Surfing-Hawaii's Moniz, Canada's Brooks win tube shoot-out in Tahiti

Aug 13 : Hawaii's Seth Moniz won his first world championship tour event title with a masterful display of tube-riding at the Tahiti Pro on Thursday, while Canadian teenager Erin Brooks fought back to beat Israel's Anat Lelior in the women's contest.Moniz had been a standout throughout the contest at Teahupo'o, which hosted the 2024 Paris Olympics surfing event and is considered one of the world's most perfect waves.While the size was down from the monster conditions earlier in the week, when veteran Kelly Slater dominated, steep drops and deep tubes were still on tap.Halfway through the final against Griffin Colapinto of California, Moniz charged head-down into a gaping cavern on his backhand, squeezing out at the last second and riding into a screaming, splashing crowd of spectators watc