LOCAL 12-year-old Jack Robinson beat the best of WA and Australia’s under 16 surfers on the weekend at Taj Burrow’s Small Fries.
The event moved to its third location in three days to score near perfect 1.5m (3 to 4 feet) surf at Injidjup Car Reef on the final day.
In a closely fought final, Robinson defeated Gold Coast Queensland surfer Noa Deane on a scoreline for each surfer’s top two scoring rides of 13.25 for Robinson, to Deane on 12.75.
“It’s a great feeling to win such a close final,” Robinson said.
“The waves have been fantastic here, especially early today with heaps of tube rides and to win the 16 Boy’s division at Taj’s event is special to me because I won the 12s and 14s last year.”
Yallingup surfer Mikaela Greene took a convincing win in the 16 Girls division, defeating Gracetown’s Bronte Macaulay.
The 14’s Boys division saw another great result for the locals with Jacob Wilcox winning the 14 Boys final when he scored an excellent 8.2 ride in the final seconds of the final to defeat Jack Robinson, with Sunshine Coast surfer Kai Hing coming in third place.
The only interstate surfer to take a win was Victoria’s Zoe Clarke who won the 14 Girls division.
Talented young local Shaun Manners capped off a great event by winning a high quality 12 Boys final in the last heat of the day.
Taj Burrow made his appearance at midday coming into the break by jet ski for a jet ski tow in expression session to motivate all the youngsters before they surfed their finals.