The boys event’s in the fourth of five events in the R220 000 Billabong Junior Series got advance experience in ideal conditions on Thursday at Victoria Bay in the Southern Cape, in one metre (3 foot) waves that reeled down the long right-hand point fanned by a brisk offshore wind.
The country’s top girls will be looking forward to revelling in conditions that are likely to provide an ideal platform to display their talents, encouraged by the packed public holiday crowd basking in warm sunshine on the beach.
Tarryn Chudleigh has won all three 2007 titles in the Pro Junior girls titles, and the 16 year-old from Kommetjie will be going all out to reach her first final in a series event at Vic Bay.
But current World Qualifiying Series Nikita Robb (East London) will lead a pack of eager competitors, including local girl Bianca Buitendag, SA U20 champ Chantelle Rautenbach, talented Sarah Baum and Heidi Palmboom.
The event runs until Sunday, when the finals in all five divisions will be held along with the spectacular Von Zipper Air Show where the country’s top ‘fly-boys’ display their aerial talents with the best completed manoeuvre earning the winner-takes-all R1 800 prize-purse.
Friday’s program includes the opening rounds of 32 for the Pro Junior girls, and more details on the Billabong Junior Series, including profiles on some of the top performers, results of previous events and other surfing news can be found at the Billabong Africa web page.
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