Billabong South Africa has announced exciting new developments for girls’ surfing. These include plans for hosting the first ASP Grade 1 Pro Junior event here in South Africa.
The internationally rated event will be third of the three Pro Junior girls contests forming part of the 2009 Billabong Junior Series. It will take place at local surfing Mecca Jeffreys Bay. The winner will receive an invitation to compete in the annual Billabong ASP World Junior Championships in Sydney, Australia.
The first two Pro Junior girls’ events on the Billabong Junior Series will be sanctioned by Surfing South Africa (SSA) and will form part of the SSA Pro Surf Tour (PST) with the ratings points earned counting towards the 2009 PST Pro Junior girls’ title. The top three finishers in the Billabong Junior Series ratings will also qualify for a share of the annual series prize-pool sponsored jointly by Billabong and First National Bank.
This upgrade in contest status for the fast growing girls’ surfing community in South Africa enables Billabong to align the annual Billabong Girls Get Out There series of events with the objectives of similar series around the world by focusing on beach lifestyle instead of on the competitive side of girls’ surfing.
The Girls Get Out There series will in future be aimed at getting girls down to the beach, learning to surf, having fun and enjoying themselves amongst their friends and peers.
These changes mean that the previously scheduled dates for the Billabong Girls Get Out There contests in Margate (29 & 30 November) and Jeffreys Bay (13 & 14 December) will therefore fall away. Watch the media for details of when the exciting new series of all female beach festivals visits a town near you.
