{"id":13432,"date":"2019-02-18T11:46:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T04:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/juniors-to-rock-down-under-in-billabong-world-junior-championships\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T11:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T04:46:56","slug":"juniors-to-rock-down-under-in-billabong-world-junior-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/2019\/02\/18\/juniors-to-rock-down-under-in-billabong-world-junior-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"JUNIORS TO ROCK DOWN UNDER IN BILLABONG WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

[i]Saturday 24 December, 2005
\nNarrabeen Beach, Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n

BILLABONG WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
\n(31 December 2005 \u0096 8 January 2006)<\/p>\n


\nPablo Paulino 2004 Junior World Champion
\nLive on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com<\/p>\n

THE ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) PREMIER JUNIOR EVENT<\/p>\n

While the big boy and girl pro surfing tourers have headed home for a well-deserved Christmas break after all tours (both at World Championship Tour level and World Qualifying Series level) concluded in Hawaii, the future stars of the sport are headed \u0093Down Under\u0094 to compete in the coveted Billabong World Junior Championships. [\/i]Held at Narrabeen, a world class beach break in Sydney, Australia from 31 December 2005, the event will host the best junior (under 21 years of age) surfers both male and female from North America, South America, Hawaii, Europe, Asia, South Africa and Australasia. <\/p>\n

On the men\u0092s front, 48 surfers will do battle while on the women\u0092s two from each region plus a wildcard (18 in total) will compete in a draw identical to that of the ASP Women\u0092s World Tour. <\/p>\n

The Billabong World Junior Championship is seen as the most prestigious junior event in the world and has given rise to some of the world\u0092s biggest surfing super stars including three-time Foster\u0092s ASP Men\u0092s World Tour winner Andy Irons (HAW) and former ratings number two, Joel Parkinson (AUS). <\/p>\n

Brazilians have also been a dominant force at the Billabong World Juniors in recent years with Pablo Paulino (BRA) claiming victory this time last year while Adriana De Souza claimed a win in 2003. De Souza just recently qualified for the 2006 Foster\u0092s ASP Men\u0092s World Tour. Another Brazilian in Pedro Henrique took the trophy back in 2000. He too has now qualified to surf against the ASP\u0092s finest next year. <\/p>\n

Professional surfing legend Luke Egan (AUS), who recently officially retired from competition after 21 years on tour, will assume the role of contest director.
\nDuring the event www.billabongpro.com and www.aspworldtour.com will be providing comprehensive online coverage. The webcast will include live scoring, high-quality streaming vision, heat results, video updates, press releases and photographic images. <\/p>\n

Billabong Junior World Championships Honour Roll<\/p>\n

1998: Andy Irons
\n1999: Joel Parkinson
\n2000: Pedro Henrique (Brazil)
\n2001: Joel Parkinson
\n2002: Non Event
\n2003: Adriano De Souza
\n2004: Pablo Paulino<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[i]Saturday 24 December, 2005 Narrabeen Beach, Sydney, Australia BILLABONG WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (31 December 2005 \u0096 8 January 2006) Pablo Paulino 2004 Junior World Champion Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com THE ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) PREMIER JUNIOR EVENT While the big boy and girl pro surfing tourers have headed home for a well-deserved Christmas … Continue reading “JUNIORS TO ROCK DOWN UNDER IN BILLABONG WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-13432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surfing-news-archive","tag-surfing-news-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}