South Africa’s emerging crop of future world-beating surf stars claimed the honours on the third day of the Billabong Junior Series event in Durban on Saturday with a pair of 13 year-olds reaching the U20 girls final.
As the swell dropped and the onshore NE winds turned the Bay of Plenty into a choppy playing field, it was the young guns who impressed the judges by ripping, tearing and lacerating the bumpy one metre waves.
At 16, top seed Tarryn Chudleigh (Kommetjie) will be the most experienced competitors in the Pro Junior girl’s final on Sunday as the rising stars cut a swathe through their older peers.
The Capetonian will face diminutive Sarah Baum (Athlone Park), winner of all three of her heats to date, fellow 13 year-old Bianca Buitendag (George), who defeated Chudleigh in their quarter-final and Alice McGregor (EL), 15, in her first final at this level.
Heidi Palmboom (Bluff), 13, continued to dominate her male counterparts in the U14 boys, winning her quarter-final to show that her historic berth in the final of the St Mikes event last month was no accident.
The finals run from approximately 12 noon starting with U12’s and ending with the Pro Junior boys. The awards ceremony will be staged at the event site half an hour after the last final.
The Billabong Junior Series is sanctioned by Surfing South Africa (SSA), the national controlling body for the sport in this country, and proudly supported by First National Bank, Palmers, Kustom, Von Zipper, Red Bull and Silver Bullet Productions.
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