All our winners. Asbjorn Gwennin, Louise Lepront, Luc Lepront (back) Brin Jarvis, Ben Esterhuyse, Ethan Schermbrucker, Camilla Heuer © @keahlovangysen
Long Beach, Kommetjie – Luc and Louise Lepront (Scottburgh) won their respective U18 divisions at the Sea Harvest Cape Crown surfing tournament in great conditions over the weekend.
Goofy-footer (right foot forward) Luc put on some excellent surfing in the U18 Boys to beat Simon Winter (Kom) into second. Then, with Matt Canning (DBN) in third and Levi Kolnik (Kom) in fourth. Long Beach was consistently producing three to four-foot lefts and rights for the final day. So, all surfers had their choice of rides throughout the final heats.
Luc Lepront © @keahlovangysen
In the U18 Girls, Louise Lepront, another goofy-footer who placed third in the ISA World Games held in El Salvador in May, took out Emily Jenkinson (Kom) in 2nd. Then, Anastasia Venter (JBay) was in 3rd, and Sarah Scott (Kom) in 4th. Louise won with high-performance surfing, which has seen her win many events in recent months on the South African Surf Tour.
Louise then went on to take the double and win the U16 division from Emily Jenkinson (Kom) in 2nd, her sister Leah Lepront in 3rd, and Camilla Heuer (EL) in 4th
“I am so thankful to my family and all the people who support me and sponsor me in these events,” said Louise at prizegiving. “It means so much to me.”
Louise Lepront © @keahlovangysen
Lepront Family Clean Up
After her third-place finish in the U16 Girls division, Leah Lepront also placed second in her U14 Girls division. She was close behind the winner, Camilla Heuer, with Jasmine Venter (JBay) in 3rd and Charlotte Copson (Kom) in 4th. Also, Heuer had an excellent final and showed fine form throughout the contest.
In good but windy conditions, the U12 Girls battled to get into position, fighting big sets and a low tide current. Still, Brin Jarvis (CSF) emerged as the winner, while Ethan Schermbrucker (Kom) won the U12 Boys division with a spirited performance at his home break.
Ben Esterhuyse (CT) was the U14 Boys’ champion, beating Slayde Shooter to second place. Asbjorn Gwenin (Kom) won the ultra-competitive U16 Boys’ division from Kieran Murphy (Llandudno).
It was a fantastic event, and the surfing can be viewed, downloaded, and clipped from the SuperSports School feed. To view the feed, you need to register on the app. The finals can be viewed here: SuperSportSchools.
All the results can be found on Live Heats.
The Sea Harvest Cape Crown was the eighth event of the nine-contest tour. The final event is the Rip Curl GromSearch Seal Point in two weeks. The series winners are decided by the top six out of nine results.
Complimentary high-resolution images from finals day are available for media outlets. They can be downloaded from this link. All photos by Keahlo Van Gysen @keahlovangysen
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