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Headworx celebrates six years of support for pro surfing in Wales
by Ben Byfield
10/10/2006:// After the biggest and most successful pro surfing event ever seen in Wales, BPSA sponsors Headworx are celebrating yet another landmark in their support for British surfing. This year’s Headworx Welsh Open was the sixth consecutive Headworx-sponsored pro event that has graced the shores of possibly Europe’s most core surfing destination - and it went down a storm with action, nail-biting drama and some insane surfing from the BPSA pros!
After two days of great surf, Headworx’ own up-and-coming British surfer Matt Capel triumphed against a strong field of Brits, Europeans and Internationals in an event that has gone from strength to strength. With ever-growing interest in Wales’ only pro surfing event, competitors were turned away in all divisions from Mens Open to the newly introduced Under 12 Grommets. This is something that few would have thought possible when the Headworx bus first rolled into town back in 2001 for the inaugural Welsh leg of the new BPSA UK Tour. With hundreds of locals and travelling surfers from far and wide turning out to watch the action in consistent 4ft offshore surf, the 2006 event produced some of the best surfing ever seen at any UK event with the top pros battling it out for the now coveted Headworx Welsh Open title and £3000 prize money.
Timed to coincide with the optimum swell, weather and water conditions, the Welsh BPSA event has become known by surfers as the “Riders Choice” leg of the 8-stop BPSA UK Tour. Once again, Mother Nature delivered in style, with a powerful long-period hurricane swell crossing the North Atlantic to be met by perfect offshore winds. Saturday and Sunday greeted the competitors with punchy A-frame beach-break waves – the perfect platform for them to show their skills - and their enthusiasm was evident as soon as competition got underway.
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