{"id":27787,"date":"2012-01-13T11:10:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T19:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=27787"},"modified":"2012-01-13T11:12:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T19:12:19","slug":"2012-billabong-world-juniors-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=27787","title":{"rendered":"2012 Billabong World Juniors Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bb<\/a>Beginning January 21, 2012 Australia’s Burleigh Heads will play host to the to the final event on the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour, the Billabong World Junior Championships<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast brings together the world\u2019s top 45 male junior surfers (plus three wildcards) and the top 17 rated junior women\u2019s surfers (plus one wildcard) from countries including Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Brazil, Japan, Tahiti, South Africa, France and Portugal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the official word follow the jump.Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 (Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, AUS): In just 10 days time, the iconic point break of Burleigh Heads on Australia\u2019s Gold Coast will play host to the third and final event on the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour, the Billabong World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast brings together the world\u2019s top 45 male junior surfers (plus three wildcards) and the top 17 rated junior women\u2019s surfers (plus one wildcard) from countries including Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Brazil, Japan, Tahiti, South Africa, France and Portugal.<\/p>\n

More event announcements will be made in coming days! In the meantime, here\u2019s 10 facts about the world\u2019s most prestigious junior surfing tournament:<\/p>\n

The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast decides the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s ASP World Junior Champions.
\nIt is the first time the event has been held on the Gold Coast. Former venues include Sydney\u2019s North Narrabeen, Victoria\u2019s Phillip Island and Maui\u2019s Honolua Bay.<\/p>\n

At least 11 renowned world surfing zones will be represented with surfers from the following regions pulling on jerseys: Brazil, France, Japan, Hawaii, Australia, USA, South Africa, French Polynesia, Portugal, Reunion Island and New Zealand.
\nThe Queensland Government, through Events Queensland, is investing in events such as the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast as part of a record $174 million investment in events over four years.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s total prize pool for the men\u2019s division is $100,000 with the winner receiving $25,000. The women\u2019s total prize pool is $25,000 with the winner receiving $5,000.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s and women\u2019s world junior champions will be crowned alongside ASP Men\u2019s champion Kelly Slater (USA) and ASP Women\u2019s champion Carissa Moore (Haw) at the upcoming ASP World Champions banquet on the Gold Coast, February 23rd.<\/p>\n

A free, live concert will take place on Burleigh Point during the event. Stand-by for more announcements!
\nEvery heat from the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast will be webcast live. If you can\u2019t get to the beach, enjoy the action via www.billabongpro.com with expert commentary, replays, stats, multiple camera angles, viewer interactivity and more.<\/p>\n

Event co-sponsors and partners helping to make the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast possible include Monster Energy Drink, Sony, Events QLD, Sony Ericsson, VonZipper, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, ASL magazine, Burleigh Boardriders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beginning January 21, 2012 Australia’s Burleigh Heads will play host to the to the final event on the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour, the Billabong World Junior Championships. The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast brings together the world\u2019s top 45 male junior surfers (plus three wildcards) and the top 17 rated junior women\u2019s surfers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27787"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27789,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27787\/revisions\/27789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}