Team Australia continued its dominance of the junior surfing scene, winning the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Champions for a fifth consecutive year in New Zealand today.
In dramatic fashion, wins to Lennox Head's Tyler Wright and Port Macquarie's Matt Banting lifted Team Australia into the top spot.
Coming into the final day of competition ranked second behind Hawaii, Australia rallied to finish in the lead with 6015-points nearly 1000 clear of Hawaii (5038) in second and the USA (4958) in third.
Australia's win is also their sixth team's title victory since the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship was launched eight years ago in 2003.
Australian Head Coach Martin Dunn summed up his team's performance. “It‘s great that we ended up winning,” he said. “A day or so ago it was looking like Hawaii and the USA were in the box seat. But our surfers had to make finals in the end and they did. The reality is that our surfers are experienced and don't fault under pressure. And that's what gave us the points to win the overall teams title.”
In dramatic fashion, wins to Lennox Head's Tyler Wright and Port Macquarie's Matt Banting lifted Team Australia into the top spot.
Coming into the final day of competition ranked second behind Hawaii, Australia rallied to finish in the lead with 6015-points nearly 1000 clear of Hawaii (5038) in second and the USA (4958) in third.
Australia's win is also their sixth team's title victory since the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship was launched eight years ago in 2003.
Australian Head Coach Martin Dunn summed up his team's performance. “It‘s great that we ended up winning,” he said. “A day or so ago it was looking like Hawaii and the USA were in the box seat. But our surfers had to make finals in the end and they did. The reality is that our surfers are experienced and don't fault under pressure. And that's what gave us the points to win the overall teams title.”
Lennox Head star Tyler Wright continued Australia's strong hold on the prestigious competition, retaining her Under 18 Girls title in spectacular fashion.
Wright, who became the youngest ever surfer to win an ASP World Tour event, amassed a 16.00 two-wave combined total (out of a possible 20) to defeat Hawaii's Alessa Quizon (12.74), South Africa's Sarah Baum (9.72) and the USA's Roxy Girl Lakey Peterson (9.66).
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