The best young surfers in the world will be competing for waves at Piha next January when Auckland plays host to the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. The event will be held from 20-28 January.
Surfing Championships2010The announcement comes after a successful approach to the sport’s global ruling body, the International Surfing Association (ISA), led by Surfing New Zealand and including New Zealand Major Events, Tourism New Zealand, Tourism Auckland, and the Auckland and Waitakere City Councils.
The 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship will see the world’s best under 18-year-old surfers battling it out for world titles in the biggest event of the junior surfing year. The spectacle at Piha is an Olympic-type event staged with competitors from around the world competing both individually and for their countries in front of large crowds.
“We’re really happy to announce that New Zealand will be the 2010 location for the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. It is an amazing location with perfect waves and a great surfing culture. It’s really important to note that this is the first time after more than 25 years that the ISA holds an event of this magnitude in the Australasia zone,” says the ISA President, Fernando Aguerre.
The 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship will see the world’s best under 18-year-old surfers battling it out for world titles in the biggest event of the junior surfing year. The spectacle at Piha is an Olympic-type event staged with competitors from around the world competing both individually and for their countries in front of large crowds.
“We’re really happy to announce that New Zealand will be the 2010 location for the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. It is an amazing location with perfect waves and a great surfing culture. It’s really important to note that this is the first time after more than 25 years that the ISA holds an event of this magnitude in the Australasia zone,” says the ISA President, Fernando Aguerre.
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