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Eastwood defends his title in Cornwall
by George Mojo
20/11/2007:// Jersey's Scott Eastwood will be aiming to add to his already glittering career trophy cabinet by defending his Gold Rush title in Cornwall this winter.
Eastwood, a member of the Channel Islands squad competing at this summer's European Championships, is the defending title and is vowing to dig deep and capture another huge nugget of success.
The speciality-big wave event is now in it's second year, will take place at Newquay's Fistral Beach when the surf and weather conditions are right.
Organisers, the British Surfing Association, will call the event on giving competitors two or three days' notice.
Eastwood's victory in the inaugural event followed an explosive performance in solid 8-10 foot waves created by the tail end of Hurricane Gordon.
Victory was secured in the last-minute of the final when a hefty tuberide scored a perfect ten from the judges on the beach.
Other top surfers expected to take part are Newquay trio Russell Winter, Alan Stokes and Mark Harris along with Constantine Bay's Micah Lester and Perranporth's current UK Pro Tour champion Sam Lamiroy.
The BSA has worked closely with Restormal Borough Council and the RNLI to make the competition a reality.
For safety reasons, and to ensure a high standard of surfing, the event is invite only, with a field small enough to allow the BSA to run the event in one day, which can be any day of the week.
Karen Walton, the National Director of the BSA says, “Last year was the first ever Gold Rush and it was just immense! With the opportunity for us to call the contest at 24 hours notice to co-incide with superb conditions, we can ensure that we’re providing the very best canvas that the ocean can provide and therefore continually raising the bar of competitive surfing in this country.”
The contest date will be announced on the BSA website as soon as it has been decided.
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