Shepherd and Williams take out top titles at Albany Boardriders annual Junior Wavefest

A host of Young stars shone despite onshore winds and rainy conditions at the Albany Boardriders annual Junior Wavefest competition on Sunday.

The conditions didn’t dampen the competitors’ spirits as the best young surfing talent from Albany, Denmark and surrounds turned out in force to tackle the tricky surf at Nanarup Point.

The competition started at 8am and went for most of the day with the conditions making progress slow.

Onshore conditions and a rising tide caused the line-up to shift across the sandbank, throwing up inconsistent peaks with the south swell pushing decent size sets down the point.

The odd diamond in the rough provided a workable right-hander for competitors with the occasional odd left-hander breaking wide of the point.

The under-16s and under-18 competitors put on a good show navigating the conditions with many great waves ridden.

Tyce Shepherd proved too strong for Zephyr Simmons and Luke Anderson and claimed to claim the under-18 boys title.

In the under-18 girls division Alaia Williams claimed victory in the final ahead of Millie Barker and Lily Kuret.

Albany Boardriders president David Beeck congratulated the surfers on their performances.

“The under-16s and 18s have been ripping the bag out of it,” he said.

“There are a few high-performance waves out there.

There a few kids from Denmark who are doing really well, the wave is pretty similar to Denmark point.”

Beeck thanked all the surfers for coming down and having a crack at the event.

Junior Wavefest Results

PUSH IN

1st Jarrod Shuttleworth

2nd Ari Oostdam

3rd Mikayla Reddington

ROOKIE

1st Jed Abrahams

2nd Joshua Mitchell

3rd Freddie Creek

UNDER-12 GIRLS

1st Billie Wheeler

2nd Isla Shuttleworth

3rd Esther Bush

UNDER-14 GIRLS

1st Emelia Lloyd

2nd Annabelle Reddington

3rd Keeley Durant

UNDER-16 GIRLS

1st Alaia Williams

2nd Keeley Durant

3rd Maisie Mitchell

UNDER-18 GIRLS

1st Alaia Williams

2nd Millie Barker

3rd Lily Kuret

UNDER-12 BOYS

1st Jed Abrahams

2nd Lennox Knowles

3rd Victor Formica

UNDER-14 BOYS

1st Jack Williams

2nd Josh Anderson

3rd Cam Bavcevich

UNDER-16 BOYS

1st Sammy Williams

2nd Luke Anderson

3rd Tyce Shepherd

UNDER-18 BOYS

1st Tyce Shepherd

2nd Zephyr Simmons

3rd Luke Anderson