MORE than 160 competitors took part in the final events of the Jesus Surf Series.

Held in Polzeath and Croyde, the events were a fantastic end to the season.

The longboard event was held in Cornwall, while second part of the surf classic was held in Devon.

By the time Saturday came the swell had dropped at Croyde Bay but the sets where still pretty consistent.

With a smaller field of competitors left to run, as three of the categories had been run on a previous weekend, the decision was always going to be whether to finish on Saturday night or wait for the possibility of slightly better waves on Sunday.

As the waves kept on rolling through, the decision was taken to run the whole contest on Saturday.

In part one of the Jesus Surf Classic during the weekend of September 12-13 Tassy Swallow took the women's under 18, Patrick Daniel took the cadet title and Harry de Roth won the youth division.

With some of the traditional top names in UK surfing scene not making an appearance this year, due to the date change, the title was wide open.

The juniors were the first in the water and made the most of the small conditions, with Woolacombe's Stuart Campbell, who was the stand out of the contest taking the junior title.

St Merryn's Toby Donachie was second, with Newquay's George Picking and Josh Piper taking third and fourth.

With some of the top ladies choosing to compete in the students, there was an opportunity for a new name on the very large women's trophy.

Despite a stand out performance in the semi-finals from Zoe Sheath, it was Tassy Swallow who took the win. A great performance from Jemima Knight saw her take second, Zoe Sheath came third and new comer, Allyssa Podessa came in fourth.

Consistent

The masters final, was taken clearly by Bideford's Michael Plackett, with Simon Twitchen coming in second after some consistent surfing. Paul Barlow and Craig Burrows struggled to find the better waves taking third and fourth.

The open title was wide open this year and it was the younger guys that came out on top. As well as taking the junior title, Stuart Campbell made it a double by winning the open after some great surfing throughout the contest.

Josh Piper struggled to back up a great wave, coming in second, closely followed by Toby Donachie in third. After some blistering surfing in the quarters and semis Gary Wells came unstuck in final and finished fourth.

Throughout the weekend at both of the 'Jesus' series events, funds were being raised to support the work of 'Shelterbox' and 'Holidays with a purpose' as they continue to assist the areas so desperately affected by the recent Tsunami in Somoa, and earthquake in Sumatra, leaving thousands dead and tens of thousands in need of shelter and medical assistance.

In the third Jesus longboard classic there were more than 80 entries.

The main winners were:

Open Longboard: Ben Skinner; Women's longboard: Dominique Kent; Masters - Mark Goodwright; Junior Longboard: Mike Lay.