Date of Birth: May 10, 1994

Best Known For: Winning Aussie titles in pumping Margaret River

Local Spot: North Narra

My Crew: all the NN Boys

Board of Choice: Chilli surfmobile, top secret model and dimensions though so I can't say anything more.

Dream Wave: Firing NN

1988 World Champ Barton Lynch puts Evan Geiselman and crew through the paces

The True Performance House in Bali is well and truly underway with the second visit of athletes...

Beau Foster. 

This time around, it's the True Performance Training Camp hosted by Former World Champ, Barton Lynch. The athletes consist of Evan Geilselman, Cooper Chapman, Jeren Kiring and Beau Foster and the Trainer is the big friendly giant Tom Laver.

Barton Lynch holds court. 

The camp has seen as you would imagine plenty of surfing and the boys obviously excelled is that department, luckily enough the waves have decided to turn up for the week. There has not been a day with the swell under 3 foot and the boys have surfed a wide selection of surf spots. Not good for Evan was that we generally surfed more rights thanks to the trip mainly consisting of natural footers, Team Managers Mitch Ross and Brandon Guilmette included!

EG: all right with all rights. 

The training side of the camp has been interesting with all the boys turning it on to impress the coach BL. Barton would be the first person to tell you that surfing competition is 90% mental and he let the boys know that this week as well as telling the kids a couple of his hidden secrets. Tom Laver was in the boys corner to push them over the edge... Bringing out their dark side in the boxing ring, basically to see what the boys were made of, after 5 days of hard training i think the groms were happy to see Big Tom go, in of course the nicest way possible.

Cooper Chapman. 

All in all the surfing over here in Bali by the Hurley Groms has been fanastic, and it's only the beginning. Groms will hang for another few days and then they will pass the keys over to the big guys like Rob Machado and Ace Buchan.

Local standout Jeren. 

Stay tuned for more happenings from the True Performance House...—MR

Cooper Chapman and Beau Foster welcome winter Down Under. Video: Nathan Foster

Hurley's Cooper Chapman finishes second against the Big Boys. Video: Tom Aiello

ASP World Tour rookie Owen Wright took home $25,000 for a massive air reverse in front of a screaming Bondi Beach crowd at the Boost Mobile Surf Sho. He did it against big guns like Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning, Jordy Smith and Taj Burrow in the unique-format event that requires surfers to spell "B-O-O-S-T" by spinning a wheel and completing the air called out. A huge accomplishment.

But it might even be a bigger day for Hurley's Cooper Chapman. The 15-year-old from North Narrabeen found his own little peak and launched his way to a solid second place. "Probably the biggest thing I've done yet," he said.

We would agree. Check the video of him soaring with the big boys. And congrats to both Owen and Cooper for breaking on through.

Aussie junior is on a roll

Today Mitch Crews continued his hot streak, this time taking out the Chico Pro Junior, all a part of Newcastle's Mark Richards Surfest. Once again it was Davey Cathels who battled Crews for the win and once again it was Mitch who got the win. This pair are building a great little rivalry. Mitch is currenlty ranked number 1 and Cathels number 2...

In the 16's division at the same event in Newcastle, Cooper Chapman won again, this guy has been on a tear of late, too!

Go, Boys!—MR

15-year-old qualifies for the big international event in France

Cooper Chapman took out the Quiksilver King Of the Groms yesterday at Snapper Rocks, a lead-up to the main event kicking off today. In fun, 2- to 3-foot wally righthanders, Cooper proved to be too strong for the groms to book a spot in the international finals to be held in France later this year. The field was a very strong one -- guys like Creed MacTaggert, Jack Robinson and Mikey Wright were ripping but today was all about Cooper...<b>—MR</b>

The 2010 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior presented by Nike 6.0 is out of the gates

International competitors have dominated day one the 2010 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior presented by Nike 6.0, with overseas imports going toe-to-toe with domestic stars in round one of competition.

However, there was as much action out of the water, with Hurley officially opening the event with a media conference that had everyone talking.

Special guests included 1978 World Champion Wayne Bartholomew who received a gift from founder of Hurley International - Bob Hurley.

