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25/06/2007:// A place in the grand final in France is up for grabs in the Cornish leg of the Quiksilver King of the Groms this weekend.
The third leg of the British tour is attracting some of the UK top rising surf stars to Newquay.
The series is the essential global event for international young surfers aged 16 and under, who aspire to a professional career.
Australian Taj Burrow and French surfers Miky Picon and Jeremy Flores careers were all launched when they won the contest.
Last year, Lewis Clinton and Gwen Spurlock took the British crowns to go through to compete in the finals in France.
Lewis put on a good show in the early rounds and flew the flag for the UK.
This year, Britain's most promising youngsters will be aiming to hit the top spot and prove their global surfing potential.
For over 15 years, Quiksilver has been bringing the world's top young surfers together in Capbreton in South West France to compete in what is internationally recognised as the leading tournament for the under-16s age group.
The French final is the culmination of a worldwide tour spanning five continents, with 16 young surfers from all over the world competing for the title.
The overall winner receives an apprentice package that most surfers can only ever dream of: a wildcard enabling him, along with his chaperone, to compete in the trials for two events on the Men's World Championship Tour: the Quiksilver Pro France 2006 and the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2007 (Australia).
Run between May and July 2007, the series identifies the best young surfers aged 16 and under on each of the world's continents.
New for 2007, with its age category now expanded to include 16 year-olds, the King of the Groms tour now includes the highly rated Australian national championship.
The British leg will has already seen events that ran in Wales at Porthcawl and in Ireland at Strand Hill.
The final of the UK series at Fistral Beach will see the highest place grom out of the three will getting a wild card into the world King of the Groms finals in Capbreton.
Cornwall's Spencer Hargraves of Quiksilver UK says, "It's always great to bring the event to Newquay and see the talent and determination of our young British surfers. This contest opens up opportunities for lots of youngsters and we have a hot pool of British skill at the moment so there's every chance that we could be discovering one of the next surfing stars over the course of the weekend.
"For the competitors who make the track to compete in France it really will be a great experience to see the level of surfing worldwide and without a doubt, it will help their surfing improve in leaps and bounds," he added.
Cornwall's Russell Winter has had a superb start at the Buondi Billabong Pro in Portugal notching up one of the top four heat scores of the competition so far
Cornwall's Ruebyn Ash put in a superb performance to reach his second European Pro Junior final of the season
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