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All Girls Surfriders: (L–R) Sam Endell, Mahia Adams, China Esson, Helen Collins, Amalia Cook, Serena Adams. Jane Collins in the front. Photo Jane Collins

Crystal Cylinders

Lennox Head’s Nyxie Ryan has been super consistent through 2019 and she posted another podium finish at the 2019 Hydralyte Sports Shoalhaven Pro Junior.

Finishing in third place in the four-woman final Ryan posted the second-highest score of the heat but couldn’t find a strong backup wave.  Ryan won US$650 and 560 points and now sits in third place on the Australasia WSL JQS ratings ladder. 

Surfriders

The All Girls Surfriders held the May club round at Chinamans Beach in Dirrawong National park as part of their annual camp.

‘The Wahine masters and opens surfed the outer banks for some epic rides and even a few barrels and the intermediates and beginners got some of the rides of their lives,’ club co-president Malissa Cook said.

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