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Twelve youngsters from across Cornwall, Devon and Wales have been honoured to be selected by the British Surfing Association for the British Junior Surfing Team for the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships
by George Mojo
16/05/2008:// The event in South West France at the end of May will see junior athletes under the age of 18 coming from every continent on the planet and the British team will join more than 30 other countries including the surf 'power brokers' such as Australia, USA, South Africa, and Hawaii along side emerging nations including Israel, Morocco, Costa Rica.
The British Junior Surf Team will now undergo an intensive training schedule to ensure they are fully fit and prepared for the Championships. They will travel to France with Brittany Ferries where the famous breaks of Seignosse, Hossegor and Capbreton in the South West of France will be the locations for both individual and team World Junior Champion titles.
Unlike standard professional events, the surfers will compete in national team format. This format is unique in world surfing and the surfers will be competing solely for the honour of receiving a gold, silver, bronze or copper medal and representing their nation.
The twelve selected youngsters have been part of an ongoing youth surf development and training scheme sponsored by Calypso. Further to this, they have all proven themselves on the annual contest circuit and a number of them have competed in the Junior World and European teams in the past.
They will be supported in France by some of the best British coaches and managers who have also been specially selected to represent their country.
In the U18 boys division, Lyndon Wake from Croyde will join Lewis Clinton and Arron Evans from Newquay and Stuart Campbell from Woolacombe.
The 2008 Beachley Classic got underway this morning, completing Rounds 1 and 2 as well as the opening two heats of Round 3 at nearby Freshwater Beach in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves
Layne Beachley (AUS), 36, has officially announced her retirement from full-time competition, effective at the end of the year
Former Exeter University student Josh Lewin first heat at the Ocean and Earth Pro in the Canary Islands has been delayed because the 2ft surf was deemed uncontestable
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