"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Tommy, Layne, Dooma, Occy and the odd pollie

Your correspondent wandered down to the final afternoon of the Manly Festival of Surfing to catch the celebrity challenge. The weather was not kind and Huey was in one of his moods. Of course the pros are used to making the best of marginal conditions and despite the unobliging weather, there were a fair few […]

Beachley Falls to Woods in Round 3 of Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic

DEE WHY, New South Wales (Saturday, October 3, 2009) – The Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic got back underway today when the world’s finest competitive female surfers were greeted with stormy three-to four foot (1.5  metre) surf at Dee Why and completed two rounds of competition. Today’s action saw surfing icon and seven-time ASP Women’s World […]

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!

Gilmore Takes ASP Women’s World Tour Lead At Roxy Pro

          Roxy Pro Gold Coast pres. by LG Mobile  Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast pres. by LG Mobile Stop No. 1 of 8 on the 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour Stop No. 1 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia February 28 – March 11, 2009   […]

7X ASP Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley Announces Retirement

      MANLY BEACH, Australia (Friday, October 10, 2008) – Layne Beachley (AUS), 36, former seven-time ASP Women’s World Champion and current No. 3 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour ratings, has officially announced her retirement from full-time competition, effective at the end of the year. “I feel like now is a really good […]