Josh Kerr Ends TB's Winning Streak

Posted by Soggybones on 20 March 2010 | 1 Comments

Tags: Competition, Surfing, Drug Aware Pro

Josh Kerr claimed his first 6 – Star Prime Rated Drug Aware Pro at Margaret River with an incredible victory over world number one Taj Burrow. Kerr defeated the local favourite,TB, in front of the largest crowd ever seen at Surfers’ Point.

Burrow appeared to have a stranglehold on the final when he opened with an excellent 8.5 ride and shortly after backed that up with another excellent 8.0 point ride leaving Kerr requiring a combination of two scoring rides to win. In the final five minutes Kerr snagged two waves and unleashed three massive aerial moves, and scored a perfect 10 point ride which was backed up by a solid 7.03 to turn the final around and take the win.

“I thought it was well and truly over and I even said to Taj out in the water that he’d won and how amazing it was for him to win four events in a row!” said an ecstatic Kerr after the final. “I said I’m going in on this wave and as I rode the wave I thought I’d try and put on a show for the crowd and pull a big air – I landed it, saw another section and landed again and all of a sudden I have a perfect 10 point ride and I’m in with a chance!” “I grabbed another smaller one on the way back out, knew that on a smaller wave I’d have to again go big with an aerial and I landed again! - It all happened so fast that I’m still shocked – It’s easily the biggest win of my career and I can’t believe it.”

Kerr left the water with a final score of 17.03 to Burrow who totaled a 16.5. The Drug Aware Pro at Margaret River continues on Sunday with the Women’s Finals, where locals Claire Bevilacqua and Felicity Palmateer are challenging other top-rated World Tour surfers Coco Ho, Pauline Ado, Sally Fitzgibbons and Chelsea Hedges for the title. Photo: ASP/Woolacott