British Junior Surf Team for ISA World Junior Champs announced

This weekend saw a host of dedicated 14-18 year olds congregate at Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall, to participate in an intensive training session in preparation for one of the most prestigious surf contests of their lives.

Twelve UK youngsters including Northcore team riders Lewis Clinton and Kathleen Spears have been honoured to be selected by the British Surfing Association for the British Junior Surfing Team for the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships which take place in the South West of France from the 24th May–1st June.

The event will see junior athletes under the age of 18 coming from every continent on the planet and the British team will join more than 30 other countries including the surf ‘power brokers’ such as Australia, USA, South Africa, and Hawaii along side emerging nations including Israel, Morocco, Costa Rica.

Unlike standard professional events, the surfers will compete in national team format. This format is unique in world surfing and the surfers will be competing solely for the honour of receiving a gold, silver, bronze or copper medal and representing their nation.

Head coach Barrie Hall said, “To be selected for the team for the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships is one of the highlights of these young surfers’ careers thus far and illustrates their talent and dedication to the sport.

This event is the equivalent of the surfing Olympics and our young British athletes will be pushed to their very max, to drive themselves to the absolute top of their game to represent their nation on this prestigious global platform.

Northcore want to wish Lewis and Kathleen all the very best for personal and team success at the event.

Pic: Lucia Griggi

Burma cyclone appeal

The Disaster Emergency committee are the organisation who co-ordinates disaster relief funds through to recognised charities, who are allowed access to and are working in Burma to assist with the massive human tragedy there.

Their website is: http://www.dec.org.uk/

Its a triple for the Northcore team riders at the 2008 English Nationals

It was a storming weekend at the English National surf competition for three of the Northcore team. With fantastic results for both Lewis Clinton and Kathleen Spears taking 1^st place in the U18 boys and girls categories. Not only that, Lewis was awarded the Dave Gent Memorial Trophy for the best-placed junior surfer from Newquay.

Grishka Roberts, who tests Northcore's surfboards, was also honoured by being awarded the Randall Davies Memorial Trophy for the best overall performance by a Newquay surfer.

With 23 divisions and close to 300 entrants, the Headworx English Nationals is one of the biggest surfing competitions in Europe. This year it was also one of the busiest, with Saturday alone seeing 40 hours of heats contested simultaneously on four peaks.

“We had a really busy day on Saturday but luckily the surf was brilliant for a competition; everybody was really happy with yesterday’s surf,” said Contest Director Ester Spears.

In winning their events both Lewis and Kathleen have earned the right to represent England in the European Junior Surfing Championships which will be held in Morocco in November.

Lewis Clinton said of the event, “I'm super happy that I have won, its quite a big event to win! The surf conditions were not great but I suppose I just managed to pick up a couple of waves and it worked out for me! I'm just stoked that I have won but also winning the Dave Gent memorial trophy, was a real privilege for me, it put the icing on the cake”

Kath Spears, said of the weekend " It was amazing to win the english, at the beginning of the year it was one of main aims and I'm stoked to have acheived it. The comp was really well run and the waves were pretty average so it was a bit of a test! Thanks to all my sponsors and every one who has helped me do this."

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!

Pictures:Ester Spears/Les Clinton

English Nationals kick off at Watergate Bay

Contest director Ester Spears has called an 8am start for this morning to maximise on the incoming swell for the English Nationals, which is forecast to be between 3 and 5 feet with light variable winds. With no fewer than 25 Headworx English Titles to be decided by Monday night. Both our Northcore Junior team riders, Kathleen Spears and Lewis Clinton are competing so we'll keep you posted on their results. Good luck guys

Big Wave exploration with Russell Ord Photographer

Russell Ord is based in Margaret, Western Oz and he's out there on his jet ski on a regular basis hunting for unridden, outer reef bombies with some WA tow-in hellmen. We're fortunate enough to feature some of Russ's work on our website and in my humble opinion he's one of the best surf photogs out there, capturing waves and surfers from ever varying perspectives and always with amazing clarity. I always look forward to updates from Russ to hear about the new waves he's found and the latest shots didn't disappoint. The shot here was taken 60km offshore, when they found a mutant slab grinding across an previously unexplored reef. However Russ explained that they won't be visiting the spot again soon as it was just too dangerous!...which when coming from guys who chase waves at Cyclops (check out Russ's awesome double page pic in this issue of The Surfers Path Mag) and the Box, you know its a serious spot.
To see more visit: http://www.russellord.com/

Northcore nominated for Surfers Path Green Wave Award 2008

This years sees further expansion and focus on our environmental initiatives, so we are super stoked to achieve recognition in the form of a nomination for the "Surfers Path Green Wave Awards"The awards, in Surfers Path's own words are "FOR EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE SURFING WORLD"

It's a real honour for us to nominated along with innovative surf industry brands, that have really been pushing the environmental cause.

Watch this space or go to Surfers Path for more info

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