KILLALEA DECLARED NATIONAL SURFING RESERVE
On Saturday 6 June, Killalea was officially declared as a National Surfing Reserve.
Wave Pools: Good or Bad for the Sport of Surfing?
Kelly Slater says the ASP should have some wave pool events. What do you think?
Stand Up Paddle Surfing to be included in Surfing Australia’s Australian National Titles
Surfing Australia Head Office Casuarina Precinct NSW — For Immediate Release: Australian Titles will this year be decided for the first time in the rapidly growing and now well established discipline of Stand Up Paddle (SUP) Surfing. Surfing Australia announced the inclusion of the Open SUP division into the Country […]
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.
VID: Layne nails Ours
If you haven’t seen it yet, Layne Beachley at Cape Solander (video hosted on surfline.com)(aka “ours”). It was shot by none other than Tim Bonython. Very, very impressive pit!
Celebrating 100 Years of Surfboard Riding at Manly Beach.
Picked up this item from our forums and thought I’d post it here in case anyone missed it…
Bombora: The Story of Australian Surfing
Screen Australia chose the Bondi Icebergs for its gala launch of Bombora, a two-part TV series that aims to tell the definitive history of surfing in Australia. As the last rays of the setting sun illuminated the offshore but tiny waves of south Bondi, Producer and Director Paul Clarke invited Bob McTavish, one of the […]
Surfing’s Stan Couper Inducted Into Australian Surfing Hall of Fame
Stan Couper was today posthumously inducted into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame at Surf World, Torquay. Vi Couper, Stan’s wife was on hand to accept the Inductee trophy along with daughter Gail and son Geoffrey. Stan Couper is the 31stInductee into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame and now joins […]
Gerry Lopez & Jock Sutherland talkin’ Pipe
Came across this very interesting video of Gerry Lopez and Jock Sutherland talking about the history and their experiences of Pipeline. It’s part one of six and in this episode they give us brief bios before Gerry talks about trying to surf Pipe the first time in 1962 – and meeting Jock, who already had […]
Where’s Gerry?
Ever wondered what happened to Mr Pipeline? Well, it turns out that he’s been living inland since the early 90’s. A long way inland as it happens. Last year he published a book of essays entitled Surf Is Where You Find It and, according to a profile piece in his hometown paper, he’s going to […]