Californian Cori Schumacher has won the 2010 Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championships in Biarritz, France.

Schumacher defeated fellow Californian Kaitlin Maguir  in clean two-to-three foot waves in a 100% American heat at the world famous La Côte des Basques.

Cori lived up to her reputation and ruled the action during the finals day scoring the event’s highest single-wave and heat scores respectively a 9.25 and 17.25 points.

“It feels so good right now,” freshly crowned Schumacher said. “It was like six minutes to the end and feelings just all washed over me and I was tingling. It’s such an amazing feeling to win. I had some pressure though when I paddled into a wave and left Kaitlin (Maguire) on her own because she can pull a world championship out of her hat anytime.”

Coming out on top of a series of intense exchanges in a well-fought final after eliminating two former world champions in the Quarterfinals (Jennifer Smith) and the Semifinals (Joy Monahan), Schumacher’s solid 13.15 score to Maguire’s 9.80 confirmed her domination over the weekend, her smart heat tactics and strategy giving her the final shot at the title.

“I took a gamble to paddle into that last wave and hoped for the conditions to slow down as it had been doing the last three days,” Schumacher said. “It paid up, the gamble went well!”

Congrats Cori!!!