Thirty High Schools to compete in Surfest’s Newcastle NOW High Schools Team Challenge
Newcastle, NSW/Australia (Wednesday, February 19, 2014) SEVENTY-nine surfers from 30 high schools that have surfing as a school sport – from Port Macquarie in the north to Ulladulla in the south – will line up for two days in this year’s Newcastle NOW High Schools Team Challenge. Action commences Thursday, 20 February, 2014 at Newcastle’s […]
Top Seeds and Pumping Surf Arrive at Surfest Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW/Australia (Tuesday, February 18, 2014) Surfest Newcastle ran through another long day of competition to take full advantage of the pulsing five-to-six foot (2 meter) surf on offer. The opening Round of the Hunter Ports Women’s Classic was completed as well as the first 18 heats of Round 2 of the Burton Toyota Pro, […]
Burton Toyota Pro round of 96 heats 1 – 18 gallery by Gary Luke
Tom Carroll froths for Michilis SurfAid Cup Newcastle
Tuesday 18 February 2014 Two-time ASP world champion Tom Carroll is pumped to compete in the Michilis SurfAid Cup at Dixon Park, Newcastle, this Friday 21 February as part of Surfest. “I can’t wait to pull the team together and I feel honoured just to come together for SurfAid, it’s such a great cause,” Carroll […]
Local Newcastle musicians provide Sounds of Surfest
Newcastle, NSW/Australia (Monday, February 17, 2014) NEWCASTLE musicians are providing the soundtrack for Surfest’s daily highlights video packages in 2014. The Reel Music Co. and BLive streaming have joined their creative talents to ensure each day’s surfing action is complemented by Newcastle musicians. Local surfer/musician Luke Pittman of the The Reel Music Co. has curated […]
Merewether Turns On For Opening Day of the 2014 Burton Toyota Pro at Surfest Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW/Australia (Monday, February 17, 2014) Action got underway for the first of seven days of massive ASP 6-Star surfing at Surfest Newcastle for the men’s ASP 6-Star QS Burton Toyota Pro and the ASP 6-Star QS Hunter Ports Women’s Classic. Yesterday the surf was nearly non-existent, but the new day brought new swell with […]
Burton Toyota Pro round of 144 heats 1 – 12 photo gallery by @throwingbuckets.com.au
Cooper Chapman wins Hunter Business Boardriders Pro Junior at Surfest Newcastle Australia
Merewether Beach, NSW/AUS (Sunday, 16 February, 2014) NORTH NARRABEEN’S Cooper Chapman has won the junior men’s competition at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Hunter Business Boardriders Pro Junior 1-Star event at Merewether beach. He defeated Matty King (AUS) (13.55) Kanoa Igarashi (USA) (11.65) and Jackson Giles (AUS) (8.35) in the four man final. The […]
Bronte Macaulay wins Hunter Business Boardriders Pro Junior at Surfest Newcastle Australia
Merewether Beach, NSW/AUS (Sunday, 16 February, 2014) WEST Australian Bronte Macaulay has won the junior women’s competition in small, clean waves at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Hunter Business Boardriders Pro Junior 1-Star event at Merewether beach. In a final played out in a light offshore wind fanning small but glassy conditions, Macaulay (16.25 […]
