Connor O'Leary claimed his maiden title on the World Surf League's Championship Tour on Friday at South Africa's Jeffreys Bay, joining Kanoa Igarashi as Japan's only winners on the elite circuit.Australia-born O'Leary, whose Japanese mother Akemi is a former pro surfer, beat overall season leader Yago Dora of Brazil in the final at the Corona Cero Open J-Bay.The 31-year-old O'Leary rode only three waves but scored 8.17 and 7.50 for his two best attempts, logging at total of 15.67 points. Dora was more active, taking seven waves, but could only tally 14.23 points in the 10th event of the sea…READ FULL ARTICLE
