Lennox Head surfer stars at Rip Curl Grom Search
Lennox Head surfer Niki Hoskin was a stand-out performer on day two of the Rip Curl GromSearch at Duranbah today.
Niki won his heat in the 14 and under boys section.
Meanwhile, Coolangatta surfer James Woods opened day two in good 1m waves at Duranbah with an easy win over Pt Lookout Queensland surfer Darcy Phillips. Woods is the number one seed at this event following his good recent form and his win today was strong enough to suggest he’ll be very hard to beat in the blue ribbon 16 and under Boys division.
His main rivals are likely to be fellow Gold Coast surfers Kane Powell (Palm Beach), Matt Neilsen (Mermaid Beach), Keiren Lloyd (Kingscliff) and Matt Riddle (Coolangatta), who all posted very convincing round two heat wins.
But his main rival could be yet another relatively unknown Gold Coast competitive surfer who shone through at today’s event, Ice Periera-Ryan from Mermaid Beach.
Periera-Ryan brought his best form to Duranbah today which is not surprising as it was also his 15th birthday and the stylish powerful natural foot surfer scored an outstanding 9.27 which was awarded the SNICKERS Wave of the Day award. His final heat tally of 18.14 out of a possible 20 was also the events highest heat score of the day.
