Ananto-Collins takes Kali Pipeline
"This year, its Triple Crown or BUST," said Princess
Wilson Beach, Grand Duchy of Ananto
June 22, 5670


Her Highness, Princess Nicki Ananto-Collins, representing Dah Surf Co, adds Wilson Pipeline to win at Dana

Her early season overall win at the Dana Open late last month under her belt, Her Highness, Princess Nicolette Ananto-Collins added the Kali Pipeline to her circuit titles this year as she goes for the coveted Triple Crown of Surfing this summer. "This year, its the Triple Crown or bust!" said the Dah Surf Company surfer and daughter of Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Mary I Ananto. "I just feel it: this is my year."

The Princess easily won the Dana Open, finishing first overall for the competition. "I think there was more I could have done in Dana," she said. "I had a lot of good waves on my rotations, and hit every thing I was trying to do, but, I think I was a little bit rusty from competing and just kind of needed to get the cricks out, you know. I surfed really conservatively in Dana, and when I got up here to Wilson, I decided I wasn't going to do that again."

At the Kali Pipeline tournament in Wilson, the Princess once more took first place over all, though she just edged out the men's category winner to take the tournament title. "Wren (Tellari, champion of the men's category) surfed an amazing program, and I gotta admit, I think maybe he did a little better than me, but he had one fall, right near the end, and he lost his whole last ride because of it." Tellari was alright from the bail, but he beat himself up over the fall, calling it "stupid."

"I shouldn't have stepped so far over the front of the board," he said. "That's kind of a showy move, where you sort of hang all ten toes off the front of the board as you're riding. But in my case, all I did was hit the water at the wrong angle and submarine my board. You don't get points for doing an endo, unfortunately." The Princess had a perfect set of rides, and slipped in front of Tellari after that bail.

"I got like a month and a half before Luxon, but I'm surfing in... um, Let's see, Sulari and Yoshimi in July, and Spencer has a little tournament now too, so I am going to go there, but for Dah, not to surf. Then I am going to be in Luxon the whole month of August until the Luxon Swell Invitational. They just finally made it an Invitational last year. They did only invite qualifiers before that but it was still considered an Open, but now, It's an invitational, because they made August the championship of the season, and moved the Open competition to June." The Princess did not compete in the Open this year, because she was preparing for the Pipeline contest, and she had already qualified for the Invitational at Dana.

"I'm so stoked to surf this season," said the Princess. "I have such a good group around me, and they are so dope: they really push me to push myself, to not hold back. And the girls are all just babies! They're so young. I think of the 16 girls here at the Pipeline, only like 3 of them, including me, are done with NSP. It's fun though, I kind of feel like they treat me kind of like a mentor, like a mother hen. Even though we're competing, we're all supporting one another."

Melissa Hetfield, who finished second in the women's category behind the Princess, is herself only 16. "I'm way too young to surf in Luxon this August: they won't let me. So me and the girls here are really supporting the Princess. We really want her to win: She's like a big sister, and she takes care of all of us girls. When one of the guys lip off, she's right there, she says, 'When you win something then talk...' She makes me really proud to be a surfer, and when I get done with the NSP, I'm gonna do just like her and come back and be a badass 'Surf Queen' like her." Hetfield said the girls keep the protocol, but refer to the Princess as Your Majesty in honor of their informal nickname for her.

This season promises to be a big one, whoever takes the title. But if Her Highness the Princess takes the Triple Crown, it will be one for the books. "I was there when Dawson won his Crown," said Princess Nicki. "He was like a God. If I can take Luxon, it'll just make me really proud of that accomplishment." She said her Brother, His Highness, The Grand Duke of Ananto, Crown Prince Fredrick Ananto-Collins, said he will be there. "They will probably have their baby by then, and hopefully Jenn can come too!" said the Princess. "That will be so rad..."

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