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Caption: 2017 Championship Tour Rookie Connor O’Leary (AUS) posted the highest heat total of day one Burton Automotive Pro. Image: Paul Danovaro Merewether, NSW/AUS (Wednesday,…

Hawaiian hopefuls dominate opening day of Burton Automotive Pro
Caption: Current World Junior Champion Finn McGill (HAW) posted the highest heat total of the opening Day at Merewether for the 2018 Burton Automotive Pro.…

World’s Best Kick Start 2018 Season at Newcastle Surfest
Caption: World No. 5 Matt Wilkinson. Credit: © WSL / Damian Poullenott Merewether, NSW/AUS (Sunday, February 18, 2018) – A number of the world’s top…

Forster’s Joe Haddon tames wild surf to claim his fourth Wandiyali ATSI Indigenous Classic title
Caption: Wandiyali Classic 2018 winners. Pic: Paul Danovaro MASSIVE swells pounded Merewether beach and smashed surfboards on the final day of the Wandiyali ATSI Indigenous…

Owen Wright, Matt Wilkinson and More Arrive for Newcastle Surfest
Thursday, February 15, 2018 Surfest, the annual event at Merewether Beach in Newcastle, Australia, was flooded this year by entries from would-be competitors — a…

Swansea High School and Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Tumbi Umbi Campus win Reflections Holiday Parks High School Team Challenge
Caption: Reflections Holiday Parks High School Team Challenge winners. Pic: Paul Danovaro FIFTY-SEVEN teams representing 28 high schools contested challenging conditions over two days at…

Taylor Jensen and Tully White win the James Bros Longboard Classic
Caption: Three times WSL LQS World Champion Taylor Jensen (USA) Pic: Paul Danovaro REIGNING world champion Taylor Jensen (USA) and Aussie Tully White have been…

Winners crowned at Sanbah Cadet Cup and Dalton Lawyers Cadet Girls presented by Arcbuild
Caption: Pic by Gary Luke Photography CONDITIONS turned it on for the final day of the Sanbah Cadet Cup and Dalton Lawyers Cadet Girls presented…

Callum Robson and Alyssa Lock take out nib Pro Junior in Newcastle
Caption: Callum Robson and Alyssa Lock, the nib Pro Junior winners at Merewether in Newcastle today. Credit: © WSL / Paul Danovaro Merewether, Newcastle NSW/AUS…

Snapper Rocks duo collect top scores at nib Pro Junior
CAPTION: Alyssa Lock (Snapper Rocks QLD) Pic: Tyke Dries – Callaghan College Jesmond SNAPPER ROCKS surfers Alyssa Lock and Dextar Muskens both received perfect individual…

NIB Pro Junior Descends on Merewether for 2018 Surfest
Caption: Zahli Kelly will be a favourite to take out the 2018 nib Pro Junior. Credit: © WSL / Sproule Coolangatta, QLD/AUS (Friday, February 9,…

Frenchmans Boardriders repeat 2013 Orica Teams Challenge win.
4 February 2018 (Stockton Beach, Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA) LOCAL team Frenchmans A has taken out the 2018 Orica Teams Challenge at Stockton beach in Newcastle…

Skillin and Cooper earn Surfest 2018 Wildcards
27 January 2018 (Birubi Beach, Anna Bay, NSW, AUSTRALIA) In challenging and small but clean surf 24 of the best male surfers from the length…

Twenty-seven of world’s best surfers heading to Surfest Newcastle Australia
24 January 2018 (Merewether beach, Newcastle, NSW, Australia) SURFEST has received entries from a whopping 463 competitors from 25 countries into the six World Surf…

Lake Mac Festival of Surfing crowns nine new champs
21 January 2018 (Merewether beach, Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA) SURFEST’S opening event for 2018 – The Lake Mac Festival of Surfing – held at Redhead beach…

James Bros. Longboard Classic glides into Surfest
19 January 2018 Merewether beach, Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA SURFEST will include a World Surf League longboard event for men and women for the first time…

Biggest ever Surfest starts this weekend
18 January 2018 Merewether beach, Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA THE NATION’S largest festival of surfing is even bigger in 2018 and will host 12 unique events…

Lake Mac Festival of Surfing to host Australia’s richest-ever SUP event
The 2018 Lake Mac Festival of Surfing Festival of Surfing has received a massive boost with the addition the richest Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) contest…

Two time world surf champ Tom Carroll backs Mark Hughes Foundation and Evolution Business Advisers Corporate Charity Cup at Surfest 2018
Evolution Business Advisers has previously sponsored the SurfAid Cup for the past two years and raised over $120,000 for the not-for-profit humanitarian organisation. In 2018,…

Dora and Defay dominate at Newcastle Surfest
Merewether, Newcastle NSW/AUS (Sunday, February 26, 2017) – Yago Dora and Johanne Defay have taken out the 2016 Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and…

Super Saturday sees quarterfinalists decided at Surfest, Newcastle
Merewether, Newcastle NSW/AUS (Saturday, February 25, 2017) – Super Saturday Newcastle Surfest has brought with it an increase in swell, massive crowds and non-stop action…