National Surfing News

The 2012 Noosa Festival of Surfing, presented by Global Surf Industries, will offer the biggest and best free entertainment program in the 21-year history of the event,

COOLANGATTA/QLD (22nd February, 2012): Travelsim Team Australia has made a strong start at the ISA World Stand-Up (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship in Peru.

The Victorian SUP Titles presented by VB is gearing up to take over Point Danger in Torquay this weekend.

MANLY, NSW/Australia (Sunday, 19 February, 2012) – Matt Banting (AUS) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) have taken out the Inaugural Australian Open of Surfing Pro presented by Hurley and Billabong at Manly beach today.

COOLANGATA/QLD (19th February, 2012): D-BAH are the new kings of Australia’s boardriding club community after triumphing over the country’s top clubs in the 28th annual Volcom Kirra Teams Challenge on the Gold Coast today.

COOLANGATA/QLD (18th February, 2012): Pipe Master Kieren Perrow returned to the base of his competitive surfing career on the Gold Coast today, powering to a heat victory for Byron Bay Boardriders on the penultimate day of the Volcom Kirra Teams Challenge.

The best of Australian boardriding talent hit the water today at Duranbah for Day 1 of the Volcom Kirra Teams Challenge.

The Australian Open of Surfing presented by Hurley and Billabong has seen surfing's past, present and future stars doing battle in front of thousands of fans at Manly Beach. Today the surfers were forced to put their aerial skills on display in small 2 foot (1 meter) wind swell conditions.

A direct pathway from grassroots stand-up paddling (SUP) through to State, National and World titles and ultimately the Olympic Games is now firmly established following a forum of some of the sport’s key stakeholders on the Gold Coast.

The Australian surfing tribe gathered in Manly last night to honour big-wave legend Ross Clarke-Jones as he was inducted into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame.

Determined Australian junior surfers wanting to take their surfing to the next level are invited to apply for a place at Surfing Australia’s Camp Coastalwatch.

The Australian boardriding community will converge on Duranbah from Friday for the world’s largest surfing teams event, the Volcom Kirra Teams Challenge.

The Australian Open of Surfing at Manly Beach presented by Hurley and Billabong was treated to another exciting day full of surf action.

Next month’s Noosa Festival of Surfing, presented by Global Surf Industries, will see a clash of the titans as three longboard world champions go head to head with some of the world’s leading longboard stylists in two specialty events.

The Australian Open of Surfing at Manly Beach presented by Hurley and Billabong was back on again today with small but fun surf on offer. Crowds lined the beach despite the rain and weather for the chance to see the world's best surfers at one of Australia's most famous beaches.

The heart and soul of Australian big-wave surfing Ross Clarke-Jones will be inducted as the 34th member of the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame on Thursday night.

Four-time women’s world surfing champion Lisa Andersen is throwing on the contest singlet and making a return to competition during The Moskova Trials for a spot in the Roxy Pro presented by Land Rover starting on the Gold Coast on 25th February.

Today the Australian Open Of Surfing at Manly Beach presented by Hurley and Billabong saw the world's best female surfers hit the water and put on an impressive show for the revellers on the beach and online.

The second day of the Australian Open of Surfing at Manly Beach presented by Hurley and Billabong saw sunshine and stellar surfing with both the women's and men's Pro Junior events being run well into the business end of the competition.

In an all-Queensland affair Sunshine Coast surfer Julian Wilson surfed a brilliant final calling on his refined aerial skills to win the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4 Star Men’s World Tour Breaka Burleigh Pro.