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More Grom Action on the Way |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Thursday, 21 February 2013 |
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| Tane Bowden - Image Jereme Aubertin |
The second of three events in the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge takes place at Whangamata this weekend (23-24 February) with junior surfers from around the country fired up to get back to the Coromandel Peninsula seaside town.
The amazing summer weather has continued this week and is forecast to blaze
all weekend with surf to boot. The surf
has slowly built all week and will peak on Friday, the day before the event
starts, before tapering off through into the weekend offering up ideal
conditions for the youngsters.
The first event of the series took place at Mount Maunganui three weeks ago
where the groms all enjoyed a sizeable swell and an awesome two days of
surfing.
The first event of the series is all about ushering groms into new divisions
after the January roll over. Battle lines
are drawn in the sand in regards to the top surfers in each division and a new hierarchy
is formed. Coming into the second event
of the series, the surfers have one event result stashed away with the bench
mark for improvement set. They now have
a placing in mind that they want to achieve if not improve on before they head
into the final event of the series at Piha in two weeks time.
The field of surfers for this weekend is at near capacity and they will no
doubt enjoy the vibe at Whangamata, the phenomenally warm water on offer right
now and if they are lucky, sample a wave out on the famous Whangamata Bar.
However, most of the focus will be on the event and performances across the
six age groups contested. No one will be
more keen to perform than double division winner and local Whangamata surfer
Tane Bowden. The spritely 11-year-old
surfer has been practicing at the event site this week in preparation for the
weekend.
“The surf is peaky and fun today but it was pretty small at the start of
the week” said Bowden. “I went to Raglan
last weekend on a training camp with ‘The Art of Surfing’ so it was good to get
some waves over there and then come back and put everything into practice here
at Whanga. The guys at the training camp
are also in the event this weekend and it was real fun to train with guys like
Kehu (Butler), Taylor (Hutchison), Ben (McCulloch) and Lee (Ririnui). We did heaps of drills and worked on
technique and competition strategy” added Bowden.
After the successful implementation of the free coaching sessions at the
Mount Maunganui event, Matt Scorringe from The Art of Surfing will be at the
Billabong Grom Series event this weekend giving out tips to all the entrants and
taking them on small training sessions on both Saturday and Sunday.
Action at the beach will get underway at 8:00am on Saturday and Sunday with
two full days of surfing to get through.
Whangamata Boardriders Club will be hosting the event and feeding everyone
at the beach to raise funds for the club.
Set out below are the top five rated surfers for each of the six divisions
contested.
Under 16 Boys Division
Top 5
1, Korbin Hutchings (Gis)
2, Kehu Butler (Arataki)
3, Harrison Whiteside (ChCh)
4, Isaac Kettle (Tara)
5, Taylor Hutchison (Rag)
Under 14 Boys Division Top 5
1, Kehu Butler (Arataki)
2, Tane Bowden (Whmata)
3, Daniel Farr (Tara)
4, Samuel Sands (ChCh)
5, Taine Craig Ranga (Waihi Bch)
Under 12 Boys Division Top 5
1, Tane Bowden (Whmata)
2, Kaya Horne (Mnt)
3, William van der Beek (Tau)
4, Finn Johnson (Gis)
5, Luke Griffin (Mt)
Under 16 Girls Division Top 5
1, Claudia Fraser (Auck)
1, Dayna Story (Gis)
2, Abby Falwasser - Logan (Gis)
3, Jasmine Smith (Gis)
4, Elin Tawharu (Mnt)
Under 14 Girls Division Top 5
1, Raiha Ensor (Mnt)
2, Maaia Reid-Bennett (Arataki)
3, Kea Smith (Mnt)
4, Tiana Breeze - de Mooj (Mnt)
Under 12 Girls Division Top 5
1, Saffi Vette (Gis)
2, Iritana Butler (Arataki)
3, Stella Smith (Gis)
4, Grace Pevats (Whrei)
4, Teina Smith (Tau)
Please see below for the date of the final event:
Billabong Grom Series pres by Oceanbridge Event 3 – 9th – 10th
March, Piha Beach, Auckland
Entry into the events can be completed at Surfing
New Zealand under events.
Further
Information
For further information on the 2013 Billabong Grom
Series presented by Oceanbridge please contact Surfing New Zealand’s Ben
Kennings on 021 2278732 or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz. Alternatively contact Billabong Event Manager
Keone Campbell on 0274921138 or email keone.campbell@billabong.co.nz.
Imagery
Web clips will be distributed free of charge from each event. Please contact Ben Kennings for further
details.
High resolution action images of the surfing at all events on the Billabong
Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge will be available to media free of charge.
Event Hotline
The Surfing New Zealand
event hotline is 0211134506. This will
be updated daily at approximately 7am with venue, divisions contested and
conditions for the day.
Partners
Generous support from Billabong, Oceanbridge, Von Zipper, Palmers and
Kustom has made this event possible.
Surfing New Zealand
Newsletter
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inbox then sign up to the SNZ
Newsletter.
Follow the event Live!
Event updates will be feed to the SNZ website via twitter so stay tuned with action,
comments and results. Alternatively
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Facebook, SNZ
Facebook and SNZ Twitter.
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