The way Subway® has come on board to
help create this series, it really does lay a
pathway for the kids’ future.”
Enever spoke passionately about what
it meant to her to mentor the group of
young female athletes at the camp.
Eleven of Australia’s top junior male
and female surfers were put through
their paces by Australian World
Surf League (WSL) Championship
Tour surfers Joel Parkinson and
Laura Enever at the Subway® Surf
Camp at the Hurley Surfing Australia
High Performance Centre (HPC) in
Casuarina from February 9-11th.
Parkinson, the 2012 World Champion and
a Subway® Surf Series ambassador, along
with Enever, surfed with, shared advice
and mentored the participants.
“It’s not the first time I have seen these
kids surf, but is great to watch their
development and they have all definitely
improved immensely,” Parkinson said.
“These talented kids come from all over
the country so when they all get together
and do these camps it is great for their
surfing and their future.
The Subway® Pro Junior events, which
includes 18 and under boys and girls
divisions, form part of the 2016 WSL
Australasian Junior Qualifying Series
(JQS), providing the winning athletes
with an opportunity to win a coveted
world title, at the WSL World Junior
Championships in early 2017.
“The girls are ripping and I just
love coming up here and hanging
out with them. To be able to boost
their confidence and give them any
information or advice we can is an
amazing opportunity and it’s awesome
that Subway® has done this.”
Proudly supported by WSL, Surfing
Australia and Billabong, the Subway®
Surf Series was created to fill a
competition void which exists at a crucial
point in the development of Australia’s
leading junior surfers.
During the camp, the group of 11 groms
honed their skills through surfing and
video analysis, competition strategies and
coaching at the AIS Surf Skate Training
Facility. What sets the camp apart for
the groms is the mentoring from HPC
coaching staff, Parkinson and Enever,
every step of the way.
It represents an important link in the
‘pathway to the podium’ developed by
Surfing Australia, with surfers now able
to progress from the Weet-Bix SurfGroms
program, onto the Wahu Surfer Groms
Comps, into the Subway® Surf Series,
followed by the Original Source
Australian Boardriders Battle.
The winners of the three non-qualifying
events in the Subway® Surf Series across
18 and under and 16 and under girls and
boys divisions were given the chance to
learn from two of the world’s best at this
camp. $1000 was on offer for best male
and female performances during the camp
and at the end of day three it was Bodhi
Leigh-Jones (NSW) and Callum Robinson
(NSW) who took home the cash.
Surfers in the camp included:
Taj Watson....................................... (NSW)
Xavier Huxtable................................. (VIC)
Ren Hashimoto.................................(QLD)
Alysse Cooper.................................. (NSW)
Bella Wilson....................................... (VIC)
Callum Robinson............................. (NSW)
Morgan Cibilic................................. (NSW)
Jett Dickinson...................................(QLD)
Bodhi Leigh-Jones........................... (NSW)
Sophie Fletcher.................................. (VIC)
Blake Neka...................................... (NSW)
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