Australian First All-Female Surfing Series Launches
MAROUBRA BEACH, SYDNEY (18 February 2022): Surfing NSW, with the support of the NSW Government is launching a unique, all female surf series, the Challenge Her Team’s Classic. The series aims to increase female participation and support across the state through three events that focus on fun, skills development and community. The three-event series will kick […]
Wildcards dealt at Lake Mac City Pro Junior Trials
DOM Thomas and Kyla Renes have both won the wildcard spots on offer for next month’s Lake Mac City Pro Junior to be held at Redhead beach next month as part of the 2022 Surfest. Sixteen-year-old Dom took out the male division of the trials in one metre waves offering both lefts and rights at […]
Surfest Newcastle Australia returns in 2022
SURFEST Newcastle Australia is ON and its premier events have been slotted into the World Surf League’s fully redesigned Tours and Competition framework for 2022. And Surfest’s future looks bright, with backing from the NSW government’s Destination NSW having been provided for the next three years. The unique surfing festival, held on the Hunter coastline […]
Teams chase 100k target for Mark Hughes Foundation at Surfest
5 March 2020 SEVENTEEN teams featuring 85 surfers will be aiming to raise $100,000 at the Evolution Advisers Charity Cup on Friday at Dixon Park beach as part of the 35th Surfest Newcastle Australia. Combined efforts in 2018 and 2019 saw just over $200,000 donated to the Mark Hughes Foundation. The 17 teams have been […]
Merewether Mesmerises On Day 1 of Surfest Newcastle Pro pres. by Burton Automotive
MEREWETHER BEACH, Newcastle NSW /AUS (Monday, March 2, 2020) – Merewether Beach has come to life for the opening day of the 35th annual Newcastle Surfest Pro World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 5000 event. With some of the best waves seen in the events recent history, competitors in Men’s Round 1 gorged on […]
Champs crowned at Wandiyali ATSI Indigenous Classic at Surfest
THE NATION’S richest surfing competition for Indigenous surfers saw four new champs crowned at Merewether beach today as part of the 35th Surfest Newcastle Australia. Under a bright blue sky signalling the first day or autumn, the men’s open division was won by 17-year-old Finn Hill in right-handers up to 1.5 metres fanned by a […]
Hugh Vaughan, Milli Allport and Chez Bos crowned champs at Sanbah Cadet Cup
(23 Feb, 2020: South Bar Beach: Newcastle, AUSTRALIA) AFTER a weekend of incredible performance surfing from the nation’s best and brightest young talent at Newcastle’s South Bar Beach, a trio of youngsters – two from New South Wales and one from Queensland – have added Sanbah Cadet Cups to their already burgeoning trophy cabinets. With […]
North Avalon win the ORICA Teams Challenge at North Stockton beach
NORTH Avalon’s A team won “the battle of the norths” today and ended a seven-year drought at the ORICA Teams Challenge when it edged out North Steyne, North Shelley and North Narrabeen in today’s final held in challenging conditions at North Stockton beach. Ans in doing so, the North Avalon Surfing Association managed to go […]
Huge field of internationals for the 35th Surfest Newcastle Australia
30 January 2020 AN IMPRESSIVE 30 countries will be represented by a contingent of 182 international surfers at this year’s Surfest Newcastle Pro presented by Burton Automotive and at the Doyle Partners Women’s Pro at Merewether beach as part of the 2020 Surfest Newcastle Australia. And those numbers are likely to rise, as competitors in […]
Surfest’s Port Stephens Toyota Wildcard Trials won by Joel Vaughan and Tru Starling
Birubi Point, NSW – January 25th, 2020 PIC: Tru Starling (AUS) by Dave Turner Joel Vaughan from North Shelly on the Central Coast North and Narrabeen’s Tru Starling have both won wildcard spots into Surfest’s main events following today’s Port Stephens Toyota Wildcard Trials held at Birubi beach. Around 50 surfers contested 24 heats in […]
