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Tristan Roberts wins R20 000 at the Kumba West Coast Classic

posted on 3rd May 2014

Tristan Roberts backflip at FLW (photo: Simon Heale)

Finals day dawned with clean 2-3ft waves at Famous Last Words. Everyone on the beach was excited for the line up of finals to come.

First final out was the Development, all of whom really impressed with no holding back on the perfect clean waves. The winner was Linnex Saal, 2nd Jackson Linnert, 3rd Gurtley Nel, 4th Victor Engel.

Boys were in next and Alex Nutt completely dominated with big rolls, and 2 massive inverts. John-Barry Coleman tryed hard to fight back but could only manage a 2nd place, while Louis Henkel got injured on a roll and had to sit out most of the heat, ending up in 3rd place.

Then Grand Masters went out and what a show it was, Len Bradford getting an incredible barrel, coming out with a claim for the crowd who was going wild. He took the win with Riaan Du Preez in 2nd, Mike van Huyssteen 3rd, Marcel Habets 4th and Leon Nel 5th.

The display of riding from the girls was possible the best seen in any contest in South Africa. Pamela Bowren went all out with huge rolls and a massive invert that she just didn't land. Rosie Lombard fought back hard with long barrels and clean rolls. 1st Pamela Bowren, 2nd Rosie Lombard, 3rd Susan Joubert and 4th Georgie McKeone.

The Dropknee final went out and the onshore started to pick up making it tough conditions for the riders. Dylan van Tonder took the win with sharp cutback snaps and smooth riding, 2nd place went to Vaughn Harris who got a really nice backhand floater, 3rd went to Iain Campbell and 4th Terence Pieters.

Master final was tough with nice barrels and competitive rolls throughout. 1st place went to Darren Beitz, 2nd Eric Hoffman, 3rd Billy Thiel and 4th Melvin Victor.

Mens final had some stand out ARS's and rolls from Johan de Goede who managed to secure the 1st place, with Johan Nortjie in 2nd, Morne Laubscher in 3rd and James Adams in 4th.

Junior final was amazing to watch, all the riders were going wave for wave and not holding back at all. Tristan got some big backflips and combination rides, as well as Benjy. Ethan did 2 impressive inverts and Brode got some large rolls. The final result was 1st Tristan Roberts, 2nd Benjy Oliver, 3rd Ethan Nel and 4th Brode Gleeson.

Lastly the man on man Pro final went out with Iain Campbell and Tristan Roberts. Tristan got a smooth backflip and roll to start the out the heat. Iain came back with a big backflip on a left, then Tristan with a huge backflip on a the next wave. Iain did 2 clean air reverse, just not landing the one, as well as a nice barrel to roll. Tristan then came with a barrel to air reverse on the right, and another big clean invert. The crowd were going crazy on the beach and this one definitely a high flying competition between the countries 2 best riders.

Pro winner of R20 000 is Tristan Roberts and 2nd place Iain Campbell.
Joint 3rd was Mark McCarthy and Terence Pieters
Joint 5th was Adam Morley, Mafoos Lombard, Ethan Nel and Storm Prestwich.

The event was a massive success with the contest riding, the development sessions and the tow-out contest. 

A huge thanks goes out to all of the sponsors Kumba Iron Ore, Reef SA, Coke, Yamaha and RT coffee shop.

See you all next year!

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