Successful, emotional and rewarding, these are 3 words that
sum up my competitive year on the surf scene.
It’s been an emotional roller coaster of up and downs.
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| In my happy place, thinking back over a great year! |
Successful - being selected to represent SA for the 2nd
time at the ISA World Junior Champs in Nicaragua, finishing 16th
over all, winning all 4 of the Billabong junior series was a dream come true,
and then most recently to defend my title and win my last u/16 event of my life
in front of my sponsors at the Lizzard Summer Fest earlier this month was
cherry on top.
Emotional – taking all the wins with the losses, trying to
win and lose gracefully, “Say nothing
when you lose and say even less when you win”, something I try to remember in
this sport that is unpredictable at times.
Rewarding – Achieving most of the goals I set out at the end
of 2012, getting to travel to destinations like Nicaragua and see their culture
and making new friendships.
South African trials – Seal Point – u/16 Girls - 1st
Billabong Junior Series # 1 New Pier – u/18 Girls - 1st , u/20 Girls – 4th
Billabong Junior Series # 2 – East London – u/18 Girls 1st
Da’kine ISA World Junior Surfing Championships – Nicaragua –
u/16 Girls – 16th
Cool Shoe SA Championships – u/20 Girls 4th
Billabong Junior Series # 3 – Long Beach – u/18 Girls 1st
, u/20 Girls – 4th
Billabong Junior Series # 4 – Seal Point – u/18 Girls 1st
2013 Billabong Junior Series - Series winner u/18 Girls , 3rd
in Series u/20 Girls
Hurley SA Junior Champs – J Bay – 4th u/17 Girls
SSA Women’s Challenge – Durban – u/16 Girls – 1st,
u/20 Girls – 4th
Lizzard Summer Surf fest – Umhlanga – u/16 Girls 1st
Winner u/18 Girls SSA PST
4th Place u/20 Girls SSA PST
Thanks you to everyone for the support in 2013, especially
to my family and my sponsors that make this all possible.
Now to enjoy the summer holidays
Happy Holidays, season’s greetings
Chanelle
xoxo
