Eyes on the Prize

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The country’s top young surfers will compete at Point for national titles, green blazers and specialty awards at the Mecca of South African surfing.

Scheduled for 25-29 September, the 17th annual edition of this premier Surfing South Africa (SSA) event features the best 17-and-under surfers who have qualified via cutthroat selection trials for their respective provincial teams with all the action taking place in the high performance waves at The Point for the second successive year.

Junior surfing is the future of our sport in South Africa and the South African Junior Champs forms an integral part of Hurley’s goal to turn our juniors into professional surfers and world champions

“Junior surfing is the future of our sport in South Africa and the South African Junior Champs forms an integral part of Hurley’s goal to turn our juniors into professional surfers and world champions,” says Hurley South Africa MD, Jevon Le Roux. “We are proud to be associated with junior surfing and everyone is looking forward to an exciting event in Jeffreys Bay.

Hosts Eastern Province dominated last year’s event in their home surf, winning the team title for the first time and clinching three of the six individual SA titles at stake in the Under 17, U15 and U13 categories for boys and girls, along with three of the five special awards on offer.

This year teams from 2012 runners-up KwaZulu-Natal Central, 2011 champions Western Province, Southern KZN, Border, Boland, Zululand, Southern Cape and the SA Development Academy will be going all out in their quest to secure the Freedom Cup and individual national titles.

The Hurley SA Junior Championships is the most important junior tournament on the South African calendar and Hurley’s support and commitment has turned it into a five star event

“The Hurley SA Junior Championships is the most important junior tournament on the South African calendar and Hurley’s support and commitment has turned it into a five star event,” says Robin de Kock, GM of Surfing South Africa (SSA).

“This is where our next generation of surfing stars get to strut their stuff and the fact that it will take place in Jeffreys Bay again this year adds to the stature and excitement for this special event.”

In addition to the prestige of earning national titles and having their names engraved in the annals of South African surfing history, winners will also be crowned for:

• Hurley Surfer of the Contest presented by All Aboard Travel – R20 000 travel voucher to Bali
• Red Bull Best Air – R5 000
• Oakley Highest Heat Score – R3 000
• Zigzag Blowing Up Award – R3 000
• Skullcandy Team Spirit Award – R3 000
• Van's Tarp Surf Champ – Product from Vans Off The Wall

The Hurley SA Junior Champs can be followed via:

Hurley FB:                https://www.facebook.com/Hurley.ZAHurley Twitter:          https://twitter.com/HurleyZASA Junior Champs:     https://twitter.com/sajuniorchamps  (Results Only)
Twitter account –      @HurleyZA and the hashtag #sajuniorchamps
Hurley Instagram:      http://instagram.com/hurley_za

Daily blogs, interviews, video uploads, images and results will be posted on http://www.sajuniorchamps.co.za and results also at http://www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za 

The South African Development Academy team is participating thanks to a grant from Sport and Recreation South Africa. The Hurley SA Junior Champs is sanctioned by Surfing South Africa (SSA), recognised by the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and Sport and Recreation SA as the national governing body for the sport. SSA is a member of the International Surfing Association (ISA), the world’s governing body for surfing.

The 2013 Hurley SA Junior Champs is supported by All Aboard Travel, Skullcandy, Red Bull, Zigzag, Oakley, Neff, Vans Off The Wall, FUTURELIFE and Island Tribe in association with Sticky Bumps Wax, Channel Islands and Mayhem surfboards.