World junior champ Callaghan to defend nib crown at Surfest Newcastle Australia
Merewether, NSW, AUSTRALIA 14 January 2017 THE newly crowned world junior surfing champion Macy-Jane Callaghan will defend the nib Pro Junior women’s title she won at Merewether last year. The youngster clinched a total of four events on her way to claiming the 2016 Australasia region junior title before becoming the best junior surfer on […]
Surfers flocking for start at 2017 Surfest Newcastle Australia
Merewether, NSW, AUSTRALIA 10 January 2017 ENTRIES for the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and the Anditi Women’s Pro – the World Qualifying Series 6000 events at the 2017 Surfest Newcastle Australia set down for February 20-26 – are flooding in to the World Surf League headquarters from surfers around the globe and clearly […]
Newcastle Live is thrilled to be the Official Online Media Partner for Surfest 2017
Newcastle Live is thrilled to be the official online media partner for Surfest 2017. The biggest surfing festival in the southern hemisphere pays annual homage to the city’s rich surfing culture and with two World Surf League (WSL) 6000 rated events, Surfest will once again showcase some of the world’s best surfers. In 2017, we […]
Sally Fitzgibbons on barrel duty at 2017 Anditi Women’s Pro at Newcastle
(Merewether, NSW, AUSTRALIA 7 November 2016) WORLD number eight Sally Fitzgibbons took on barrel responsibilities of a different kind today at Newcastle. Fitzgibbons made the 200km journey from Cronulla to Merewether beach this morning after wrapping up the inaugural Sydney International Women’s Pro – the first pro-surfing event she has ever helmed. Today, the 26-year-old […]
Massive First Day at Sydney International Women’s Pro Cronulla
Cronulla, NSW/AUS (Thursday, November 3, 2016) –Day 1 of the inaugural Sydney International Women’s Pro Qualifying Series (QS) 6,000 has been completed in fun 2-to-3 foot clean peaks at Cronulla. It was a big day of action seeing all 12 heats of Round 1 completed. The event is the brainchild of current world No. 8 […]
Top Female Surfers Arrive in Cronulla Ahead of Sydney International Women’s Pro
Cronulla, NSW/AUS (Wednesday, November 2, 2016) – The World Surf League (WSL) Sydney International Pro Women’s Qualifying Series (QS) 6,000 event has been officially opened this morning at Cronulla. The event is the brainchild of current world No. 8 Sally Fitzgibbons who was on hand with fellow Championship Tour (CT) competitor Coco Ho, current Women’s […]
John John Florence fulfilled a unique destiny
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 (Image: John John Florence (USA) WSL/Poullenot) John John Florence fulfilled a unique destiny today, a chronicle foretold ever since he first made his way out to the surf spot in front of his home, Pipeline, at just five years old. But growing up a stone’s throw from the world’s most famous, […]
Put your business in the frame for crowdfunding success in 2017
Newcastle, NSW October 18th, 2017 EMAIL WARREN SMITH FOR CROWDFUNDING DETAILS: warren.surfest@gmail.com or call 0412127525 Surfest Organiser Warren Smith said today that the response to the 2017 Surfest WSL 6000 Women’s crowdfunding has been incredible with many of the 2016 crowdfunding participants taking a share in 2017. Warren Smith said, “We feel the return of […]
Tyler Wright Crowned 2016 World Champion at Roxy Pro France
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 In a hard-fought Semifinal duel with three-time World Champion Carissa Moore, Courtney Conlogue’s valiant campaign to send the title race to Maui came to its conclusion, when she was unable to match the powerful Hawaiian’s backhand attack in wally lefts. As the score for Conlogue’s final wave came over the beach […]
Surfest 2017 WSL 6000 Women’s Pro crowd-funding opportunities open
Riding waves of success The world’s top female athletes will return to Merewether in 2017 thanks to a groundswell of support from Newcastle’s business community, who are paving the way for women’s surfing globally. Off the back of last year’s success the Surfest Women’s Pro has grown in popularity and will see an increased number […]
