Mark Cushway Wins Second Leg Of North Devon Open Surf Competition
In an epic final round Mark Cushway revealed his true metal to snatch a victory in the face of some extremely tough competition. With conditions steadily deteriorating Mark out rode and outmanoeuvred Australian wild boy Bruce Ramsey in the final few minutes to take his place on the winner’s podium.
(PRWEB) April 7, 2005 -- The afternoon’s action began with the competitors
paddling out in a clean six foot swell to fight for their places in the quarter
and semi finals. The howling offshore wind kept the waves standing although the
choppy faces gave some problems in the earlier heats. Mark Cushway pulled off
some fancy shredding against Californian hell man Kenny Roberts in the quarters
and wiped the floor with the quiet Kiwi Russ Green in the semis to put himself
within reach of overall victory.
Speaking from his hometown of Tiverton
last night Mark Cushway said: “I am stoked. It has been a long time coming but
this win has really boosted my confidence. As the end of the final got nearer I
knew I was behind on points and Bruce was pulling some awesome moves. The wind
had dropped right off and the waves were starting to close out. I knew that I
was going to need to pull something special out of the bag if I wanted to win
and I guess I got lucky. I managed to catch two high scoring rides where I just
concentrated on executing fast clean backhand manoeuvres and just at the end I
pulled a fins-free vertical re-entry and that was that.
“Next week we
are travelling over to Durban to get some big wave practice and then on to
Hawaii for the Tube Riders Open at the end of May. 2005 is definitely going to
be my year and I can’t wait to get in the water competitively
again”.
Runners up Bruce Ramsey and Russ Green joined Mark Cushway on the
podium to claim their share of the prize money but it was Mark Cushway’s day and
the general opinion seems to be that the circuit will be seeing a lot more of
this youngster in the future.
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