Dempfle-Olin, Hasburgh win national titles at Rip Curl CANAM Surfing Championship in Tofino, B.C.
3-day event featured surfers in professional, amateur and junior categories
Canadian surfers Wheeler Hasburgh and Mathea Dempfle-Olin claimed national titles on Sunday at the Rip Curl CANAM Surfing Championship in Tofino, B.C.
Dempfle-Olin, a 20-year-old from Canmore, B.C., earned 14.84 points in the final to secure the women's title.
Her younger sibling Sanoa Passion Dempfle-Olin finished 2.21 behind her for second place. Sanoa Passion won the women's under-18 title.
Ocea Green and Catherine Bruhwiler finished third and fourth, respectively. Green was the women's under-16 champion.
WATCH l Dempfle-Olin surfs to national title in Tofino:
Hasburgh, who was born in Canada and raised in Mexico, totalled 17.50 points to grab the national title in the men's main event. The 17-year-old also secured the under-18 title.
In the pro event, Hasburgh edged Noah Cohen by 1.16. Michael Darling and Reed Platenius were third and fourth, respectively.
Nathan Hereda captured the men's under-16 title.
The competition ran from Friday to Sunday and featured surfers in professional, amateur and junior categories.
WATCH l Hasburgh scores 17.50 to claim national title: