Sandy Bay's Manu Scott-Arrieta has been knocked out of the 2015 Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, placing 65th overall in the Under 18 Boys Division.
As the senior members of the New Zealand Junior Surfing team took to the water on day three of competition, Scott-Arrieta faced some stiff competition in his repechage round 2 heat.
Winning his repechage round 1 heat by a comfortable margin, hopes were high for the Northlander to work his way back up the standings with a good outing in the second round.
However, after holding an advancing position for much of the repechage round 2 heat, Canadian surfer Sean Forester stormed to the lead ahead of Scott-Arrieta to win with a solid 14.60 heat total from his best two waves.
Only managing a total heat score of 7.83, Scott-Arrieta placed third behind Forester and Japan's Daiki Tanaka who scored 14.50 - the top two surfers of the heat progressing to the next round.