Wahu
Surf Camps
It was twenty stoked groms that left the Hurley Surfing
Australia High Performance Centre (HPC) in March after
two separate Wahu Surf Camps where they enjoyed fun
waves and the best in coaching and advice.
All the participants were winners of the Under 14 divisions during
the Wahu Surfer Groms Comps held across Australia in summer
and enjoyed an all-expenses paid training program at respective
boys' and girls' camps at the HPC.
During each camp, the aspiring young athletes have been put
through their paces with a combination of surfing and video analysis,
competition strategies and strength and gymnastic training.
The surfers at the boys' camp included: Finn Hill, Lennox Chell,
George Pittar, Josh Stanton, Xavier Huxtable, Jamie Thomson, Taj
Stokes, Ethan Huxtable, Forrest Finlay and Harrison Green.
Over the three day boys camp the group scored pumping waves
only minutes from the HPC. Xavier Huxtable came out of the
water frothing on the day we dropped by to check out how
things were going. “It is so fun out there, I got heaps of barrels
and all the boys are ripping,” he said.
The girls' camp included: Cedar Leigh-Jones, Nyxie Ryan, Elle
Clayton-Brown, Emma Catlin, Zahli Kelly, Charli Hurst, Raya
Campbell, Arabella Wilson, Lily McDonald and Dimity Payne.
George Pittar was judged most promising male surfer at the boys
Wahu Surf Camp while Nyxie Ryan was judged most promising
female surfer at the girls Wahu Surf Camp and took home a nice
trophy for their efforts.
Regarded as one of the major stepping stones in the
development of young Australian surfers, the 10-event Wahu
Surfer Groms Comps caters for surfers from Under 8 to Under 14
and was held in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western
Australia, South Australia and Tasmania over summer. The Under
8 was a mixed division with parent assists, while competition was
held in both boys and girls in the Under 10, Under 12 and Under
14 divisions.
The Wahu Surfer Groms Comps have helped to launch the careers
of many of Australia's most promising junior surfers with more than
800 children taking part in the 2015/16 event series.
42 Issue 13 / Autumn 2016