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In a solid four metre swell
and steady offshore winds today, New Plymouth surfer Kane Rowson won the
inaugural Bog Works Big Wave Invitational.
Out of the field of 20
surfers who entered the surf competition, Rowson also won the prize for the
Most Committed Take off, and The Biggest Wave, collecting a total of $2,500 in
prize money.
The prize for the Deepest
Tube went to Taranaki surfer, Bachelor Tipene who also took out second place
overall behind Rowson. Meanwhile Taranaki surfer Jarred Hancox won third place.
With a swell size that
peaked at up to triple overhead on the big sets, Surfing Taranaki’s executive
officer Craig Williamson says the
event created some surfing history.
“This is the first time Bog
Works has been used as surf competition arena, and it’s the first time New
Plymouth has been able to stage a surf competition on its downtown foreshore,”
says Williamson. “It’s also the first time there has been a dedicated Big Wave
competition in New Zealand
for some time. A great crowd turned up to watch, and I’m sure more than a few
office workers were following the event just by looking out their window!”
The $5,000 prize package
was broken down into $2,000 for the winner, $1,000 for the runner up, $500 for
third, $250 for the, fifth and sixth place getters, along with awards of $250
each for the Biggest Wave, Most Critical take-off and Best Tube Ride of the
day.
If sponsorship funds allow,
it is likely another Bog Works Big Wave Invitational will be staged again next
year as part of the TSB Bank New Zealand Surf Festival.
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| Kane Rowson - Image Daisy Day |
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