Kolohe Andino, Oakley Pro Jr : photo courtesy ASP
Oakley ASP World Pro Junior
Stop No. 1 on the 2010 ASP World Junior Tour
Keramas, Bali, Indonesia
2 - 13 October 2010
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Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 29 September, 2010 : - - Keramas, Bali Indonesia -- The Oakley ASP World Pro Junior, the opening stop on the 2010 ASP World Junior Tour (WJT), will commence its waiting period this weekend in Bali, ushering in the greatest assemblage of junior surfing talent from around the globe.
Surfing young guns Conner Coffin (USA) and Keala Naihe (Haw) will challenge the world's best junior surfers in arguably one of the world's best high-performance waves after being awarded wildcards into the high stakes event, which will run at Keramas from October 2-13 and offer a prize pool of US $95,000.
With a surfing attack built on power and topped with an increasingly progressive repertoire, Coffin, 17, is looking to add to his trophy case with a big result in the tournament.
Coffin, who has an amazingly smooth, clean, and powerful pointbreak style, was raised in Santa Barbara’s legendary point breaks, and should ultimately put him in good stead at the right-hand waves of Keramas. In Round 1, Coffin will come up against Kiron Jabour (HAW) and Chris Salisbury (AUS).
Naihe is also positioned well for an impressive showing at the prestigious tournament and will face Marc Lacomare (FRA) and Charles Martin (GLP) in Round 1 of competition.
Ronny Nelson, Oakley Sports Marketing Manager, is excited to see Conner and Naihe lineup in the event. "Choosing wildcards is always a hard thing to do, there are so many options out there but at the end of the day you need to look at who will do well or even win the event," he said.
"In my eyes, I feel that Conner and Keala will best represent Oakley and have a great chance to win. Conner’s explosive surfing in punchy waves will be his advantage while the smooth finesse surfing and knowledge of reef breaks will suit Keala in Bali. Oakley is really happy that Conner and Keala are competing in the first event of two to help crown a legitimate ASP World Junior champion.
Similar to years past, athletes compete on their respective regional ASP Pro Junior Series throughout the season to qualify for the ASP World Junior Tour. Qualification for the ASP WJT is based on regional results from January 1 through August 31, 2010.
The inaugural ASP World Junior Tour will see six representatives from ASP Australasia, ASP South America, ASP North America and ASP Europe, five representatives from ASP Africa, ASP Hawaii and ASP Japan, and additional wildcards to make up the 48-man field.
The ASP World Junior Tour events will also feature an 18-woman field, which will crown the undisputed ASP Women’s World Junior Champion. The undisputed ASP World Junior Champions will be the No. 1 ranked male and female surfer after the completion of the ASP World Junior Tour.
The Oakley ASP World Pro Junior will be webcast LIVE via oakleyprojunior.com. For more information, log onto aspworldtour.com
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