SOME of Australia’s top 16-18 year-old surfers will converge on the Kiama Municipality this weekend to take part in the fifth round of the inaugural Subway Summer Surf Series.
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The event comprises 13 events Australia-wide and has been designed to unearth the best male and female junior surfers across Australia.
This weekend will see the South Coast’s best junior surfers compete for bragging rights and valuable competitive experience needed to further develop their surfing careers.
Winners of the under-18 divisions will receive an all-important invitation to an all-expense paid three-day Subway Summer Surf Camps at the Hurley Surfing Australia High Performance Centre.
Winning participants will have the opportunity to rub shoulders and pick the brains of World Tour athletes and Subway ambassadors Joel Parkinson and Laura Enever at the respective boys' or girls' camp.
The new series was created to fill a competition void which exists at a crucial point in the development of Australia’s leading junior surfers.
It represents an important link in the ‘pathway to the podium’ developed by Surfing Australia, with surfers now able to progress from the Vegimite SurfGroms program, onto the Wahu Surfer Groms Comps, into the Subway Summer Surf Series, followed by the Original Source Australian Boardriders Battle.
Warilla’s Jarrod Szele is looking forward to taking part in his first event of the series.
“I went for a surf at Kiama today and it was heaps good with a nice bank,” the 15-year-old said.
“I’m really excited about the event and coming up against some good competition.”
It will help young Australians continue to develop their passion for surfing, whether it be professionally or recreationally and carry on to enjoy a lifetime of surfing.
The Subway Summer Surf Series is proudly supported by Billabong, Surfing Australia and Surfing New South Wales.
The main base for this weekend’s event will be Kiama Surf Beach or Bombo with backup locations of Werri Beach and Jones’ Beach.
All competitors are advised to ring the event hotline (0458 247 212) by 6.45am on the days of competition to confirm location and running order.