Red Bull and Mick Fanning are giving young surfers the opportunity to go head-to-head against some of Australia's best Junior Pros.
Held throughout NSW this July and August, the first prize is the biggest ever awarded for a junior surf event in Australia. It’s designed to help up-and-coming surfers launch their pro career into the World Qualifying Series (WQS) and beyond!
How it works: There are five Qualifier events between July 5 and August 24 giving junior surfers the chance to compete.
The top four surfers from each Qualifier (20 in total) will battle it out on the water at the Red Bull Junior Surf Masters Trials on Friday August 29, at Queenscliff Beach, Manly on Sydney’s northern beaches.
The top four from the Trials will then compete against 16 Junior Pro Surfers, hand-picked by Mick Fanning, in a new innovative surfing format called ‘Torched’.
Mick Fanning is stoked to give something back to grass roots surfing and will be attending the Red Bull Junior Surf Masters Finals at Queenscliff to watch all the future Aussie pros in action! He’ll be joined by talented young Aussie surfer Julian Wilson (currently carving it up on the WQS Junior Pro tour), who will be one of the 16 Junior Pros competing in the Finals.
Mick: “An opportunity like Red Bull Junior Surf Masters doesn’t come along very often and could be just the break these young guys need to launch their surfing careers,” said Fanning. “It will be an intense competition designed to pick only the best surfers, but is the first step that could realistically see someone go from their local beach to some of the most amazing surf venues in the world.”
