East Beach, Port Alfred – Good, contestable surf conditions off the pier at East Beach saw high-performance surfing on the final day of The Rip Curl GromSearch, presented by The Royal St Andrews Hotel and supported by Sea Harvest.
Leah Lepront was on form throughout the event and won the Premier U16 Girls Division. She surfed an impressive final to take the win from Emily Jenkinson, with Taylor Emslie and Maya Malherbe in the minor positions.
“I’m so stoked. I’m just very happy at the moment,” said an ecstatic Leah. “I was chasing a score, and I got that good wave, and did a check-turn and then a big turn for a 5.93 score. That got me the win.”
The U16 Boys Final was spirited, with Kai Stubbs first out of the blocks with a good 6.5 on the scoreboard. He managed to hold onto the lead until the final siren despite a fierce counter-attack from Ben Esterhuyse. Esterhuyse eventually placed second, ahead of Marcello Zedde, with Loghann Tilsley in fourth.
“It was the first wave that made the final for me,” said Stubbs. “It was quite a slow heat with not that many good ones out there, and that first wave score put me in the lead from the beginning.”
Summer Harding was the standout surfer in the U12 Girls division. Her energetic performance saw her win comfortably, with Ella van der Made in second.
The U12 Boys Final was a brilliant heat, with all surfers putting in impressive displays. Natural footer Lazaro De Bruyn was the deserved winner, with goofy footer Leo Macleod fighting hard until the end. Macleod didn’t get enough to outpoint De Bruyn, even with the highest-scoring wave of the heat on his score sheet.
In the U14 Girls division, Maya Malherbe outpointed a determined Emma Schermbrucker after a close tussle. In the U14 Boys, a tenacious Slayde Shooter took the win from Marcello Zedde.
The U18 Girls Division saw a flurry of excellent waves pouring through, with Louise Lepront making the most of the long right-handers to bank an inspiring 14.67 points, beating her sister Leah into second place. Lily Heny and Taylor Emslie were third and fourth, respectively.
Matt Canning picked up one of the best waves of the day in the U18 Men’s Final to bank a solid 7.60 to win the final from Clay Turrell, with Rylan Jarvis in third and Kai Hall in fourth.
The Expression Session took place in fun, onshore conditions the previous day. Leah Lepront was the runner-up behind Women’s winner local surfer Lily Heny, while Cooper Smith was second behind Men’s winner Kai Hall.
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