"It is the perfect way to finish the season'' Hansen said. "It was very average surf in the final but I just got in sync with the two waves I caught and it was a done deal.
"[I'm] stoked to win the whole series, too. It has always been a goal of mine. It wasn't something I was thinking about this year but stoked to do it nonetheless.''
Hansen will now compete at the Rip Curl Padang Cup in Indonesia, a specialty invitational event that the world's best barrel riders contest. The event takes place from the final week of July through to August with the waiting period lasting six weeks in search for the best possible conditions.
"Frothing on Padang,'' he said. "To surf one of the best waves in the world with three other people when it is good will be crazy. I am going to chill in Indo during that time so I will definitely be at the event. I was planning on heading up to Bali at around that time anyway.''
Jessica Santorik claimed her first win of the year today in the women's event in front of a home crowd. In a difficult final, Santorik scored 11.53 points in the final, enough to claim the win, with another local, Alexis Poulter second and Ella Williams third.
Williams' third placing was enough for her to secure the series win.