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2017 WSL Men's and Women's Jeep World Junior Chamionship

2017 WSL Men's and Women's Jeep World Junior Chamionship

Date: 2018-01-19

Kiama,New South Wales, Australiaand Finn McGill (HAW) and Vahine Fierro (PYF) have taken out the 2017 WSL Men's and Women's Jeep World Junior Championship. The final day saw 28 heats run and history made with bumpy 3-to-4 foot waves on offer at Bombo Beach.

Despite suffering an ankle injury and some incoming flight errors prior to the start of the Jeep World Junior Championship, Finn McGill managed to rise above to claim the coveted 2017 title. Surfing against a blisteringly in form Joh Azuchi (JPN), McGill showed little signs of slowing down, putting together an electric performance to post two excellent wave scores, an 8.00 and an 8.90 to bring his accumulative total to 16.90. McGill linked together a chain of giant backside turns in the final heat, which saw Azuchi requiring a combination of two-scores to take away McGill's lead.

"I can barely talk right now it hasn't really sunk in just yet," McGill said.

Vahine Fierro had a rocky road to the final that started in the middle of this season when she missed out on qualification by three spots. After an amazing showing in other regional Juniors, the young Tahitian was awarded a Wildcard into the WJC and didn't let the opportunity go begging. Fierro built on her performances through each round and saved her best performance until the final where she met good friend Summer Macedo. Fierro took a commanding lead early with a 12.83 heat total awarded for a silky smooth approach in the trying conditions. Macedo failed to find a rhythm leaving Vahine to become the first ever WSL World Champion to come from Tahiti.

Adin Masencamp from Strand delivered the best result of the seven South Africans in the world's premier event for surfers aged 18-and-under when he finished ninth at the Jeep World Junior Championship which ended in wind affected one metre waves at Bombo Beach in Kiama, NSW, Australia on Wednesday.