Davey Cathels defeated Ryan Callinan on a score-line of 13.50 to 13.40 for each surfers top two scoring rides.
 
Early in the final 17 year-old Callinan looked to have secured his first ever win on the Pro Junior circuit when he executed an outstanding high degree of difficulty air reverse manoeuvre scoring an excellent 8 points and a solid lead.
 
With increasing stormy cross shore winds tearing  into the 1.5m (4 feet)  waves, excellent rides became almost impossible to  attain and Cathels task looked immense but the experienced 19–year-old   strategically planned his assault and late in the final found two strong scoring rides, a 6.35 and then in the final minutes a 7.15 to steal the win.

“It’s my best ever result but it feels like an opportunity lost as well because I scored that great wave early and should have backed it up with a decent second score – I went for more aerials and that was a mistake, I should have concentrated on just getting a decent score through on-face turns” said Callinan.

The pictured aerial move was Callinan’s excellent 8 point ride in the final – The exciting 17 year old is well on the way to possible ASP World Pro Junior Qualification... Photo : ASP/Robertson.
 
 
Next event on the Australasian Pro Junior Series is the Chill Pro Junior  in Perth Western Australia in the first week of June.
 
Today’s Results
 
Final -  Davey Cathels 13.50 def. Ryan Callinan 13.40
 
Semi Final 1 – Ryan Callinan (AUS) 13.85 Def. Alex Dive (NZ) 12.65
Semi Final 2 – Davey Cathels (AUS) 16.40 Def. Ty Watson (AUS) 15.75
 
The Billabong Pro Junior New Zealand is supported by Billabong, Monster, Sony, Von Zipper, Kustom, Honda Aquatrax and Pacific Blue.
 
 
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