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Dylan Lightfoot wins 1 star Asp Event in South Africa

April 30, 2014
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Dylan Lightfoot surfed the Billabong Junior Pro in Mossel Bay last weekend and convincingly won the under 20 junior men's ASP 1 star division.  This was a huge win for him on his home turf and will give him the confidence he needs to compete in this weeks event at Jefferey's Bay.  
 

Lightfoot, 19, from Jeffreys Bay, took the momentum from his top 16 finish in an ASP QS event in Argentina last weekend into this event by convincingly winning his opening heat. The third seed then placed second to Cape Town’s Jordy Maree in Round 2 before getting revenge by defeating Maree in their Man-on-man semifinal encounter.
In the final Lightfoot used a patient strategy, picking off the best lined up waves across the Outer Pool point, defeating top seed Diran Zakarian (Melkbosstrand) whose tactics of catching plenty of waves and going for big maneuvers saw him finish second.
"The waves were a lot harder than what they looked There was a lot of chop on them, and the big ones were no good," Lightfoot said. "I was looking for the middle waves, the ones that had more potential across the inside. I'm just so stoked with my first win of the year and am looking forward to the upcoming contest season. This has been an amazing event, and the waves have been so much fun throughout."
Lightfoot pocketed R8 000 and 750 rankings points for the victory along with the Nixon WTA (Winner Takes All) Award of a Nixon Supertide watch for the highest heat score of the event, 16.5 out of a possible 20 points in his semifinal win.

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