Sarah Baum hopes it's third time lucky at Surfest in 2024 after West Australian Bronte Macaulay ensured the Newcastle-based South African was runner-up for successive years at the women's contest on Sunday at Merewether.
In slow, small waves, the goofy-footers competed for the $10,000 first prize at the 5000-point Qualifying Series (QS) event safe in the knowledge they were assured a place on the second-tier Challenger Series (CS). The focus for most of the field this week had been on securing a CS spot at the QS finale.
