Congrats to the Otago Scholastics Team

The Otago Scholastics team was placed 9th out of 12 teams competing from around new zealand over the weekend at at Opunake, Taranaki.

Leroy Rust placed First in the Longboard event.
Geordi Dearns was placed first in the Kneeboard event.
Ben Bennett 2nd in the Under 16 Boys

Congrats to all competitors.

(words below taken from surf.co)

Otago surfer Ben Bennett created the biggest upset on the final day surfing his way to a highly credible runner up placing. Bennett was the only surfer to challenge Dive for the lead after posting a 7.0 point ride and then another 7.50 point ride mid way through the final.

Otago picked up their second title of the event when Leroy Rust won the under 18 longnboard division. Rust showed some quality turns on his nine foot board as well as a bit of slick footwork in the tricky conditions that were bumping them all over the show. Rust scored 13.27 in the final to beat Sam Guthrie from Bay of Plenty who finished second with an 11.13 heat total.