_southbroompart_2.

so, southbroom didnt really go my way.
the winds were fucked this week, just look at the lineup shot from the contest below.
i ended 9th in the event and 2nd in the series_

here's the press release_

Sadly for Leppan faulty equipment was to see his title hopes dashed in a dramatic moment in the quarter-finals. With de Vries having advanced through the previous quarter-final heat, Leppan knew he had to get through his quarter-final against Casey Grant (Scottburgh), Matt Bromley (Kommetjie) and Davey van Zyl (Durban) to keep his title dreams alive.

But tragedy struck about seven minutes into the heat when the Umhlanga surfer was steam-rolled by a three metre wall of water that snapped his leash and washed his surfboard to the shore. With another three huge waves behind it Leppan found himself floundering in the middle of the Southbroom bay at the mercy of the sea as the other three surfers in his heat continued to surf and build their heat scores.

With just five minutes remaining in the heat, Leppan was eventually able to fight his way over to the rocks where close friend Shawn Dennis had rescued his board and was able to hand it back to him, but by this stage Leppan was needing more than seven points to usurp Bromley's second place position and advance to the semi-finals, and the ocean failed to produce a wave for the hapless natural-footer.

"I guess someone has to win, and someone has to lose, and today wasn't my time to win," said a dejected Leppan after leaving the water.