Competitors in the final Subway® Surf Series Pro Junior for 2016 battled through a day of tiny waves at North Cronulla as Avoca’s Macy Callaghan claimed the World Surf League Australasian junior qualifying series, as well as the women's event division, while Kiwi Kehu Butler took the win in the men's.
Butler made his trans-Tasman journey count and the powerful natural-footer made light work of the small conditions, executing a variety of arcs and snaps.
After claiming victory, Butler was greeted by family members who performed the traditional Maori haka dance in celebration of the win.
“I’m never going to forget this moment. Having my family on the beach doing the haka as I got carried up is something I’ll remember forever,” said Butler. “We have small, tricky waves that are similar to this at home, so I’ve been training a lot in conditions similar to this.”
Local surfers were competitive with both Nathan Rohr and Paris Whitaker exiting in round two.
The WSL sanctioned Subway® Pro Junior events, which includes under-18s men’s and women’s divisions, form part of the 2016 WSL Australasian Junior Qualifying Series (JQS), providing the winning athletes with an opportunity to win a world title, at the WSL World Junior Championships in early 2017.
Its flat today but a week of small waves for Cronulla surfers this week,yesterdays little pulse of swell provided a bonus for any one that was lucky enough to score.
I took some pics at Wanda where the perfect conditions and 3 ft of swell made for some good waves-Barnes and Sorensen making the most of it on their old-school longboards.
Coastal watch predicts some small-scale S swell continues to linger around the 1 to 2ft mark across south fading breaks on Tuesday before fading to tiny levels by Wednesday morning. A new round of long-range, directional S groundswell holds potential for 2 to 3ft sets across southern exposures on Thursday and Friday, punctuated by long waits between sets.
The weekend looks to be the most promising with 4-5 ft waves predicted from the East Nor East with Nor East winds.
Garie boardriders held their third comp of the season and conditions were ideal with 3’ peaky NE swell up the Nth end. A big turnout saw some excellent surfing from new and old competitors, with glassy conditions all day on a consistent right hand rip bowl the scores were well into the excellent range. The Groms were all over the creek running down the beach and the old salts had the BBQ cranking all day.
Blake Mercer won the juniors,Ian Spencer the open and Cruz McKee the groms-Chloe Bell won the girls.
Southside Mal club held their May comp on Sunday in small but pleasant conditions at Wanda with Sean Brown knocking off current ratings leader Paul Detmold and Rick Liddle. After 4 rounds of the yearly point score now completed Paul Detmold & Grant Audsley are leading with 7 comps to go.
Day 1 of the third annual Komune Bali Pro pres. by The Mad Hueys got underway yesterday in clean four-to-five foot waves at perfect right-hander of Keramas. This wave on Bali’s East Coast is world renowned for producing high performance waves, consistency offering up tubes and sections for critical carves and massive aerials. Event organisers ran through the trials and 4 Heats of Round 1 and have sights set on a big day today that will see some top seeds hit the water.
The Komune Bali Pro Presented By The Mad Hueys will run from May 3 – 7. For more information and images during the event, head to www.worldsurfleague.com or the WSL App during the event window.