Josh Kerr Stuns with Win at Todos Santos Challenge
World Surf League
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January 18, 2016
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Josh Kerr surfed huge waves to become the champion of the World Surf League’s Big Wave Tour Todos Santos Challenge. Report by Jessica Wakefield. (ODN)

Australian Josh Kerr stunned the big-wave surfing world by winning the Todos Santos Challenge Sunday, earning the biggest victory of his now colorful career. The WSL elite Championship Tour star, who broke in as one of the world's best aerialists and is currently ranked number 11 in the world, surprised many with his gutsy performance at the event which held a US$75,000 prize purse, of which Kerr received US$18,750 in addition to a TAG Heuer Aquaracer watch.

"To get a win here is so special," Kerr said afterward. "I literally haven't won a contest for probably about five years, so I don't even know what this feeling of winning is going through my body right now. I'm kind of tripping."

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