Bob Hurley traveled to the first day of the event all the way from his Californian home and presented Bartholomew with a replica of a surfboard Hurley shaped for Bartholomew in the 1980s.

Bob and Rab talk shop. 

Before that, 1988 World Champion Barton Lynch and former top world tour competitor Pat O’Connell as well as a host of top junior surfers including Mitch Crews (Currumbin, Qld), Chris Friend (Alex Headland, Qld), Chris Salisbury (Newport, NSW), Davey Cathels (Narrabeen, NSW) and Nat Young (Santa Cruz, USA) entertained an eager media gallery who were clearly excited to be in the same room with so many surfing legends.

The main theme of the launch touched on Hurley’s initiatives in regards to prize money after it was announced late last year that the winner of this year’s event would receive a professional junior world record USD$25,000.

Kicking off another historic event for Hurley.

Meanwhile, in the water - Coming from the same Hawaiian Island as three-time World Champion Andy Irons, 18-year-old Dylan Goodale sent a warning shot to his rivals registering a day high combined two wave total of 15.08 (out of possible 20).

Goodale said he was enjoying the small, tricky conditions treating the beach-break of Burleigh Heads like a skate park.

“It wasn’t quite the Burleigh Heads that I’ve heard so much about, but it was still fun on the beach break despite not being able to surf the point,” he said.

The January 22-26 competition window of the 2010 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior presented by Nike 6.0 will also see the event’s finals conclude amidst the celebrations of Australia’s national day, bolstering the already festival style atmosphere associated with Hurley surfing events.

The Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior presented by Nike 6.0 is proudly supported by Hurley, ASP Australasia, Surfing Queensland, Electric, Redbull, Coastalwatch, Australia’s Surfing Life Magazine and Aerial 7.

To kick things off, we rented an absolute mansion on the hill at Whale Beach... The first day was jam packed with training, we got up early and went and visited the Narrabeen Sports Academy so the boys could get evaluated. Cooper was a local at the training facility so he felt comfortable but that didn't mean he would stand out the most, with Dom's big wave fitness he was at the elite level showing the grommets how it's done.

Straight from there it was off to the beach for a whole lot of heat drills... Obviously this is where Barton Lynch really comes in to play, this guy is awesome, to have a former world champ on the beach is so beneficial for the guys. Excluding Dom all these guys want to be competitive surfers and Barton is there for them in any way at all. After our surf session we would always go back to the house and the boys we pick Barton's competitive mind whilst watching the days footage.

Over the next few days we would tick all the boxes, video analysis, media training, swimming session, we even brought in one of the best surfboard shapers going around, Lee Stacey to chat about boards, the importance of having the correct equipment for you. Lee was great and answered all of the boys questions...

Over the 4 days we had a filmer capturing all of the action and soon as we have got a clip together i will get it up on the site!

MR

Cooper Chapman (North Narrabeen, NSW) continued his exponential rise one of Australia’s finest today, winning the Zink Surf South Coast Pro with a scintillating display at Werri Beach.

Having already seen epic conditions and mind-blowing performances in the previous five Hurley NSW Championship Circuit events, today saw the curtain close on the prestigious Circuit for 2009 in blistering style.

Defeating Jake Sylvester (Bar Beach, NSW), Connor O’Leary (Cronulla, NSW) and Cory Robertson (Cronulla, NSW), who finished second, third and fourth respectively, Chapman took the crown and the over Circuit – pocketing $500.

“I’m so stoked,” he said walking away with two cheques.

“The conditions were unreal – I loved surfing out there today.”

Over the course of the five events he surfed in, Chapman highlighted his dominance and consistency throughout the overall Circuit.

With his worst result a fifth, Chapman managed to rack up two wins to sit alongside a second and third placing.

“This Circuit forces you to be consistent with your surfing,” he admitted.

“It’s definitely a great initiative and I know the guys love surfing in these events.”

Having been locked into an intense battle throughout the year, a mere 200 ratings points separated Sylvester and Chapman leading into the final, with both knowing that a victory was needed to be crowned champion.

“I knew I needed to beat him,” Chapman said.

“It made for an exciting final, but I wanted to take home the win.”