Dale Quik

Dale Richards, our junior champion narrowly missed a finals berth in todays Brothers Nielsen junior pro at the Spit, on the Gold Coast. the surf was really crappy and it came down to luck and getting a wave that was ridable. having taken out some of the ratings leaders including Laurie Towner and Julian Wilson in earlier rounds, it was dissapointing to see the ocean not cooperating with Dale, but thats surfing competition isnt it. the photo above is from the recent Quiksilver pro at Snapper rocks. Dale won over an all star cast to win the trials. Then in the Main event he eventually lost out after being beaten by both Kelly Slater and Andy Irons....not many of us can match that performance. Dale showed true promise that he can surf with the best of them and im sure we are going to see many more finals with him in them over the next couple years!