2023 SAMBAZON World Junior Championship
The SAMBAZON World Junior Championships hosted by Best Western showcase the sport's most talented young surfers, with the winners graduating to the Challenger Series and joining a star-studded list of past champs.
Laura Raupp's Near-Perfection Under Pressure Sends Her To Round Of 16 - Brazil's rising threat Laura Raupp showcased her ability to thrive
The 2023 SAMBAZON World Junior Championships wildcard threat, Erin Brooks, put the event on notice with one of the day's best performances.
Haleiwa's own Shion Crawford showcased his impeccable potential with a near-perfect 9.33 and 15.00 heat total to shut down Australia's Luke
Current North America QS No. 5 Bella Kenworthy currently sits just outside the Challenger Series qualifiers and looks for a direct shot to
A fresh face to the SAMBAZON World Junior Championships, Keira Buckpitt, put the event on notice with a valiant performance over South
The Asia region wildcard Nanaho Tsuzuki found her winning form to overtake Peru's Kalea Gervasi and keep her World Junior Title hopes alive
Powerful showcases, last-minute heroics, and plenty of excellent scores highlighted opening day proceedings in the race toward World Junior
An abundance of excellence ensued on opening day in Oceanside, California with the world's best 20 and under competitors showcasing what
One of North America's standouts, Taj Lindblad, enters this event as a wildcard and went straight to work to earn an Opening Round victory.
Australia's standout Joel Vaughan returned to the SAMBAZON World Junior Championships stage in excellent form, earning an 8.17 to boast a
An incredible year for Erin Brooks in 2023 notched her maiden WSL victories, stayed among the Challenger Series contenders for 2024, and
The 2022 SAMBAZON World Junior Championships runner-up, Levi Slawson, had a dream run within grasp at home last year and is back hungrier
Ubatuba, Brazil's own Ryan Kainalo showed he's a rising force to be reckoned with, winning the South America Pro Junior title, notching
North America Pro Junior No. 1 Talia Swindal represents Malibu, California and brings her newly found competitive bravado to Oceanside
The Tofino, B.C. competitor Reed Platenius found his competitive form in 2023 and earned the North America Pro Junior Regional title. Now,
Reigning World Junior Champion Jarvis Earle joins the podcast to talk about his big year and the upcoming Challenger Series season.
Veselko etched herself into Portuguese surfing history as its first women's World Junior Champion, plus Earle's dominant Finals Day run
Pumping Seaside Reef provided the ultimate platform for a Finals Day spectacle with multiple near-perfect scores, historic World Junior
The 18-year-old's jaw-dropping run to the Final ended in exaltation with a near-perfect 9.50 in the Final and solidifies himself as a
In defiant form, the 19-year-old overpowered a stacked Finals Day field to claim Portugal's first-ever Women's World Junior Title and her
Heat Replay of Kade Matson vs Levi Slawson | SAMBAZON World Junior Championships hosted by Best Western - Round of 16
The young phenom Erin Brooks made her long-awaited breakthrough on the WSL stage with her maiden Challenger Series victory over former CTer
Malibu, California's, Talia Swindal found herself in two Finals for the 2023 Pro Junior season as she continues to build her career with an
A hard-fought comeback for Levi Slawson ended in exaltation with his first-career QS win, earning a near-perfect heat to close out the
Talia Swindal already claimed the 2023 North America Pro Junior title and now has her ambitions set on the 2023/2024 QS season, starting
The Tofino, B.C., competitor Reed Platenius had a breakthrough year in the North America Pro Junior events, earning his first win, and now
A second lay day has been called due to continued winds and rough conditions. We caught up with Levi Slawson and his "best wave on the East
Canada's first North America Regional Champion Reed Platenius witnessed a maiden WSL victory and turning around his first competitive