http://www.surfingaustralia.com Surfing Australia is Australia's peak surf organisation. The Surfing Australia website provides access to surf clubs, surfing lessons, surf news, surfing events, surf reports, and surf forecasts to amateur surfers, professional surfers and the general public. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:24 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=356 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=356 Surfing Australia is proud to announce that Layne Beachley has accepted a position on the Board of Surfing Australia concurrently with Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew also accepting the position as the first ever Patron of Surfing Australia. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item356/s-laynebeachley4.jpg Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:31:11 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=355 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=355 (Tuesday March 9 2010- Coolangatta, Australia; ASP Australasia, For Immediate Release): An outstanding field of the world’s best men and women surfers are set to line–up at Margaret River for this year’s Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Six Star Prime rated Men’s and Women’s Drug Aware Pro presented by Rusty. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item355/s-margaret_river_wright.jpg Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:44:23 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=351 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=351 ASP Australasian Pro Junior tour rankings leader Mitch Crews from Currumbin has won the grade two international Chiko Pro Junior held at Newcastle beach. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item351/s-mitchc.jpg Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:36:48 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=350 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=350 Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, reigning three-time ASP Women’s World Champion and defending event winner, has taken out the 2010 Roxy Pro Gold Coast in punchy two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks over fellow Finalist Melanie Bartels (HAW), 27. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item350/s-gilmore.jpg Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:15:24 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=349 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=349 Day three of the event saw dismal surf conditions on offer at Merewether beach, leaving organisers with little option but to move the event three kilometres to the north swell magnet of Newcastle beach. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item349/s-mitch crews heat 4 rnd 32 (1).jpg Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:34:44 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=346 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=346 LOCAL surfer Jake Sylvester is hoping that racking up the best individual wave score of the day http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item346/s-jake sylvester winner heat 6 rnd 32 1meg (1).jpg Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:20:05 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=344 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=344 Taj Burrow (AUS), 31 has taken out the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover over Jordy Smith (ZAF), 22, in rippable two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item344/s-burrow.jpg Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:24:55 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=343 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=343 BORN and bred local Ryan Callinan claimed the biggest individual wave score on day one of the $15,000 Chiko Pro Junior at Merewether beach in Newcastle. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item343/s-ryan callinan heat 5. copy.jpg Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:46:26 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=342 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=342 Pumping three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) pulsed down the point at Snapper Rocks today, setting the stage for the world’s best surfers to unleash upon the warm-water walls at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover and the Roxy Pro Gold Coast. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item342/s-reynolds.jpg Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:07:37 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=341 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=341 With pumping three-to-five foot (1 – 2 metre) waves running down the point at Snapper Rocks today, Round 3 of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover went off in front of a capacity crowd on the beach and hundreds of thousands watching online and FUEL TV. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item341/s-durbidge.jpg Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:31:37 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=340 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=340 SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Monday, March 1, 2010) – The opening eight heats of the elimination, man-on-man Round 2 at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover were completed this afternoon in pulsing two-to-three foot (1 metre) barrelling righthanders at Snapper Rocks. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item340/s-smith.jpg Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:07:26 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=338 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=338 COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Monday, March 1, 2010) – The Roxy Pro Gold Coast, the opening event of the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour, completed Round 1 this morning in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks, with the world’s best female surfers breaking the performance barriers yet again with unprecedented showings. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item338/s-gilmo.jpg Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:02:30 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=336 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=336 Gold Coast Queensland, Saturday 27th February, 2010: MANY Queenslanders tune in daily to watch Paul Burt deliver his weather report on Chanel Nine, However today, Burt drew an audience to watch him hit the waves at Rainbow Bay (Queensland, Australia) as part of the Coastalwatch Surf For Life series – A charitable surfing event supporting the Starlight Children’s Foundation. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item336/s-paul_burt.jpg Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:57:58 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=335 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=335 COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, February 28, 2010) – A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile early Saturday morning, resulting in a tsunami warning for the East Coast of Australia effective today. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item335/s-parkoj.jpg Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:29:45 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=333 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=333 BROTHER and sister duo of Owen and Tyler Wright (Lennox Head, NSW, Aus) will create surfing history at the opening ASP World Tour event of the year after Tyler won the Roxy Pro Trials at Snapper Rocks today. The talented siblings will become the first brother and sister to compete in the same ASP World Tour event, with Owen and Tyler set to take on the planet’s best surfers in the season-opening Quiksilver and Roxy Pros. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item333/s-wright1937asp2010_n.jpg Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:23:42 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=331 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=331 IN conjunction with the 2010 Quiksilver Pro, some of Australia’s most generous celebrities are set to team up with a host of Queensland surfing stars as part of the Coastalwatch Surf For Life series – A charitable surfing event supporting the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Kicking off tomorrow (the first official day of the 2010 ASP Quiksilver Pro) on the Gold Coast http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item331/s-shaun_gossmann.jpg Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:12:36 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=330 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=330 COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Friday, February 26, 2010) – The world’s best surfers assembled at the Gold Coast Convention Centre last night for the ASP World Champions’ Crowning, a gala event and the premiere evening in professional surfing. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item330/s-gilmor.jpg Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:16:58 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=329 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=329 As the first educational surfing conference of its kind, Surfing Australia's Green Room Conference was a resounding success this week with 90 participants gaining a rare insight into the the future of surfing. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item329/s-green room shot.jpg Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:04:29 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=327 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=327 MEREWETHER duo Ryan Callinan and Jake Sylvester have secured wildcard entries into the Burton Toyota Pro http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item327/s-ryan.jpg Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:23:49 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=325 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=325 COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Monday, February 22, 2010) – The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, Stop No. 1 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, will commence its waiting period this weekend, ushering in the greatest assemblage of surfing talent in history with 15 ASP World Titles being represented amongst the 48-man draw. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item325/s-slater.jpg Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:33:32 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=321 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=321 DOUG Warbrick’s huge contribution to Australian surfing has finally been acknowledged with his elevation to the sport’s Hall of Fame at the Australian Surfing Awards on the southern end of the Gold Coast last night. Surf businessman Warbrick became the 32nd member respectively of the Hall of Fame http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item321/s-doug_claw_warbrick.jpg Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:17:41 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=320 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=320 AUSTRALIAN World Champion Mick Fanning didn’t disappoint during day-four of the Association Of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star, Breaka Burleigh Pro, with the top seed revelling in the pumping Burleigh Heads (Gold Coast, Australia) waves. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item320/s-mick_fanning.jpg Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:03:33 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=318 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=318 SURFING legend and 1999 World Champion Mark Occhilupo (AUS) headlined day-three of the Association Of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star, Breaka Burleigh Pro today, as the “Raging Bull” blasted his way into the round-of-96 along with Luke Dorrington (Coolangatta, QLD, Australia) in the standout heat of the day. Dorrington edged out Occhilupo with an amazing tube-riding display in pumping 1.5m (3 to 5 feet) Burleigh Barrels http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item318/s-breaka10_0695shaun_gossman.jpg Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:29:49 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=315 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=315 AUSTRALIAN up-and-comers Brent Savage (Casuarina NSW, Australia), Jack Freestone (Coolangatta, QLD, Australia) and Noah Lane (Rainbow Beach, QLD, Australia) have stolen the spotlight from their high profile opponents on day-two of the Association Of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star, Breaka Burleigh Pro. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item315/s-breaka10129brent_savage.jpg Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:59:28 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=314 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=314 For the first time on Australian television FUEL TV will broadcast LIVE and exclusive coverage of all the action from the 2010 Quiksilver Pro presented by Land Rover. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item314/s-slaterkelly.jpg