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David Speller put on his own air show to take the honours at the first event of the inaugural Jersey Bodyboarders 4Season Bodyboard Series held at La Saline on the May Bank Holiday weekend
by George Mojo
06/05/2008:// The event was held in small 1-2ft surf, which made it hard work for all the competitors. Nevertheless, there were some good performances as the level of bodyboarding in the island continues to rise.
Strong early performances included Simon Watkins, starting the contest with a solid reverse 360, Peter Bolam, finding some nice lefts performing a series of spins, Dominic Alfano, surfing his best heat to date by stringing together a series of spinners and rolls, and birthday boy Eduardo Afonso who found plenty of good sections to boost some smooth rolls.
Leading the way though were juniors Phil Le Neveu and David Speller, who have come on leaps and bounds in recent months, as they look ever likely to head a changing of the guard as far as the local bodyboard competition scene goes.
With the small waves and the threat of deteriorating conditions with the turning tide, the decision was made to cancel running two semi-finals and a final, and run just one extended 6 man final instead.
The final was therefore fought out between Speller, Afonso, Bolam, Alfano and an interesting battle between Father and son Gary and Phil Le Neveu. It was Phil who was to set the pace as the heat got underway, pulling two spins and a well executed roll early in the heat. This was followed up with another wave with a good solid roll to put him into a good lead. Father Gary steadily picked off some good waves himself, performing some quality spins for the conditions. Afonso put in all the manoeuvres he could, but couldn’t quite find the better set waves he needed to raise his scoring potential. Bolam and Alfano couldn’t quite match up to their early round performances, perhaps requiring a bit more power in the waves to generate more speed.
As the heat drew to a close, it was current under 18’s British champion Speller who put on a spectacular late show to impress the judging panel. Firstly, on what was a pretty average looking left hand wave, Speller somehow boosted a big air roll out of nothing, receiving high scores from the judges. This was followed by a big back-flip attempt which was almost completed. To round off the final, he sped along another small left hander and launched a huge completely out of the water air roll in the shore break to seal the win.
Results 1. David Speller 1200 points 2. Phil Le Neveu 1080 3. Eduardo Afonso 972 4. Gary Le Neveu 875 5. Peter Bolam 787 6. Dominic Alfano 709 =7. Colin Crowther 638 =7. Pascal Quemener 638 =7. Simon Watkins 638 =10. Greg Sanderson 465 =10. Michael Alfano 465 =10. Seb Bonnier 465
[Bruno Santos takes a victory lap through the channel after winning the Billabong Pro Tahiti]
Twelve youngsters from across Cornwall, Devon and Wales have been honoured to be selected by the British Surfing Association for the British Junior Surfing Team for the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships
The Rip Curl girls tour returns to the UK this summer
Brazilian wildcard Bruno Santos has defeated local wildcard Manoa Drollet (PYF) to win the Billabong Pro Tahiti and become the first Brazilian to win an ASP World Tour event in five years
[Wildcard Manoa Drollet (PYF) eliminated Kelly Slater in Round 3 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti]
[Wildcard Bruno Santos eliminated reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning in Round 2]
[Harley Ingleby (Coffs Harbour, AUS) won the Oxbow WLT]
Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) and last year’s World No. 2 Taj Burrow (AUS) were Round 3 casualties to Billabong Pro Tahiti wildcards today
Reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) suffered his first last place finish in two years at the Billabong Pro Tahiti this afternoon
Harley Ingleby was crowned Oxbow WLT pres. by Orange Champion today in good two to three foot waves at Les Dunes
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