Longboarder (16) wins Euro surf event

Longboarder (16) wins Euro surf event

Competing against another 30 surfers in the junior event, he won all of of his heats in small, tricky waves on Saturday, before making the final on Sunday when he was up against some of the best junior surfers in Europe, including England’s Sam Blakeley and the favourite, Dutch Oxbow team rider Julian Van Vliet.After Blakeley had been knocked out a large English contingent of spectators gave their support to Davies, who was leading in the final before, with five minutes to go in his time in the water, Van Vliet produced a fine ride on a set wave to take the lead.All the pressure was on Davies, who was told that he required a score of six or above to win the contest.With the encouragement of the crowd pushing him on, Davies produced a first score of 5.8 before, with less than two minutes remaining, he took a set wave and, with a combination of turns, several hang fives and a good hang-ten he produced a winning score of 6.4.’He was under immense pressure at the end,’ his father, Bill said this morning.

‘But that’s what you have to get used to at this level.

He’s pretty quiet, but a determined boy.

He was well-pleased.’In the open contest against 80 other surfers he finished 13th.

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