Inaugural Challenge Her Team’s Classic Lights Up Surfest
OVER 100 women and girls took part in an Australian-first, all-ages, all-abilities mixed board event that ignited a new wave of not only women’s surfing, but women’s sport. The Challenge Her Team’s Classic is part of the Surfing NSW Her Wave initiative supported by the NSW Government’s Her Sport Her Way program with the aim of increasing female participation in sport. […]
Challenge Her Team’s Classic at Surfest 2022
MAROUBRA BEACH, NSW / AUS (Friday 25 March 2022) – Merewether will host over 100 women to kick off the Australian-first surf series, the Challenge Her Team’s Classic on Monday 28 March. The event will not only boost the energy of the sport locally, but will reach and inspire thousands of girls and women with a live […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Merewether Surfboard Club win the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle
Caption: Merewether Surf Board Club President Jesse Adam – nudie Australian Boardriders Battle National Final. Credit: © WSL/Tom Bennett Newcastle, NSW / AUS (Sunday, February 17, 2019) – The Merewether Surfboard Club has taken out the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle National Final in front of a huge home crowd at Newcastle Beach. A massive field […]
Stage set for and epic week at the 2018 Port Stephens Toyota Pro
Caption: A group of the world’s best female surfers came together today to launch the 2018 Port Stephens Toyota Pro at the local Burton Toyota dealership in Port Stephens. Credit: © WSL / Ethan Smith Birubi Beach, Port Stephens NSW/AUS (Wednesday, November 7, 2018) – A host of the world’s top female surfers have landed […]
The Port Stephens Toyota Pro returns to Port Stephens this November
Image: Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW Local juniors Elle and Mike Clayton-Brown with Surfing NSW CEO Luke Madden, Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer and Port Stephens Toyota owner Kim Burton. BIRUBI BEACH, PORT STEPHENS (Thursday, 13 September 2018): Professional surfing will revisit Port Stephens from November 8 – 13, 2018 with the return of the Port Stephens […]
FIVE WILDCARD CLUBS TO SHAKE UP NUDIE AUSTRALIAN BOARDRIDERS BATTLE SERIES IV FINAL IN NEWCASTLE
COOLANGATTA/QLD (January 20/2017): Five Wildcard boardriders clubs are set to shake up the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle Series IV National Final at Newcastle Beach on February 18-19. Merewether Surfboard Club, Avoca Boardriders, Le Ba Boardriders, Elouera Boardriders Club and Margaret River Boardriders Club will all contest the prestigious event that includes Australia’s best boardriders clubs. […]
