Isla Huppatz and Dane Henry completed an Australian sweep of the 2025 World Surf League (WSL) World Junior Championships Philippines, bucking not only a strong field at the Urbiztondo Beach in La Union that played tricks on the 20U surfers on Sunday.

“I can’t believe it, to be honest, this is crazy,” said the 18-year-old Huppatz, the reigning Australia/Oceania titlist who defeated 2023 world junior champion and fellow Australian Sierra Kerr in the final.

Henry, on the other hand, booked the biggest win of his career on a tense final day that featured inconsistent one-to-two-foot swell prompting smart wave selection and critical small wave skills for all the protagonists.

“It’s been a massive week, it feels like I’ve been here for about a month,” said Henry in epicenter San Juan in La Union. “I want to say a massive thanks to my coach, Adam Dufner. I’ve been training with him for 10 years, honestly wouldn’t be able to be here without him.”

Huppatz got 12.67 points to beat fellow Australian Sierra Kerr (12.17), who was off the surf for six months because of infection from tick bites, for one of the two biggest trophies of the competition that is also supported by the Philippines Sports Commission, SMC Infrastructure Inc. and BMEG/Nutrichunks.

Henry, meanwhile, earned 13.67 points to run away with the trophy from Israel’s Nadav Attar (11.40) in the event that preceded the Longboard International Qualifying event — the La Union International Pro -— that kicked off Tuesday also off Urbiztondo Beach.

The La Union International Pro attracted one of the biggest international fields of any World Surf League longboard event in history, offering a direct pathway to the 2026 WSL Longboard Tour.

Huppatz and Henry also gained valuable positions for their first season on the Challenger Series in 2026.

John Bryan Martinez, a 21-year-old La Union local, led the Philippine campaign at the start of the La Union International Pro also off Urbiztondo Beach on Tuesday with11.34 heat total that included a 6.67, one of the highest numbers of the day, in the men’s round of 72.

“I’m so happy because it’s my first time competing in the WSL,” Martinez said.