Sunset Pro Jr
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North Shore Surf Shop
By Chris Latronic
January 2013 marked the 2nd coming of the North Shore Surf Shop Pro Junior at Sunset Beach. This surfing competition is still the largest in Hawaii’s history, holding a 3 star ASP rating and offering $15,000 in prize money. Featuring more than 100 males and females of the top Under 21 surfers in the nation with a variety of juniors coming from Japan, South America and Europe. The founder and event organizer is longtime North Shore pro surfer Liam McNamara and former ASP world #2 ranked Shane Beschen is contest director. “It’s awesome to see the progress and it’s a great feeling to give back to the sport that gave me so much,” says McNamara. Liam’s amazing team consists of great people like ASP Hawaii administrator Faith Wenzl, HSA’s Wendell Aoki for his mastery for event setups, the Hawaiian water patrol led by local legend Terry Ahue, and head
Seth Moniz
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n the 1970’s, nearly 30% of the top ranked pro surfers were from Hawaii competing on the International pro surfing tour. In today’s scene, there are only 4 Hawaii surfers (~12%) on the men’s elite tour. But with Pro Junior events like the North Shore Surf Shop Pro Junior giving more and more local kids a chance to gain valuable ASP points, it feels like the ranks of Hawaii surfers are swelling.
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