Steven Sawyer and Crystal Hulett win Tigers Milk Winter Classic
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In one of the best 25 minutes of contest surfing seen at Muizenberg in many years, Steven Sawyer of Jeffrey’s Bay produced two 9 plus point rides in the Final of the WSL Speciality Men’s Longboard division at the 2018 Tigers Milk Winter Classic yesterday (Sunday June 10th) to take the title and the R6000 prize purse. Two time Tigers Milk Champion Matthew Moir posted a 9.65 ride in the epic final, the highest score of the contest, but needed a strong backup ride to take his third title. When the siren sounded Moir had to settle for second ahead of Michael Hill, who also scored a plus 9 point ride in the final. Local longboarder, Nobel de Castro, a finalist last year, placed fourth. Sawyer’s win and the R6000 prize money came at just the right time as he leaves for the USA today where he will be competing in a number of WSL Longboard events over the next few weeks. In the WSL Speciality Women’s final, talented Seal Point longboarder Crystal Hulett beat defending champion, Simone Robb, to take gold and the R6000 winner’s purse. Taryn King was third and 2018 National Longboard team member Christy Gilmour took […]