Marlon’s hard work pays off

A Gold Coast surfer says his year of steep learning has paved the way for a GromSearch crown.

MARLON Harrison says his year of steep learning has paved the way for the Coolangatta surfer’s GromSearch crown.

The brother of Gold Coast starlet Piper Harrison yesterday took out the 14 and under competition on the Sunshine Coast, managing a heat total of 14.34 after tearing apart the lefts and rights on offer in the messy conditions.

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Holding off Touma Cameron (Suffolk Park, NSW), Winter Vincent (Manly, NSW) and Jahli Brooks (Currumbin) in the final, Harrison hailed his season of learning.

“The conditions were tough today for sure, from the morning all the way through to the finals,” he said.

Gold Coast surfer Marlon Harrison celebrates his GromSearch crown. Picture: SURFING QUEENSLAND

“I’ve had a great year, from trying out some Pro Juniors to getting some wins at the usual junior comps, it’s definitely been fun.”

Champions were crowned across six divisions yesterday, with Fin McLaren (Austinmer, NSW) winning the 16 and under boys’ division, ahead of Jed Ashton (Bulli, NSW), Zane Assink (Yaroomba, QLD) and Cameron McDougall (Little Mountain, NSW).

Nyxie Ryan (Lennox head, NSW) has gone one-up on last year, taking out the 16 and under girls’ division after recently recovering from a broken elbow. Ryan managed the washy conditions to push through and take first place ahead of Ellia Smith (Coolum Beach, NSW), Shaye Leeuwendal (Currumbin) and Angela Ball (Torquay, VIC).

Ryan was the 14 and under girls champion in 2017.

“It feels good, I only just bounced back from a broken elbow a couple of days ago,” said Ryan. “I won the 14s twice in a row, so I feel great after going up a division and winning the 16s.”

RESULTS

16 & Under Boys

1st: Fin McLaren

2nd: Jed Ashton

3rd: Zane Assink

4th: Cameron Macdougall

16 & Under Girls

1st: Nyxie Ryan

2nd: Ellia Smith

3rd: Shaye Leeuwendal

4th: Angela Ball

14 & Under Boys

1st: Marlon Harrison

2nd: Touma Cameron

3rd: Winter Vincent

4th: Jahli Brooks

14 & Under Girls

1st: Lilliana Bowery

2nd: Lucy Tandler

3rd: Jazz Wylie

4th: Cedar Lee-Jones

12 & Under Boys

1st: Yuma Nagasawa

2nd: Dane Henry

3rd: Chez Bos

4th: Jack Macdonald

12 & Under Girls

1st: Jahly Stokes

2nd: Stella Green

3rd: Jordy Halford

4th: Ruby Rockstar Trew