St. Ives Success!
The senior divisions of the English National Surf Championships were finally held at Fistral Beach, Newquay last week after three previous attempts this year were defeated by stormy conditions. St. Ives’ Jayce Robinson thought he might give it a go, some years after his last competitive outings. He has a tremendous pedigree in his history, comprising a win at Newquay Boardmasters, several National and UK titles as both a senior and a junior, and successes in Europe in his junior career too. Jayce can be seen styling at Porthmeor on every local swell but after a while away from the cutting edge of the sport he wondered how he might measure up against today’s national elite.
Well, it seems that he had lost none of his old heat strategy and competitive nous as he progressed smoothly to the final where he overcame his biggest test in winning the prize, taking down current double Boardmasters title holder Lucas Skinner, England team coach, Luke Dillon and current England international Heath Gillespie . The banner picture, courtesy of Surfing England, shows the post-heat podium . There is the video of the mens and womens final on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6mJLXDer1c
Well done Jayce! We never doubted that you still had what it takes!
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