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Emslie wins surfing Classic

July 30, 2010 Edition 2

Greg Emslie won the Cold Water Classic South Africa in Cape Town yesterday, ahead of Australian Dion Atkinson.

“Jordy (Smith) won the other two local events and now I’ve won the third,” said Emslie, who hails from East London. “I was thinking: ‘I beat Jordy in this event, now I can’t let the guy down and lose the final’. We’ve got to keep all the trophies at home, so I’m stoked I to do that.”

The crowds flocked to Kommetjie’s Long Beach to see a South African win on home soil for the first time in the event, cheering Emslie’s every wave.

Emslie also knocked out the in-form surfer of the event, Australian Shaun Cansdell, in a quarter-final earlier in the day.

It came down to a final wave in the dying minutes for Emslie to secure the win over Atkinson. – Sapa