Corlette surfer Mike Clayton-Brown capped off a whirlwind couple of weeks by taking out the Mattara Surf Classic cadet men's title at Bar Beach on Sunday.
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With a combined best-two-waves score of 15.34 in the final, Clayton-Brown eclipsed second-placed Issac Foran (8.57), third-placed Jordan Liackman (8.43) and Oscar Salt (5.63).
The 16-year-old only returned home last week after competing in the International Surfing Association's World Junior Surfing Championship at Huntington Beach in California.
Representing Australia for the first time, Clayton-Brown made it down to final 16 surfers in the under-16 competition before being eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Surfers in the division faced disappointing one-foot waves.
Clayton-Brown had another chance in the repechage rounds but did not progress.
The Tomaree High School student qualified for the Australian team after finishing second at last year's Australian Junior Surfing Titles in South Australia.
He will get an opportunity to secure a spot for next year's world juniors at this year's Australian Junior Surfing Titles which begin at Margaret River in Western Australia on November 30.
Mike will surf in the under-18 division of the national event.
After claiming a NSW Junior Shortboard title in Coffs Harbour in July, Mike qualified for the 2019 national junior surfing titles where he finished second in the men's final.
Mike currently sits 10th in the World Surf League's Oceania/Australia men's junior tour rankings
