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Daniel Worsley wins Shark Island Trials

posted by Sacha Specker on 13th June 2010

Today Daniel Worsley surfed his way into a slot in the 2010 Shark Island Challenge.

Surfing each heat with renewed confidence and calculated strategy, Dan won the Trials over Sam Strachen, a young Cronulla ripper, in second, taking the final remaining slot into the main event.

Daniel tells about his preparation, execution and future plans to infiltrate the Australian Bodyboarding scene.


BUILD UP:

"The build up to the event couldn't have been any better. The swell has been so consistent, and the banks on the Northern beaches where I'm staying has been really good! There's also been a lot of rain which means days of work for me so for the past 2 weeks I've been been having loads of practice and was feeling super confident towards the event!"


DAY MISSION:

"Kruger and I got up at 5:30am and headed down to Cronulla. It was a really cool day, all the guys were at the beach and was good to see a lot of old friends i haven't seen since the last time i was here. When i was in the water it was pretty funny, because all the local boys had so much support cheering them on, wave spotting for them, and all i had was Kruger and Spex. Everytime someone in my heat caught a wave I could hear the beach going CRAZY!! All i was thinking is these guys must have been getting 10's on every wave. Then I'd get a wave that i thought was good and i could just hear Spex and Kruger claiming it. Pretty funny!"


FUTURE PLANS:

"I'm going to be in Australia for a long time, so I'm hoping to do as many of the tour events as possible, work and save some bucks to go to Hawaii, and just carry on hanging out with the guys and missioning for as many waves as possible. Should be fun! I'm really enjoying it here, and its good to have some SA boys over here with me!"

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PRESS RELEASE

South African competitor Daniel Worsely has taken out the 2010 Brett Young Shark Island Trials at Cronulla Point under crisp winter skies.

Todays competition was tough from the first heat. When the international field shaped up at first light the waves were small but conditions where perfect and highly contestable. With small tricky condition some of the closest heats in the events history were recorded with most place getters being only separated by less than point.

By the time the final hit the water spectators were treated to an intense battle for the top 2 places which would guarantee a position into the main event. Local 15 year old ripper Sam Strachen had been on fire all competition with solid support from the local crowd, Tom Smith had been dominating all day with clear heat wins as was Shaun Peterson showing solid wave knowledge and landing big moves. South African Daniel Worsley was on fire all day and from the opening minutes of the final he shown everyone he was out for a win linking big moves on the outside and finishing strong on the inside section.

After 30 minutes of tough competition the results were read out and a new event winner was announced. Daniel Worsely and Sam Strachan had finished first ad second and earned themselves a place in Bodyboarding's biggest Australian event.

Dan said " It's awesome to be able to win this event and the biggest reward is being able to compete in the main event its just amazing".

Final Results 2010 Brett young Memorial Trials 1. Daniel Worsely 2. Sam Strachan 3. Shaun Petersen 4. Tom Smith

Full event photo gallery to be posted on fluidzone.com

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