Melissa Combo finishes second at Malfunction event
Ballina longboarder Melissa Combo, pictured, finished second in the open women’s event at the Hyundai Malfunction Surf Festival last weekend.
Tweed Heads surfer Chelsea Williams, 24, (Kingscliff,NSW) wiped away the disappointment of finishing second in last year’s event, downing Melissa, Rosie Locke (Cooroy,Qld) and Nava Young (Angourie, NSW) to claim her third LQS women’s title in four years.
Williams finished on a 14.50 total, with Melissa in second (11.33), Locke in third (10.07) and Young in fourth (9.57).
In the Greenline Stand Up Paddle surfing final, Sunshine Coast ace Keahi De Aboitiz (Noosa) did enough to take the win, holding off Burleigh’s James ‘Billy’ Watson and the Lennox Head pairing of Noel Graham and Andy Davies.
Image courtesy of Jake White/Surfing Australia
