NOOSA, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, March 20, 2011) – Noosa’s favourite surfing son Josh Constable (Perigian Beach, Noosa) has claimed the 1 Star ASP Golden Breed Pro, cleaning up his competition in the small, clean surf at the event’s back up site of Access 12, during the Noosa Festival of Surfing today.

The five times Australian Men’s Longboard Champion and 2006 ASP Men’s World Longboard Champion proved unstoppable in the final, opening up with a cracker 7.50 (out of ten) ride and followed up with an excellent 8.00 ride to secure a huge lead over the rest of the field.

“Conditions were tough but I aimed to get off to a quick start, get a few waves under the belt and then wait for some better ones and it worked out well,” Constable said.

Constable surfed a smart heat in the tricky conditions. Mixing up his performance with skillful nose rides and massive off the top snaps, the powerful Sunshine Coast surfer provided just the kind of all round performance the judges were looking for, earning a well deserved 15.50 heat total (out of 20.00) to defeat Jared Neal (Aus), Taylor Jensen (USA) and Thomas Kibblewhite (NZL).

“You cant sit there and wish it was six foot ‘cos its not six foot,” Constable said. “I don’t mind if its small, I’m from here and we don’t get big waves anyway so I’m used to surfing little waves like that. I felt comfortable out there and just kept building momentum and I’m happy I came through with the win.”

The Noosa Festival of Surfing saw nine great days of competition completed. For full results log on to http://www.aspaustralasia.com/live/2011/noosa/results.php.