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It was a fine, fine day for a surfing contest down in JBay. The sun was shining down, the wind was puffing from the right direction, and the waves were stacked up to the horizon. Coming in at a solid three-feet, the conditions were perfect for the best junior surfers competing in the Hurley SA Junior Champs.
Spectators flocked down to the beach, and the provinces were hooting and whistling their support for the remaining team members and in a bid to win the Skullcandy Team Spirit award. Last year the award went to Southern KZN for their vocal support throughout the five days of that event.
The surfing performances were inspired. While this was a team event, there are still individual titles in every division, and as in every competitive sport, everyone wants to win.
Standing on the rocks and gathered on the sand, the teams carried on, in a bid for the Freedom Cup team trophy, won by Western Province last year.
Hot favourite U17 Girl surfer Crystal Hulett from St Francis Bay and representing EP was a shock elimination in the semifinals of this division. Crystal had two good waves under the belt, but was overtaken towards the end by Jade Mets from KZNC, who stole her way into second with an excellent set wave from way outside all the way through to the shorebreak. The heat was won by Anoush Zakarian from Boland.
The finals were action-packed and the waves continued to pulse until the last siren had sounded. As the competitors moved into the tent for the awards, the local surfers flocked out to surf a few of the cooking waves that they had been watching for the last five days.
2014 Hurley SA Junior Champs Results:
U13 Girls
1st Kai Woolf (EP)
2nd Gabi Lailvaux (KZNC)
3rd Julia Ploughman (WP)
4th Olivia Izzard (KZNC)
U13 Boys
1st Max Elkington (WP)
2nd Angelo Faulkner (EP)
3rd Saxton Randall (KZNC)
4th Eli Beukes (WP)
U15 Girls
1st Sophie Bell (KZNC)
2nd Anna Jellema-Butler (WP)
3rd Ashleigh Vaughan (EP)
4th Natasha Van Greunen (WP)
U15 Boys
1st Adin Masencamp (Bol)
2nd Koby Oberholzer (KZNC)
3rd Joshe Faulkner (EP)
4th Sebastian Williams (EP)
U17 Girls
1st Teal Hogg (KZNC)
2nd Anoush Zakarian (Bol)
3rd Chanelle Botha (SKZN)
4th Jade Mets (KZNC)
U17 Boys
1st Michael Monk (Bor)
2nd Matt McGillivray (EP)
3rd Ntando Msibi (Dev)
4th Bevan Willis (KZNC)
Skullcandy Team Spirit award – KZN Central
Red Bull Best Air – Sebastian Williams/EP
Oakley Highest Heat Score – Shane Sykes/KZNC
Island Tribe Best Tube Ride – York Van Jaarsveldt/WP
All Aboard Surfer Of The Contest – Shane Sykes/KZNC
Matt Biolos Boards – Dylan Hendricks/Anna Jellema Butler/WP
Freedom Cup
KZN Central 29450
Eastern Province 26612
Western Province 25202
Boland 20781
Border 20648
Southern KZN 20123
Southern Cape 16702
Development 14414
Zululand 11746
Words by Jarvi
Photos by Alan Van Gysen
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