| Mitch Rawlins conquers The Box Pro 2012 |
| Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:07 |
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Mitch Rawlins has conquered The Box Pro 2012, in Margaret River, Australia. Rawlins surfed consistently throughout the event and outperformed South African Mark McCarthy in the final.
Throughout the event, Rawlins combined tube rides with high flying aerial maneuvers to rack up excellent scores and had South Africa’s Mark McCarthy in a combination situation for 26 minutes of the 30-minute final. McCarthy fought back in a last ditch effort, but was still counting a 2.5 as a second scoring ride and ran out of time before he could find the required score of an 8.25 for the win. "The guys were going so hard," Rawlins said. "It was a grueling contest, but I am having fun now. You rock up at each event, hoping for the best and you don’t realize until you win how good it is to win an event like this". "It is pretty special. Hopefully I can get on track and compete with all the top guys at the end, which I guess is what you want when you are on tour." Rawlins choked back tears as he thanked his family for their support. This win has put him into tie 3rd place on the IBA Grand Slam Series (GSS) rankings. Mark McCarthy held down the highest heat score and highest single wave score of the event, he looked unstoppable until he lost his magic touch in the final, falling to an in form Mitch Rawlins. 2012 Box Pro Final Results: |











