Excerpt from full story on www.mrpricepro.com
Mr Price Pro Junior Champion and women’s wildcard Bianca Buitendag, 14, (Victoria Bay) found her form against the event’s top seed and World No. 11 Silvana Lima (Bra). Buitendag defeated Lima who placed second with Claudia Goncalves (Bra) and Marina Werneck (Bra) finishing in third and fourth.
Competing in her first ever WQS event, Buitendag out-positioned her more accomplished rivals, picking off the better of the set waves to advance in first with a combination of good scoring rides.
“Is she (Silvana Lima) the top seed? Oh, I never even knew,” Buitendag admitted. “She’s actually on the cover of my maths book at school, doing this huge air!”
With a sensational win in the Pro Juniors on Saturday, Buitendag looks poised for further upsets at this event.
“I’ve had a very good warm up so far with the junior contest, so I just want to stay focussed throughout the whole event,” Buitendag continued. “My Junior win influenced me a lot in this heat because I have been surfing New Pier a lot and I know what the waves are doing.”
South African surfers Dave Richards (Kommetjie), Llewelyn Whittaker (Victoria Bay) and Ryan Payne (St Francis Bay) won their respective heats while Devyn Mattheys (EL), Simon Nicholson (Dbn), Michael February (Kommetjie), Clinton Gravett (EL), Casey Grant (Scottburgh), Shawn Dennis (Dbn), Mathew Kruger (Dbn) and Frankie Obherholzer (Warner Beach) all advanced in second.
The Mr Price Pro continues tomorrow with the remainder of the Men’s Round of 144 (heats 13- 24) followed by the Men’s Round of 144 (heats 1 – 12). The women will have a lay day.
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