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Future stars feature in Island film
by George Mojo
23/11/2007:// Nine of Britain's future surf stars are to feature in a film shot while riding some of the world's biggest waves in Hawaii.
St Merryn's Toby Donachie, Newquay's Josh Piper and St Ives pair Tassy Swallow and Dane Hall were invited to the North Shore of Oahu as part of Surf Solution's ongoing Hawaii Project.
The quartet were joined on the month-long trip by Cheshire's Luis Eyre and Devon quartet, Stuart Campbell, Baker, Lydon Wake and Kathleen Spears
The young British Junior surfers survived the final few days in which the North Shore lived up to it’s reputation and dished out some serious servings at Sunset Beach and Log Cabins.
"It was really good to be able to challenge ourselves to the limit the last few days when Sunset and Log Cabin’s really turned it on” said Billabong / Nike rider Lyndon Wake who was named the second trip “King of the Rock”. O’Neill’s Stuart Campbell added that he surfed the best waves she has ever seen and caught the barrel of his life so far on what was his first trip to Hawaii., said head coach Joel Gray.
“This years’ Hawaii Project was a total success. Aside from the basic fact of escaping the UK winter and being able to surf 3 times everyday they gain so much from being out here. These are the most challenging waves that there are and the level out here is unprecedented. Surfing amongst the best established pro’s as well as their world junior peers is a real eye opener.
"Hawaii is a fundamental annual trip for any hopefull future pro and the guys on the Hawaii Project have already made some roots, what with getting to know the place, the waves and also meeting up with some of the pipeline locals and surfboard shapers amongst others. Each group also spent some time helping out with ‘community service’ at the local Sunset Beach Elementary School.” added Gray.
The Surf Solutions set up includes a number of initiatives and projects that are designed primarily with the notion of getting the exposure and experience that is necessary to succeed.
Aside from these general aims each project is specifically targeted at high level technical coaching of the athletes.
“Throughout the whole trip we are working on generic and specific technical issues and by the end each surfer has a detailed and precise action plan. They now have this to work on throughout the winter before next years’ competition kick off, " said Gray.
For St Merryn’s Toby Donachie this trip marked the start of an exciting year.
He has just signed a contract with Quiksilver and spent the whole month with Surf Solutions in Hawaii.
“I am super excited and stoked to have gotten this opportunity and I have one eye on my next trip to Hawaii when I am going with the Quiksilver team at Christmas. This is followed by a stint in Australia before getting back to the European Junior circuit in 2008 along with the rest of the Surf Solutions extended family," said Donachie.
Work is now going into the production of a short DVD from the Hawaii Project and half an eye is also placed on the next project which is out in Portugal in December.
Further ahead in 2008 there are initiatives in France, Portugal, Cornwall and Australia.
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