Swell and Performance Levels On The Rise at Burton Automotive Pro at Surfest...
MEREWETHER, Newcastle, NSW/AUS (Thursday, February 19, 2015) – Newcastle continues to deliver at Surfest with clean pulsing 4 foot surf setting the platform for the competitors to put on a show. The...
View ArticleNarrabeen Sports High School and Northern Beaches Secondary College win New...
Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA (Friday, February 20, 2015) AROUND 240 stoked young surfers from 29 New South Wales’ high schools swarmed on breaks at south Bar Beach and Merewether...
View ArticlePumping Waves, High Scores at Burton Automotive Pro
MERERWETHER, NSW, AUSTRALIA – Thursday, February 19, 2015 A field that started with 144 surfers has been reduced to just 16 at the World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series men’s Burton Automotive Pro...
View ArticleBurton Automotive Pro Builds Towards Business End at Surfest Newcastle
MEREWETHER, Newcastle, NSW/AUS (Saturday, February 21, 2015) – Quarterfinalists were decided in the World Surf League (WSL) QS6000 (Qualifying Series) men’s Burton Automotive Pro while the two...
View ArticleAlejo Muniz and Ellie Brooks Crowned Burton Automotive Champions at Surfest...
MEREWETHER, Newcastle, NSW/AUS (Sunday, February 22, 2015) – After weeks of surfing in various divisions the 30th Anniversary of Surfest wrapped up with Alejo Muniz (BRA) taking out the Burton...
View ArticleCity of Newcastle Team Wins the SURFAID Cup for a second time.
MEREWETHER BEACH, NSW, Australia – February 20, 2015 For a second year in a row, the Newcastle City Council Boardriders have won the SurfAid Cup. Held at Merewether Beach, Newcastle, with 14 corporate...
View ArticleSurfest Women’s Classic crowd funding campaign passes halfway mark
Surfest is one of premium events on Newcastle’s event calendar generating significant national and international exposure via traditional, digital and social media. Last year Surfest’s Facebook page...
View ArticleNewcastle business stands up for women’s professional surfing
Surfest are excited to give an update of our historic Crowd Funding Campaign for the Women’s 6 star event for Surfest 2016. There is now a commitment for more than three quarters of the 73...
View ArticleFirst crowd funded pro-surfing event slotted for Surfest, Newcastle, Australia
Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA (Friday, 9 October, 2015) IN a world first, 73 contributions of at least $1650AUD by businesses in the Newcastle region have ensured the 2016 Surfest...
View ArticleLovelock Wins Hakstar Mattara Pro – World Surf League QS 1000
South Bar Beach, Newcastle NSW Australia Sunday, October 18, 2015 Dale Lovelock (Sunshine Coast, QLD/AUS) has claimed an emphatic win at the 54th Hakstar Mattara Pro over Jamie Skillin (Central Coast,...
View ArticleTLSC Tumbi Umbi and Narrabeen Sports High win Maitland and Port Stephens...
More more than 250 students, supported by their teachers and big numbers of parents, tackled challenging surf at both Dixon Park and Nobbys beach in the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota High School...
View ArticleFinalists Decided at the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and Taggart...
Newcastle NSW, Australia (Saturday, February 27, 2016): As yesterday’s blustery southerly change began to subside, the forecasted large swell finally arrived at Merewether Beach for the second to last...
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Evolution SurfAid Cup sets fundraising record at Surfest
In a howling southerly and sizable swell compliments of Cyclone Winston belting in to Newcastle’s Dixon Park surfbreak, a whopping field of 18 corporate teams raised more than $81,000 for humanitarian...
View ArticleWilkinson and Fitzgibbons Reign Supreme at Surfest 2016
Newcastle NSW, Australia (Sunday, February 28, 2016): The Champions of the 2016 Newcastle Surfest have been crowned in front of record crowds with World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT)...
View ArticleAussie Duo Rule at the Australian Open of Surfing and Aussie Bodies Women’s Pro
MANLY BEACH, SYDNEY (Sunday, 6 March 2015): Dion Atkinson (Seaford, SA) and Nikki Van Dijk (Phillip Island, VIC) have taken out the Australian Open of Surfing and the Aussie Bodies Women’s Pro...
View ArticleWright One-Ups World Champs
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 On her way to the top of the podium of the Roxy Pro Gold Coast, Tyler Wright faced two World Champs — Stephanie Gilmore and reigning World Champion Carissa Moore — and...
View ArticleHe’s the Same Old Wilko, Playing a Brand New Game
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 After his recent victory at the QS 6,000 at Merewether Beach in February, Matt Wilkinson arrived at the Gold Coast hoping to carry his momentum into the first event of the 2016...
View ArticleConlogue Grabs Bell and Yellow Jersey at Rip Curl Pro
Thursday, March 31, 2016 – Bells Beach, Victoria Australia Californian Courtney Conlogue won her first Bells title Friday, edging two-time event winner Sally Fitzgibbons by a tenth-of-a-point in an...
View ArticleMatt Wilkinson Has No Idea What’s Going On
Saturday, April 2, 2016 Bells Beach, Victoria Australia Take a quick glance at the history of Bells Beach champions and you’ll find the venerable list could easily be surfing’s one and only Hall of...
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Walk For Waves
For many years in Australia there has been surfers that have had to overcome some sort of disability to be able to get back into the ocean and surf. These surfers have proven themselves to be resilient...
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