FUEL TV will showcase the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship
8 September 2008
Quiksilver ISA World Juniors Half Hour Special
TONIGHT
The Junior Surfing Tribe from around the world
comes together tonight, September 8, at 5pm and 8pm Pacific Time on Fuel…
Channel surfing for something to watch tonight? Tune into the Fuel TV and Quiksilver
produced documentary, following the 2008 Quiksilver ISA Junior World Surfing
Championship, airing at 5:00pm and 8:00pm Pacific Time on Fuel TV. The show
documents the experiences of five of the world top young surfers as they go
through the emotional ups and downs of competition, while striving for the common
goal of taking home the top honor in international surfing.
Contact Ashton Spatz (ext 4395) or ashton.spatz@quiksilver.com
if you would like copies.
FUEL TV Airs 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing
Championship
Airing Monday, September 8, 2008 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Time (5:00 pm Pacific Time), and re-airing eight more times over the next month,
FUEL TV will showcase the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship.
FUEL TV follows five of the world’s best
young surfers from around the globe as they represent their countries in what
is the equivalent to the Junior Olympics of Surfing. Beginning in their
home countries, we dive into the lives of Owen Wright from Australia, Ackeam
Phillips from Jamaica, Diana de Souza from Brazil, Maxime Huscenot from France,
and Courtney Conlogue from California, as they prepare to travel to France for
the largest surf contest of the year, the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing
Championship. In France, FUEL TV is there to cover the roller coaster of emotions
as each teenager battles the world in the hopes of bringing home a medal for
their homeland.
Make sure to tune into FUEL TV to catch all the
action of the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship.
2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Air Dates:
Monday 9/8/2008
8:00 pm ET (5:00 pm PT) in Meet & Brotatoes
Wednesday 9/10/2008
1:00 pm ET (10:00am PT)
Wednesday 9/10/2008
12:30 am ET (9:30 pm PT)
Friday 9/12/2008
3:30 pm ET (12:30 pm PT)
Sunday 9/14/2008
7:00 pm ET (4:00 pm PT)
Monday 9/29/2008
12:00 pm ET (9:00 am PT)
Sunday 10/5/2008
10:00 am ET (7:00 am PT) in SurfSpot
Sunday 10/12/2008
7:00 pm ET (4:00 pm PT)
Saturday 10/18/2008
12:00 pm ET (9:00 am PT)
* International distribution of this show is still TBD.
For further press and marketing information, contact:
John Stouffer
FUEL TV
310-444-8564
jstouffer@fuel.tv
Pablo Zanocchi
ISA Media Manager
pablo@isasurf.org
About FUEL TV
FUEL TV is the action sports lifestyle network for skateboarding,
snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle-motocross, and wakeboarding. A unit of
Fox Cable Networks, FUEL TV was launched July 1, 2003 and is seen in 25-million
U.S. homes. To subscribe to FUEL TV, call 877-4-FUEL-TV. For program times and
other information, visit www.fuel.tv.
About the International Surfing Association
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for Surfing and all
Surfriding activities, including Short Board, Longboard, Bodyboard, Kneeboard,
Skimboard, Tow In and Stand Up Paddle surfing. It was originally founded as
the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world
championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980.
ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of
over 50 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in La
Jolla, California. It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in
1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since. The ISA’s four Vice Presidents
are Alan Atkins (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Maile Aguerre (Hawaii)
and Mike Gerard (USA).