| Hot Tuna Title for Lamiroy |
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| Wednesday, 05 September 2007 | |
  Perranporth based surfer Sam Lamiroy picked up more points on the UK Pro Tour when he won the Hot Tuna Summer of “69” surf contest at Widemouth Bay.Despite the small 1-2 ft clean waves, the big man pulled out all the stops to impress the judges with some powerful surfing. But it was no walk in park; he was challenged all the way by tour leader Mark Harris and Hot Tuna sponsored rider Micah Lester. Micah showed a great performance, throwing his spray all the way to the finals. With an unfortunate lack of waves and loss of momentum, the budding 27 year old found it hard to catch the waves needed to put him in to the leading positions. While conditions were even more challenging for the final, given the light on-shore winds that made the ocean surface bumpy, wave size and consistency was there, making for highly contestable surf. Known for his powerful surfing and strong rail-to-rail turns, Lamiroy commandeered the 25-minute final to bring home the win. “It was a satisfying result”, said Lamiroy. "I'm stoked to still be going strong. I hope I'm out there when I'm 70.” The Relentless Money Move for the most progressive maneuver went to Ollie Adams with his incredible air reverse winning him the £250 prize money. The u12’s divisions once again saw a mass of entries with our youngsters becoming even more enthusiastic and involved in surfing. Newquay’s Harry Timson took the title for the second year running. Watergate ripper Josh Piper won the u16’s title. In the u16’s girls, Gwen Spurlock once again shocked the crowds with her dominant surfing style hitting her bottom and top turns with force and with style. The Hot Tuna women’s final was dominated by late entry Dara Penfold from Australia who scored a perfect ten on her last wave. However a fantastic performance was put in by Beth Mason who was the runner up followed by Ireland’s Easkey Britton and Croyde based surfer Kathleen Spears. Bookmark this item              |