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The biggest names in bowl skating from young to ancient, go absolutely bonkers in this insane bowl!
Broken boards equals broken dreams. Chris Russell had it in the bag but one too many hang-ups enabled Tom Schaar to spin his way to the top. Meanwhile, Pedro Barros stole the show with a death defying NBD. 10 years of the Pool Party and this was the best one yet!
Ok so the first day of X Games Aspen is behind us and what a day it was. There was snowmobile action, Ski Slopestyle, Ski Halfpipe and probably the most anticipated event of the year, the men’s Snowboard Pipe. All eyes were on the return of the flying tomato, Shaun White, but it was the youngsters who held him back and he finished in 3rd. Taka Hiraoka from japan busted some solid tricks with incredible elevation to secure silver. Repeating his victory from last year, it was Danny Davis winning the Gold. I loved Danny’s run, great mix of old and new and especially the monster McTwist to start.
Check out the highlights videos below…
Men’s Snowboard Finals Highlights…
Monster Energy Day 1 Highlights…
Syringa Park, considered the home of Motocross in Gauteng Province due to it’s long standing history of dirt bike racing, dating back to the late 1960’s, was given the opportunity to host the Monster Energy TRP Distributors South Africa Womza Motocross National Championship Final Round at this both demanding and spectacular venue. Now we look forward to 01 November and the Monster Energy Supercross at Loftus Versveld.
MX 50cc JUNIOR – OVERALL
1 3 Liam Botha
2 60 Keagan Hanekom
3 44 Tristan Ryder Durow
MX 50cc PRO – OVERALL
1 9 Chase Hanekom
2 199 Wian du Plooy
3 48 Nate McLellan
MX 65cc – OVERALL
1 99 Christiaan Cilliers
2 6 Jonathan Mlimi
3 122 Camden McLellan
MX 85cc JUNIOR – OVERALL
1 737 Slade Smith
2 58 Cameron Durow
3 20 Cayle Dormehl
MX PRO-MINI – OVERALL
1 16 Justin Thompson
2 29 Janes van Sandwyk
3 737 Slade Smith
Grand Masters
1 2 Rod Bergstrom
Masters
1 2 Terence Monk
2 4 Glen Hermon
3 219 Adam Rodger
Vets
1 76 Ian Topliss
2 25 Roger Bergstrom
3 10 Marc Ansley
The ASP and the World can rejoice once more! Jbay is back and as usual delivered one of the best days of surfing on tour for the Finals. Even the Goofy footers can rejoice, though two naturals in the final, the semi final runs of both Matt Wilko and Owen Wright were incredible, with Wilko especially showing new levels of commitment never before seen at the famous point of Supertubes. In the end Parko was in sublime form to to beat Wilko in their semi final, but it took all his energy and he lost momentum going into the final. Mick Fanning on the other hand was surgical in his destruction of the Supertubes waves and once again showed how high his level of fitness is, cruising the final to take the win. Another highlight of the day was watching Occy and Tom Curren have a crack at the massive walls of water running down the point, with Tom getting the deepest tube of the day. The beach was more packed than ever before, I am sure the webcast numbers were huge and everyone is super stoked that Jbay is back on tour.
The man stayed cool and calm, with a big grin on his face the whole week! He surfed with style and power and never lost his head. Staying with the local crew in Ballito, Tim Reyes had the crowd support on the final day and it helped him win the event. Matt Wilko will be feeling like he let it slip from his grasp. He was electric through Friday and most of the final day, but just could not find a 2nd wave, after getting a 9.2.
The event produced incredible surfing and one just needs to watch the highlights videos from all the days to realise that the level of surfing on the Qualifying circuit has exploded. We now move on to the Jbay Open and I cannot wait to get there.
PRIZE WINNER WITH HURRICANE SURF
Congratulations to Martin Hartslief from PE, who was the first person to put Timmy Reyes as their favorite for the win. He wins R3000 surf accessories pack from Hurricane Surf. I will have another comp for Jbay.
Ok, I know I have been going off about the contest in Jbay and what an awesome time it was, but really, it was! haha
I came across this great stop motion video of the event by, Ian Mitchinson and had to share it. I absolutely love this different take on our sport. Right below it are the final day highlights from the contest! Enjoy…
Photo: Ricky Basnett flies Supers – Matty Rex Hodge
The Jeffreys Bay Open Of Surfing – 2013 from Ian Mitchinson on Vimeo.