On Sunday the swell dropped and was a much more manageable 2-4ft. Still
clean and offshore, conditions were perfect for competition and the
squad went straight into a full day of heats. The day was started with
the Long Board division. Jack Unsworth from North Devon was the top
performer, showing the best repertoire of Nose riding and progressive
long boarding to finish the weekend ahead of Sam Cavin 2nd, Raife
Gaskell 3rd and Arran Bright 4th . All three surfers were
very closely matched and displayed good form over the course of the
day’s heats. In the afternoon the division spent time with Local Long
boarder and ETL surfer Adam ‘Bearman’ Griffiths. The surfers enjoyed a
video analysis session and master class with one of Britain’s most
successful long board competitors.
Full report and video :
www.surfinggb.com/2013/03/27/3rd-british-junior-squad-training-weekend/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vyWQxnkrQk&feature=player_embedded
Pic: Richard Davies Farscapes
Joining the Junior Squad for the first time were a group of the top
ranked junior long boarders in the UK from the BLU tour. Arran Bright
from Llantwit Wales, Sam Cavin from Sidmouth Devon, Jack Unsworth and
Ashley Norman from North Devon. Pembroke’s Raife Gaskell is the 5th
member of the long board division, but was unable to attend the
training session. After being presented with their Calypso GB kit, they
were straight into the water to start the first heat of the day’s
competition.
Being watched by Head Judge Ester Spears and ETL judge Bob
Freshwater, the conditions throughout the day were ideal for traditional
long board maneuvers. Other than one tricky heat on the spring low
tide, the waves were small clean and well shaped. Jack Unsworth showed
impressive form in all of his heats to finish top of the rankings at the
end of the day. Jack read the conditions well and combined some nice
turns with good nose riding in all of his heats. In a close fought
contest, Arran Bright edged out Sam Cavin by 0.1 to finish 2nd
in the overall rankings. Both surfers were closely matched in every
heat, but it was Sam who paid the price of having a slow start in the
first heat of the day that would affect his heat average and cost him 2nd place.
For full report and video :
http://surfinggb.com/2013/03/07/gb-junior-squad-camp-2/
