Red Bull Junior Surf Masters

Surfing Queensland
Coolum Beach Queensland
1 - 2 August 2009

Mitch Crews Victorious At the 2009 Red  Bull Junior Surf Masters Sunshine Coast Qualifier

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 3 August, 2009 : - - Coolum Beach, Queensland -- Mitch Crews (Currumbin, Queensland) blitzed a star-studded field today, to win the 2009 Red Bull Junior Surf Masters Sunshine Coast Qualifier.

Held in variable 1m conditions, Crews powerfully attacked the shifting beach break peaks proving too strong in the final for Wylie Moyes (Bronte, NSW),  Bradley Homan (Marcus Beach, QLD) and Tyson Koszuszek (Mudjimba Beach, QLD) who finished second to fourth respectively.

Scoring a combined heat total of 14.50 (out of a possible 20) in the final, Crews said he was “stoked” with the result. “The conditions were deteriorating in the final, so I was just lucky to get right waves and fortunately did enough to get over the line,” said crews. “I’m looking forward to going to the Red Bull events in Sydney and hopefully make a charge at the finals and who knows, anything can happen,” he said.

The result sees all four finalists set to compete in the Trials of the 2009 Red Bull Junior Surf Masters held at Cronulla Beach in Sydney’s south, on Friday 28 August, 2009. If successful, their junior surfing careers will be given a significant boost by then competing in the Finals of the 2009 Red Bull Junior Surf Masters, where they will go head-to-head with ten invited pro junior surfers, hand picked by Mick Fanning himself.

Beginning his blistering title campaign in the quarter-final stages today, Crews was dominant throughout his heats, including being awarded several scores in the excellent range for his demolition of the Coolum Beach waves. Contest Director Scott Gillies said the Red Bull Junior Surf Masters is a great initiative for junior surfing in Queensland.

“Red Bull have created such a fantastic concept for junior surfing and combine that with the huge prize pool, you’ve got a formula for success,” said Gillies. “The feedback from competitors, judges and the public has been overwhelming positive, so I think everyone is already looking forward to the next Red Bull Junior Surf Masters event on the Gold Coast and the Trials and Finals in Sydney after that,” he said.

With the next Red Bull Junior Surf Masters to be held on the Gold Coast (Queensland) from August 15-16, the Red Bull Junior Surf Masters, presented by Mick Fanning, allows up-and-coming junior surfers an unprecedented opportunity to launch a professional surfing career.

Final Results
1. Mitch Crews
2. Wylie Moyes
3. Bradley Homan
4. Tyson Koszuszek

The 2009 Red Bull Junior Surf Masters Queensland Qualifiers is proudly supported by Red Bull, Surfing Queensland and the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. For the confirmed daily contest location, please call the Surfing Queensland Event Hotline on: (07) 30306388

About the Red Bull Junior Surf Masters: The 2009 Red Bull Junior Surf Masters, will be held in NSW and QLD across June, July and August, giving young surfers an amazing opportunity to launch their surfing careers and go head-to-head with Australia’s best pro junior surfers.

There are plenty of awesome giveaways for each participant and the total prize pool for the event is over $45,000; with the first prize the biggest ever awarded for a junior surf event in Australia.

A series of six qualifying events will take place in various NSW and QLD locations. The top four surfers from each event (24 in total) will then battle it out at the Red Bull Junior Surf Masters Trials to be held at Cronulla in Sydney’s south, on Friday 28 August, 2009.

The top ten surfers from the Trials will then compete in the Finals against ten invited pro junior surfers , hand-picked by Mick Fanning, in the ‘Torched’ surfing format introduced in last year’s Red Bull Junior Surf Masters competition.

The Finals will be held in Cronulla on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August, 2009. The Next Event is on the Gold Coast, QLD - Saturday, 15-Aug-2009 to Sunday, 16-Aug-2009 

BEACH COMPETITION DATE
CURL CURL: 20 June 2009
NEWCASTLE: 27-28 June 2009
WERRI BEACH: 11 July 2009
SUNSHINE COAST: 1-2 August 2009
GOLD COAST: 15-16 August 2009
BONDI BEACH: 22 August 2009

www.redbull.com.au
www.surfingqueensland.com.au  
www.youtube.com/redbulljuniormasters

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