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bbbbbffffffffffffffffffffffffb bNew Zealand have won a bid to host next year's world junior surfing championships!

fffThe dates have been set. The event will begin on January 20 with the Parade of the Nations and the Sands of the World Ceremony with the competition starting on the 21st and ending on the 28th.

The event will be held at the famous surfing beach of Piha in Auckland. It will be organized by Surfing New Zealand, the National Governing Body of Surfing in the country, recognized by the ISA and sponsored, of course, by Quiksilver. uuuuuuuuuuu
The 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship will see the world’s best under 18-year-old surfers battling it out for world titles in the biggest event of the junior surfing year. The spectacle at Piha is an Olympic-type event staged with competitors from around the world competing both individually and for their countries in front of large crowds