Discovered through 'GoPro Grom Quest' Talent
Search Program
SAN
MATEO, Calif., April 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO)
announced the addition of eight young athletes to its elite
team of professional athletes.
The athletes, ranging from 9 to 17 years old, were selected
through GoPro's Grom Quest Challenge, a video-submission-based
talent search designed to identify the next generation of top
action sports athletes.
Grom Quest participants were asked to submit video clips of
their best performances in their given sport. Submissions are made
through GoPro's Quik app and must be captured on a GoPro camera.
The Grom Quest Challenge is ongoing and open to athletes around the
world aged 17 and younger.
The eight newly signed athletes will receive monetary and
equipment sponsorship from GoPro to help advance their professional
careers and will be showcased on GoPro's social channels to help
grow their personal brands. They will also have the opportunity to
meet and learn from GoPro's world-class roster of established pro
athletes.
"GoPro is committed to helping today's top young action sports
athletes realize their dream of going pro," said Rick Loughery, GoPro's Vice President of Global
Marketing and Communications. "Through our Grom Quest Challenge,
we've identified some of the most impressive young athletes in the
world, and we're excited to help them achieve their goals and
showcase their talent to the world."
Grom Quest Challenge winners include top young athletes from a
wide range of action sports:
- Ned Hart: Surf | Age 17 |
Australia. Ned is a highly
decorated surfer having won the 2023 Young Gun Big Wave award,
Tracks Magazine's 'Wave of 2023' award and was a finalist for
several Australian Surfing Awards in 2023.
- Ema Kawakami: Skate | Age 9 |
Japan. Ema won the Japan
Skateboarding Federation vertical contest in 2023 and the Wingram
Cup 2023 Vertical Series Vol. 1 and holds the Guinness World Record
for the most backside 540 skateboard tricks in one minute – eight
tricks.
- Connor Stitt: BMX | Age 13 |
USA. Connor set the record for the
world's youngest person to land a triple backflip on a bike.
- Duke Woodman: Freeride Ski | Age
12 | USA. Duke is the youngest
member of Atomic's North American Junior Freeride Team and went
undefeated in his rookie International Freeskier & Snowboarder
Association (IFSA) freeride season, having won all four of his
regular season events.
- Zoey Carroll: Wakeboard | Age 12
| USA. Zoey is a 2022 World Wake
Association national champion in the 10-13 girls' division and now
competes in the Junior Pro division.
- Axel Dominguez: Surf | Age 16 |
France. Axel finished
4th in the European Championship and is currently ranked
17th in the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior
Surfing Championship.
- Finley Davies: Mountain Bike |
Age 15 | United Kingdom. Finley
took the wildcard win at the BikePark Wales + Red Bull Vanta Jam in
2023.
- Jaydin Smart: Motocross | Age 10
| USA. Jaydin is an elite rider
and a three-time Loretta Lynn's
Amateur Motocross national champion.
The Grom Quest Challenge is an ongoing contest open to all
sports and athletes around the world who are 17 years old or
younger. Participants can submit their clips to the GoPro Grom
Quest Awards Challenge via the GoPro Quik App or at
GoPro.com/Awards. Learn more about the challenge here.
About GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO)
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