There will be a new women's world champion of longboard surfing in 2009.

'Aina Haina's Joy Monahan, the 2008 world champ, was upset in the first round of the Roxy ASP Women's World Longboard Championship yesterday.

The opening day of the contest was run in 1- to 2-foot waves at Biarritz, France.

California's Summer Romero upset Monahan, 12.75-11.5. Monahan needed a score of 6.66 to win the heat in the closing minutes, but her final wave received a score of 5.4.

Monahan, 23, became the first Hawai'i surfer to win the women's longboard world title last year.

In past years, eliminations did not start until the second round. But this year, the field was reduced from 48 to 32, and eliminations started in the first round.

Hawai'i surfers Kelia Moniz, Geodee Clark and Miku Uemura advanced to the second round.

Moniz was one of the standouts of the first round, receiving a two-wave total score of 13.25. At 16, she is the youngest competitor in the event.

Crystal Dzigas of Honolulu was eliminated in the first round.

SWIMMING

WAIMEA WINNERS

Honolulu's Steve Allnutt and Kane'ohe's Rachel Randall were the overall winners of the Cholo's Waimea Bay Swim, the second leg of the 2009 Surf 'N Sea North Shore Swim Series that was held Saturday.

Allnutt finished the 1.2-mile course in 26 minutes, 8.4 seconds to edge Cyrus Hashemi (26:11.3). Dustin Fukuda placed third in 26:45.7.

Randall topped the female open division, finishing in 28:38.2. Elizabeth-Rose Hanohano-Hong was a close second in 28:41.2 with Michelle Dudley third in 29:14.0.

The third leg of the series — the 1.6-mile Chun's to Waimea Swim — will be held July 25.

RUNNING

LANIKAI WINNERS

Todd Iacovelli and Sandra Ferreira were the overall winners of yesterday's Lanikai Bike Path 8K, which was sponsored by the Mid-Pacific Road Runners Club.

Iacovelli finished in 26 minutes, 57 seconds. Matt Stevens was second in 27:44 and Andrew Taylor third in 28:40.

Ferreira was the top female finisher in 33:44, followed by Ashley Gilbert (34:10) and Mandy Biscoe (34:27).