Owen Wright Returns to Competition at First WSL Qualifying Series 6000 Event of 2017
Merewether Beach, Newcastle, NSW/AUS (Sunday, February 19, 2017) – Newcastle is brimming with the world’s top surfers on the eve of the 2017 Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota and the Anditi Women’s Pros. The two events run in conjunction with Newcastle Surfest and will be the first World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 6000 […]
Wandiyali Indigenous Classic gallery by Gary Luke Photographics and Paul Danovaro Photography
Indigenous surfer Russell Molony wins Wandiyali ATSI Indigenous Classic at Surfest
(Merewether beach, Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA: 17 February 2017) CENTRAL Coast surfer Russell Molony has again put the clock on hold and pocketed $6000 after winning Australia’s richest surfing contest for Indigenous surfers – for the 11th time. And in doing so, he became the first surfer to win the Russell Molony perpetual trophy. In 2017, […]
nib Pro Junior 2017 gallery by Gary Luke Photographics
Sanbah Cadet Cup 2017 gallery by Gary Luke Photographics
Orica Team Challenge 2017 gallery by www.throwingbuckets.com.au
Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College and Illawarra Sports High School take out Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota High School Team Challenge
(Merewether beach, Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA: 15 February 2017) SIXTEEN high schools providing 40 teams found great waves over two days of competition at Nobbys and Merewether beaches in a battle for the trophies on offer at the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota High School Teams Challenge. And what a battle the boy’s final provided at […]
Future of Australian surfing burns brightly in Dalton Lawyers and Sanbah Cadet Cups presented by Arcbuild
(Dixon Park Beach, NSW, AUSTRALIA, 12 February 2017) NORTH Narrabeen’s Jamie Thomson, Mudjimba’s Sasha Dalton and North Steyne’s Axel Rose-Curotta have announced they are surfers to watch during the weekend’s Dalton Lawyers girls and Sanbah boys cadet cup competitions at Dixon Park beach in Newcastle as part of the 2017 Surfest. More than 60 of […]
Zahli Kelly and Liam O’Brien win nib Pro Junior at Newcastle
MEREWETHER BEACH NEWCASTLE/NSW, AUS (Sunday, February 12, 2017) – Thirteen-year-old dynamo Zahli Kelly from Cabarita (NSW) squeezed past 16-year-old Hawaiian surfer Summer Macedo by a tenth of a point to claim the nib Pro Junior Women’s title. Kelly, who drew the WSL wildcard for the event today, is racking up extensive kilometres on the stretch […]
Asing and Callaghan Take Out 2017 Komunity Project Great Lakes Pro pres. by Rockstar
Boomerang Beach, NSW/AUS (Saturday, February 11, 2017) – Keanu Asing and Macy Callaghan have taken out the Komunity Project Great Lakes Pro presented by Rockstar. The pristine Boomerang beach produced perfect conditions all event and Finals Day was no exception with finalists being treated to super clean 3-to-4 foot perfect left and right-hand peaks. The […]
