On Saturday (October 2nd), in good 2-3ft waves, the Sonsurf ‘Jesus Madness’ contest went down at Eastern Beach in East London.
A few big names crawled out of the Slummies woodworks to join in the ‘madness’, Johno Bruton, Tyrell Johnson and Brett Corby to name a few. The contest format was not your typical judging criteria where a surfer’s two best rides are scored. Only two big moves were scored per person, per heat. After a surfer pulls a radical move on a wave ( ie; an aerial, tailslide, or a massive turn) they would claim it and the judges would score them accordingly. After the surfer had claimed his two moves they would paddle in. The system encouraged explosive surfing with Tyrell Johnson and Johno Bruton displaying their progressive surfing approach all the way to the men’s final. And with the competitors pushing each other to go bigger there were a few radical wipeouts. The best wipe, earning him a Powerbalance band for his effort,went to Warren Aushlager for a huge ‘dental redeco leg split’ turn.
The junior final had the parents at the end of their beach mats as Jordan Tebutt snuck the win over young Luke Malherbe. Meanwhile the anticipated men’s final between Johno Bruton, Dean Knox, Luke Goldschmidt and Tyrell Johnson hit the water.
In the end Tyrell was able to claim the Jesus Madness win with a huge fins free aerial. Full results below.
RESULTS:
Open division:
1st Tyrell Johnson
2nd Jonathan Bruton
3rd Dean Knox
4th Luke Goldschmidt
Junior division:
1st Jordan Tebutt
2nd Luke Malherbe
A big thank you to Zigzag for covering the event and to our Sponsors: Speedfit, Lizzard, Bilt surfboards, Glen Muir resorts, Kaysers Pub and Grill, Power Balance, Dynamic brands, D& D maintenance and last but not least Jesus Christ. Find a Sonsurf club near you at www.sonsurf.co.za
Words by: Kelvin Zehmke and Images by: Roy Harley
