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PAPAMOA kitesurfer Torrin Bright has created a bit of history by sweeping aside the best South Island wind exponents in Christchurch.

The 17-year-old Mount College rider became the first person to win both junior and senior titles at the Canterbury championships, edging former champion Aaron Smith [Christchurch] in the open division.

The event doubles as the unofficial South Island championship and is the second biggest kiteboarding contest in New Zealand, behind the upcoming nationals in Raglan in March.

"It was pretty comfortable in the juniors but the open division was a bit harder," Bright said.

"But we were pretty confident with the way I've been riding lately that I'd do pretty well."

Bright's win continues a vintage six months for local riders.

Another Papamoa teenager, Marc Jacobs, won the North kiteboarding world Young Blood title last year and Bright and older brother Kelby gained invaluable experience on the French-based KPWT tour.

Jacobs has been back training in Tauranga over the summer, after competing in a handful of world tour events, and he brought skills he'd learned there back to his practise sessions with the Bright brothers.

The weekend's result was a sharp reminder of Tauranga's dominance in the sport.

With a 26-strong open field from all over the country, held on the Christchurch estuary, Bright dominated in the steadily-building north-east breeze that produced choppy and testing conditions.

Smith won the title in 2005 but couldn't match Bright's progressive moves.

Bright won the junior division from another Christchurch local, Alex Bowater, with Anthony Hopkins third.