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Stuart Kennedy (NSW) claims his second victory
Stuart Kennedy (NSW) claims his second victory of 2008 whilst Tyler Wright (NSW) becomes the youngest ever winner of an ASP Pro Junior event
Sunday, 18 May 2008
The final day of the SunSmart Pro junior wrapped up at Trigg Beach WA today, with current ASP Australasia Pro Junior ratings leader Stuart Kennedy, (Lennox Head, NSW) showing why he is now regarded as one of the country’s top juniors with an dominate performance that saw him defeat Jayke Sharp (Coffs Harbour, NSW) in today’s final.
Kennedy, who made his first trip to Western Australia to compete in this event, won every heat he surfed on route to securing the $6000 winners cheque. This was Kennedy’s second win for the year and has him sitting a comfortable 4000 points ahead of his nearest rival Lincoln Taylor (QLD) with today’s runner up Jayke Sharp following closely in third position.
In the girls division fourteen year old Tyler Wright (Culburra, NSW)... Read More
The History:
Like the small island off the coast of this area, the suburb of Trigg was named after Henry Trigg, who was appointed Superintendent of Public Works for the Swan River Colony in 1842.
Land at Trigg remained largely vacant until the first grants were taken up in 1877. In 1888 a group of Sydney developers devised a scheme to divide a large area of Trigg into one-eighth-of-an-acre (505m²) lots, however the scheme failed. By 1919 there were only three buildings in the locality, and holiday and fishing shacks did not begin to appear until the 1920s.
Trigg eventually started to be formally developed in the late 1940s, when 1,888 lots were subdivided and sold. Many of the streets in the area were named after former residents and pioneers, as well as local personalities.
The Point:
Trigg Point, Perth - Western Australia, is famous for being one of the busiest surf breaks in the world.
The beach is extremely long and flat, with the banks usually dead straight in the summer and excellent in the winter. There is a little corner pocket up the northern end which has a large chunk of reef running onto the sand, providing an excellent right-hander, and when nowhere else is breaking, the point will have waves.
Best conditions for TP is 1.5m to 3.0m swell on a east-nor east wind, but it will also be good on a big Norwester if you can handle the current. On a good day you’ll get rides up to 150 metres long, freight-training right off the back of the point.
The back of the point is called Barnies for good reason; it is unbelievably dangerous with big chunks of reef just below the surface hunting you down to snag up your leggie so beware!!!
How to get there:
http://www.whereis.com/wa/karrinyup/19-taris-pl?id=7784F620E532CB
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