Ryan Payne wins Supertubes Showdown in great barrels 1
Supertubes Showdown
Presented by Xcel
Jeffreys Bay South Africa
5 – 21 June 2009
Final results:
- Ryan Payne
- Warren Dean
- Deon Lategan
- Stan Badger
Best move:
Deon Lategan – Firewire surfboard.
Best barrel:
Ryan Payne – Sector 9 skateboard.
Wave of the Day:
Warren Dean – R2000 from Billabong
Victory For Ryan Payne In Cooking Supertubes Barrels
Jeffrey’s Bay — In what can only be described as perfect waves, Ryan Payne outpointed Warren Dean in a dramatic and incredibly close final of the inaugural Xcel Supertubes Showdown. The surf varied between four to six-foot, and most of the surfers throughout the event were just chasing the tube – the highest scoring move in surfing.
One of the standouts of the day was 14-year-old Dylan Lightfoot, who had been charging the solid surf the previous day. despite putting on a sterling performance he was left agonisingly close to the final, needing 0.4 to advance. Remi Peterson and Steven Sawyer were the two other junior surfers who were invited into the event and both gave fine performances in the challenging Supertubes surf.
Head judge Mike Ginsberg also commented on Steven Sawyers’ performance. “Steven was surfing exceptionally well,” said Ginsberg. “He was surfing really tight, and he got the best tube out of the groms, and it was on his backhand.”
Another competitor, Ashley Walter, caught a wave in his heat that he called, “My best wave in seventeen years,” giving more evidence of how good the waves were for the event.
