Red Bull Surf Masters Champ Crowned

I want to send out a huge congratulations to Brett Burcher, winner of the 2009 Red Bull Junior Surf Masters. I went down to Cronulla and watched the entire event over the weekend and was blown away by the standard of surfing. Brett beat Tamaroa McComb who was looking unstoppable before the final. It was a great event to be part of and I want to give Red Bull and all involved huge amounts of praise for making the it such an amazing contest. Check out the full event wrap below, the event site and some highlights in the Gallery…

Twenty-year old Brett Burcher (Ulladulla, NSW) went home with the richest takings on the Pro Junior surfing circuit today, earning a massive $10,000 after defeating Tahitian born Tamaroa McComb (Burleigh Heads) during the Red Bull Junior Surf Masters Finals held in Cronulla.
In what couldn’t have been a more equally matched final, Burcher and McComb who advanced into the main event through the qualifying Trials on Friday and went on to net the highest single wave scores throughout the two-day event, went toe-to-toe in a dramatic final that saw Burcher edge out McComb by the narrowest of margins.
Reaching the semi-finals today were qualifiers Noah Lane (Rainbow Beach, QLD) who was defeated by McComb in Semi-final Heat 1 and Ellis Ericson (Suffolk Park, NSW) who was defeated by Burcher in Heat 2. The highest placed Pro Juniors (surfers hand-picked by Mick Fanning and seeded directly into the main event) were Dean Bowen (Gerroa, NSW), Brent Savage (Cabarita, NSW) and Jesse Adam.

Brett Burcher gets chaired up the beach after the final. © Red Bull