Santa Barbara’s Parker Coffin scored his inaugural ASP Pro Junior victory, taking out the 1-Star Fins Pro Junior with the highest heat-total of the event in the final.
Coffin scored 15.57 (out of 20) in wind-blown one-to-three foot surf in Belmar, New Jersey.
Coffin, who finished runner-up at the Fins Pro Junior last year, quietly built momentum over the opening days of competition and eventually roared to life on the final day, belting the event’s highest single-wave score of 8.33 (out of 10) in his semifinals heat and went on to take a commanding win in the final.
“I got second last year so I knew I could win this year if I got good waves,” Coffin said. “It’s so funny because you can’t hear a word out in the lineup and I had no idea what my scores were. We were all stressing out there. I’m so fired up on this win, though.”
Evan Thompson (Jacksonville, FL) hunted for the ramps on offer compliments of the sideshore winds and surfed exceptionally throughout the entire event, but was unable to stop Coffin in the final and finished runner-up.
“It was like every man for himself out there,” Thompson said. “No one could really hear and I guess Parker (Coffin) must have gotten some good waves, I’m stoked for him that he won.”
The Fins Pro Junior’s ASP 1-Star status allows the perfect opportunity for up-and-coming surfers to pick up valuable points to build their ASP North America Pro Junior Series ranking.
