A TEENAGE snowboarding sensation has been selected to represent his country in the Great Britain junior snowboarding squad.
Sam Turnbull, 16, will work with some of the sport's leading figures and compete at events throughout Europe including the British Championships and the Junior World Championships.
Sam, who attends Northallerton College, took up snowboarding four years ago.
He said he was looking forward to joining the 12- strong junior team.
"I started out with an interest in skateboarding and that developed into the snowboarding," he said. "It's a really challenging sport.
"This is the first time I've been called up to the Great Britain squad. I'm the oldest in the squad, so I'm really excited about it all."
Anna Harvey, joint head of the PE department at Northallerton College, said: "Sam is a fantastic young sportsman and we're all thrilled that the college has such a great talent representing the country."
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