ENTRIES OPEN FOR GLOBAL SURF INDUSTRIES NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING 2010, PRESENTED BY GOLDEN BREED
Amateur and specialty division entries are now open for the 2010 Noosa Festival, event director Phil Jarratt announced at the weekend. Jarratt said that entries were available for on-line purchase or as a download in 11 age divisions and in 5 specialty events, including money events in Stand Up Paddle, Tandem and Noserider Trials. The […]
Rasta To Train With Al Gore At Climate Project In Melbourne
Billabong Freesurfer David Rastovich has been selected from more than 2000 Australasian applicants to be trained by former US Vice President Al Gore at The Climate Project – Australia Asia Pacific Summit (A-P Summit) in Melbourne in 11 – 13 July. Building on the work of The Climate Project – Australia, the A-P Summit will […]
GLOBAL SURF INDUSTRIES NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING HANDS OVER $19,500 FOR CHARITY
The 2009 Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing, presented by Golden Breed, raised almost $19,500 to split between three beneficiary charities – Surf Aid, the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and Frangipani Dreams. At a hand-over of the donations in Noosa yesterday, Festival director Phil Jarratt and sponsorship manager Trudy Croad thanked major sponsor […]
Surf Days Ahead for Indigenous Kids
A group of Indigenous children will be given the experience of a lifetime this Wednesday thanks to the No-Way Campaign Foundation and Surfing NSW.
International Surfing Day: beach cleanup and bbq
Join the crew from Surfrider Foundation’s northern beaches chapter for a bit of beach cleanup work and a bbq. From 230 at Fisherman’s, Long Reef.
Surfrider Foundation condemns Government decision to destroy Bastion Point
16 June 2009 Victorian Minister for Planning, Justin Madden MP, has rejected the findings of the Government’s own Independent Panel Inquiry, and approved a plan to construct a large breakwater and boatramp at Bastion Point, on the east coast of Victoria. By granting consent to the East Gippsland Shire to proceed with this project, the […]
KILLALEA DECLARED NATIONAL SURFING RESERVE
On Saturday 6 June, Killalea was officially declared as a National Surfing Reserve.
One family’s global surfing Odyssey
He dreamt that they could all live untainted by money, school and fatty foods, and never imagined the wipeout that followed.
NEW SURF MOVIE TOUR – Thomas Campbell’s “THE PRESENT”
First it was The Seedling. Then came Sprout, two best-selling surf movies. Now Thomas Campbell brings surfers The Present. Avoca Beach Theatre Friday 29 May 7pm. The Randwick Ritz Cinema Monday 1 June 7pm. Manly Cinema on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th May 7pm.
The International Shark Attack File (ISAF)
But . . . “As Burgess and others point out, death by shark bite is extremely rare. Shark experts cite statistics to show you can swim and surf with nary a worry at almost any beach on the planet. You are not a seal. Sharks do not want to eat you. Or do they? The International Shark Attack File (ISAF), which relies on decades of data, cites more than 2,000 fatal encounters.”