FLYING START: Mike Clayton-Brown is into spherical 3 of the ISA international junior championships at Huntington Seashore. Image: Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW
Nelson Bay surfer Mike Clayton-Brown opened his ISA international junior championship marketing campaign with two victories, however Merewether clubmate Jackson Baker used to be an early casualty on the Vehicles Professional in Hawaii on Wednesday.
Clayton-Brown is competing within the under-16 boys department at Huntington Seashore, California, the place he posted 10-point two-wave totals to win in rounds one and two.
His 10.94 used to be sufficient to overcome England’s Alex Townsend (6.33) and Italian Ian Catanzariti (5.53). Clayton-Brown then edged out Australian teammate Zeb Stokes 10.57 to 9.52 in spherical two, which additionally featured Switzerland’s Fantin Habashi (6.94) and Chilean Leon de l. a. Torre (8).
Clayton-Brown subsequent meets Sho Matsubara (Japan), Adur Amatriain (Spain) and Brad Scott (South Africa).
In the meantime, Baker used to be eradicated narrowly in his opening warmth on the 3000-point qualifying sequence tournament at Sundown Seashore.
Hawaiians Tyler Newton (12.63) and Logan Bediamol (12.33) improved forward of Baker (11.17).