JENSEN, DZIGAS, WACH CROWNED NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING CHAMPIONS

Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunday March 21, 2010- Taylor Jensen (USA) successfully defended his title at the Noosa Festival of Surfing today, crushing the hopes of local favourite Josh Constable (Noosa) to walk away with his second consecutive Golden Breed Mens Pro LQS title.

Riding his lucky Laguna Bay surfboard that took him to victory here in 2009, Jensen was selective about his wave choice today, securing an early heat lead off a 7.75 (out of ten) and backed it up with a 6.65 (out of ten) to edge out Constable who placed second, with Christian Wach (USA) and Jackson Close (QLd) in third and fourth places respectively.

“It’s definitely not an easy thing to take back-to-back wins, I was just doing my best out there and it worked out,” Jensen said. “My first wave was a good one and it set me up nicely for the rest of the heat. I’m super happy with the win.”

Despite the deteriorating conditions in the final the action proved nail-biting as a see-saw battle for second place commenced between Constable, Wach and Close, an excellent 8.25 ride from Close not enough to see the local surfer advance out of fourth place.

“It was tricky out there for sure and I was feeling the pressure from some of the guys, especially when Jackson (Close) posted that eight,” Jensen said. “All the guys surfed amazingly and it was just unfortunate we didn’t have the waves we had for the ten consecutive perfect days before this.”

Content and pics provided by Kirstin Scholtz, Surfing Australia