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Owen Wright defies gravity to win the Boost SurfSho
Bondi Beach laps up its first international surfing event in 20 years
AUSTRALIAN young gun Owen Wright is flying high after winning the
Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Boost Mobile SurfSho presented
by Samsung at Bondi Beach today.
The 20-year old from Lennox Head, NSW, competed against some of the
biggest names in surfing, including Taj Burrow, Mick Fanning and Kelly
Slater, during the three-day aerial surfing extravaganza. Owen takes
home $25,000 in prize money, along with a stack of other prizes.
When receiving his trophy on the SurfSho podium, Wright said: “I’m
ecstatic! Where’s the thesaurus to describe how I feel? It was
a great final, great atmosphere, and a great crowd. I’m buzzing!
It’s been a big three days. I’m stoked to be at Bondi and
walking away with the Boost Mobile SurfSho trophy and this cheque!”
Owen threw down some gravity-defying moves
During
the final this afternoon, Owen threw down some gravity-defying moves
to out-fly fellow surfers including reigning world champion Mick Fanning
and world number two Jordy Smith (ZAF), to take home the major prize.
This is the second time the aerial specialist has won the ASP specialty
event, beating Kelly Slater in the final in 2008.
Owen boosted high over Bondi’s ramping waves, performing a massive
full rotating aerial to score a near perfect 9.8 (out of a possible
10). He then backed it up with a similar manoeuvre scoring 8.3. His
closest competitor in the final was Cooper Chapman, scoring a 7.17
for a front-side air reverse.
Bondi Beach provided the ideal playground for the event today, with
4-5 foot waves providing perfect aerial conditions on the water, and
more than 30,000 spectators watching on in sunny conditions and soaking
up the festival atmosphere.
In
contrast to a traditional surfing competition, the day’s format
followed a unique format in which a wheel was spun at the start of
each heat, dictating which aerial tricks the surfers had to perform.
B, O, O, S, T letters were awarded for each successful manoeuvre and
the six highest scoring surfers who spelt ‘BOOST’ went into
the final.
John Shimooka, event spokesperson and former pro-surfer commented:
“Surfing’s finally back at Bondi Beach after a 20 year hiatus.
This weekend, Bondi witnessed some of the biggest moves performed
by some of the world’s best surfers, and judging from the crowd,
they enjoyed every minute of it. We can’t wait to bring the event
here again next year.”
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THANKS www.BoostSurfSho.com
