Big Names Stumble At Burton Automotive Pro
IMAGE: Merewether’s Jackson Baker’s best WSL QS result to move into round of 24 in Burton Automotive Pro. PIC: Paul Danovaro Merewether, NSW /AUS (Thursday, March 14, 2019) – Day 4 of competition at Newcastle Surfest’s Burton Automotive Pro QS6,000 has seen some of surfing’s biggest names dip out of contention as a pack of […]
Julian Wilson Leads The Pack On Day 3 Of Newcastle Surfest
IMAGE: Current World No.2 Julian Wilson was a standout on Day 3 of the Burton Automotive WSL QS6,000 as part of Newcastle Surfest. PIC: Gary Luke Photographics Merewether, NSW /AUS (Wednesday, March 13, 2019) – After a few testing days of small waves at Dixon Park, 2019 Newcastle Surfest has moved back to its primary […]
Local businesses support 2019 Surfest Women’s Pro
IMAGE: Surfer Philippa Anderson by Martin Sully Design For the fourth year in a row the Surfest Women’s Pro has remained a special priority for Newcastle businesses. On Monday, Surfest held a cocktail function at Merewether Surfhouse which saw more than 200 guests celebrate the 84 local businesses that took part in this year’s crowdfunding […]
Small Surf Continues at Merewether For Day Two of Newcastle Surfest
IMAGE: Sarah Baum (ZAF) PIC: Gary Luke Photographics Merewether, NSW /AUS (Tuesday, March 12, 2019) – Newcastle Surfest has seen another day of small waves for the Burton Automotive Pro and Holmes Civil Developments Women’s Pro WSL QS6,000 events. Nearby Dixon Park was clean but very small with 1-to-2 foot waves providing tricky conditions for […]
Holmes Civil Developments Pro Celebrates New Surfest Women’s Trophy
Pictured: Philippa Anderson with artist Julie Squires and four-time World Surfing Champion Mark Richards. Credit: © WSL / Tom Bennett The Women’s QS6,000 as part of Newcastle Surfest is one of the most unique in the world with the entire event being crowdfunded by local Newcastle businesses. Each year, every business that donates goes into […]
WSL Qualifying Series Descends on 2019 Newcastle Surfest
Pictured: Flavio Nakagima (BRA) making light work of the small conditions on Day of the Burton Automotive Pro. Credit: © WSL / Tom Bennett Merewether, NSW /AUS (Monday, March 11, 2019) – The World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) has descended on Merewether in Newcastle for the 2019 Newcastle Surfest, one of the world’s […]
Liackman and Hurst win Sanbah Cadet Cup presented by The University of Newcastle at Surfest
Image: U16 Boys Sanbah Cup finalists. Pic: Paul Danovaro SURFERS Jordan Liackman (Caves Beach, NSW) and Charli Hurst (Port Kembla, NSW) pocketed a unique prize in Australian junior surfing that will provide a massive boost to their future surfing ability and competitive aspiration courtesy of nib. Both won the under-16 divisions of the Sanbah Cadet […]
Stairmand and Lelior win Burton Automotive Pro International Trials at Surfest
Image: Billy Stairmand (NZ) Pic: Paul Danovaro (Dixon Park beach, Surfest Newcastle Australia, 10 March 2019) KIWI Billy Stairmand and Israel’s Anat Lelior have won the Burton Automotive Pro International Trials at Dixon Park as part of Surfest 2019. Stairmand, from New Zealand’s Raglan Bay, has been chipping away on the QS for around a […]
Southern Cross win inaugural Westfield Kotara Uni Team Challenge
Pic by Paul Danovaro: Left to Right: Southern Cross Uni winners Jakob Dolan, Matty Job, Lloyd Mather and Anthony Williams. (Merewether beach, Newcastle Australia, 8 March 2019) Reigning Australian University team champs Southern Cross University have won the Westfield Kotara Uni Team Challenge as part of Surfest Newcastle Australia 2019. Thirteen teams consisting of three […]
Narrabeen Sports High and St Peters Catholic College win Go Kindy High School Team Challenge
Image: Gary Luke Image: Go Kindy High School Challenge winners with Go Kindy Early Education owners Chris and Rhonda Passfield (Merewether beach, Surfest Newcastle Australia, 6 March 2019) NARRABEEN Sports High and St Peters Catholic College have taken out the boys and girls divisions respectively in the 2019 Go Kindy High Schools Team Challenge. Twenty-five […]
