OPEN WOMEN'S CHAMPION: After winning a leg of the national Billabong Grom Series earlier in the year, Asia Braithwaite punched well above her weight class as she made several open women's finals in GBR's Super Series, including earning a win. Picture by Don Pearson
Gisborne Boardriders Club rounded off a year of success with their end-of-year prize-giving last weekend.
Saffi Vette won surfer of the year, the award acknowledging her national championship title at the start of the year having just turned 19.
It's the third time in a row a Vette has won
Julian Hoogland was a rising star who fell. Now he wants to use old boats to help others