Young local surfers have dominated in wild conditions at the Victorian Micro Groms Cup at Torquay on the weekend.
With more than 60 surfers aged 14 and under battled it out across four age categories in a showcase of the next generation of Aussie talent, Torquay’s Stevie O’Day (under 14 girls) and Barwon Heads’ Levi Vosloo (under 14 boys) took out their respective titles.
O’Day was the standout in her event, with a near-perfect wave of 9.33 in the final, finishing on a total score of 16.66 points.
She defeated Estella Carbonelli (Jan Juc) in second place with 14.50 and Scarlett Rennie (Phillip Island) in third on 12.70.
“It was really fun out there. There was heaps of closeout sections to hit, I had such a good time,” O’Day said.
Surfing in his first nationally-ranked junior event, Levi Vosloo (Barwon Heads) took to the challenging conditions with ease, scoring a total of 16.66 out of a possible 20 in the under 14 boys final.
“The waves got way better this afternoon for the final,” said Vosloo.
“I just tried to go big on every wave!”
Finishing in second was last year’s winner Teddy Robertson (Torquay), who finished on a 12.20 heat total.
Harry Cleary (Sorrento) finished in third on 11.00 points with Eden Hawken (Torquay) on 10.30 points.
A third Bellarine representative was crowned champion, with Port Lonsdale’s Edie McBean taking out the under 10 girls event.
Other event winners on the day included Ella Campbell (under 12 girls, Wombarra NSW), Raff Morris (under 12 boys, Sorrento), Sani Hellman (under 10 boys, Ulladulla NSW) and Ronnie Hellman (under 8 Mixed, Ulladulla NSW).
Visit liveheats.com/surfingvictoria to view the full results.
