Davey Cathels (Nth Narrabeen/Sydney) capped off the perfect preparation for the coming Billabong Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Junior Championships by winning the Quiksilver Jetty Surf Pro Junior at Jan Juc Beach in Victoria today.
Cathels was in sensational form on this final day, scoring four excellent-to-outstanding 8 and 9-point rides on his way to demolishing his opponents through the Quarters, Semis and Final.
Final scores in the Final saw 18-year-old Cathels on a combined two-wave tally of 13.60 to Queensland’s Mitch Crews (Currumbin) on 9:00.
“I came down simply hoping to win through a few heats and fine-tune myself for the ASP World Junior Titles and to win and score big today feels fantastic - I’ll go into the World Titles fully ready to give it my best,” Cathels said. “I have set an aim to win the ASP Australasian Pro Junior Series this year so this is the perfect start, it’s also the first Pro Junior win of my career which sort of gets the “monkey off my back” as I have had a number of Final and Semifinal results, but to win today feels good.”
