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/
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