Team Australia Masters

2008 World Masters Surfing Championships

Australia’s premier master surfers slugged it out for world glory at the 2008 ISA World Masters Surfing Championships in Peru but came up just short placing second to South Africa.

Team Australia were led by 1988 Pipeline Masters champion Rob Page who won the Grand Masters division. Page is a former elite World Tour competitor and contested in both the men’s masters (Over 35) and grand masters (Over 40) divisions.

The Australian Masters Team included:
Masters: Rob Page & Jay Sharpe
Grand Masters: Rob Page & Mark Harrison
Kahunas: Rob Baldwin & Mark Lloyd
Grand Kahunas: Frank Hayter
Masters Ladies: Sandra English

Masters	Place
Rob Page	3
Jay Sharpe	4

Grand Masters	Place
Rob Page	1
Mark Harrison	15

Kahunas	Place
Rod Baldwin	4
Mark Lloyd	11

Grand Kahuna	Place
Frank Hayter	3

Grand Kahuna	Place
Sandra English	3

National Team Rankings	Place	Points
South Africa	1	10500
Australia	2	9400
Brazil	3	9041
Peru	4	8786
Puerto Rico	5	7730

The ISA World Masters Surfing Championship is a team competition and the division are as follows:
Masters: Over 35 years old
Grand Masters: Over 40 years old
Kahunas: Over 45 years old
Grand Kahunas: Over 50 years old
Masters Women: Women over 35 years old

Copacabana's Rob Baldwin (NSW) posted some great scores in the epic conditions at Punta Rocas in Peru to advance from round two of the Over 45 men's division

Rob Page leads the charge for the Aussie team in Peru.

Rob Page and Rob Baldwin on the podium for Team Australia

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