Melissa Colborne: CASA pro tour stop 3

The 3rd stop of the CASA pro tour was held at Stokecity wakepark in Midrand on the 14th and 15th of September. I flew up to Joburg on Wednesday (the 11th) with my brothers so that we had some time to practice before the comp started on Saturday. Our cable in Cape Town has been closed for the past month for winter so we really needed the practice. By Saturday we were all super tired and sore from practice but it was worth it. It was great to spend time with the crowd from Joburg and Kyle and Chantal did a great job with the organising of the comp. The weather was surprisingly hot but unfortunately the wind was blowing..

Qualifiers were run on Saturday afternoon. I was fortunate to place 1st in the open ladies division for qualifiers, which meant that I got to ride last in finals. My brother Jason placed 1st in the pro men division for qualifiers, so I was really happy. After qualifiers, we all just chilled at the cable and then had an early night as finals were being run at 8am on Sunday morning. On Sunday we were once again greeted with hot weather but more wind. Finals went well and I was stoked to win the ladies division. Jason won the Pro Men division and Jeanu, also from Cape Town, won the Junior Men division. Cape Town represent!!

We flew back to Cape Town on Sunday night after a good time in Joburg. I am looking forward to Nationals next month in Warmbaths. Thank you ROXY and LIQUID FORCE for the support. Now its back to boat as the first pro tour stop is on 27 - 29th September at Milnerton.