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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:57:11 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2391 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2391 AFTER an action packed day at the 2012 5-Star, AUD$30,000 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oakley Pro Junior, eight surfers remain ahead of tomorrow’s final day. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2391/s-thomaswoods.jpg Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:31:35 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2390 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2390 Summer was out in force at North Wollongong today as over 100 grommets covered the beach for the final event of the Wahu Surfer Groms Comps series. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2390/s-leo cross.jpg Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:13 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2387 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2387 Wrapping up the biggest micro grom comp in Australia’s history this weekend is the eighth and final event in the Wahu Surfer Groms Comp National Series. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2387/s-b-keira buckpitt_wahu_miller.jpg Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:43:27 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2386 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2386 Surfing Australia and the country’s best cold beer VB are brewing up a storm for Australian surfers with the chance to win the trip of a lifetime with three mates to Fiji. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2386/s-1934-sa-vb-boardriders-special-news-banner.jpg Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:28:55 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2385 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2385 Current U/18 Boys Australian Champion Eli Steele (Caloundra, Qld) and ASP Australasia Junior Men’s ratings leader Cooper Chapman (Narrabeen, NSW) both survived tough opening heats today, as the action continued on day-two of the 2012 5-Star, AUD$30,000 Oakley Pro Junior. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2385/s-steelstrad.jpg Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:34:03 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2381 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2381 South African rising star Michael February stole the show on day-one of the 2012 5-Star, AUD$30,000 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oakley Pro Junior, with the stylish surfer outpointing a star studded field in his opening Round of 128 heat. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2381/s-michaelfebruary.jpg Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:31:13 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2379 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2379 North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Tuesday 31st January, 2012: THE world’s best professional junior surfers are set to invade the high-performance surfing hideaway of North Stradbroke Island (Queensland, Australia) for the 2012 5-Star, AUD$30,000 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oakley Pro Junior. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2379/s-tim.jpg Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:56:07 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2377 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2377 Dane Reynolds may have decided to sit out the ASP World Tour for 2012 but spectators will still get to enjoy his extraordinary talents when he lines up as a wildcard at the Quiksilver Pro presented by Land Rover starting on the Gold Coast from 25th February. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2377/s-reynoldsaction_1327536897.jpg Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:58:40 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2373 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2373 Surfing Australia TV is now available 24 hours, seven days a week through its new dedicated website www.surfingaustraliatv.com. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2373/s-satvhomepage.jpg Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:22:32 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2369 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2369 Caio Ibelli (BRA) has claimed the Men’s ASP World Junior Title on a dramatic final day at the Billabong World Junior Championships today. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2369/s-ibelli.jpg Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:16:28 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2366 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2366 A massive day of competition saw all quarterfinalists decided in both the men’s and women’s draws at the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast today. Competitors battled the rain, stormy seas and each other in an exciting day of surfing in 2 – 3 foot (1 – 1.5 meter) surf at the world famous Burleigh Heads. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2366/s-freestone fri.jpg Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:31:51 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2354 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2354 World No.2 Sally Fitzgibbons remains confident she will be fully fit by the start of the Roxy Pro presented by Land Rover at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast on 25th February despite carrying several injuries. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2354/s-sallyaction_1326931356.jpg Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:23:06 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2364 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2364 The Australian surfers have been buoyed by their national holiday, Australia Day at the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast today. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2364/s-parkes.jpg Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:55:47 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2361 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2361 Due to the forecast of constant rain right through to the weekend in the SE corner of Queensland, there has been a change of venue for this Saturday’s (28th January) Kirra Surfriders 50th Anniversary Party. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2361/s-kirraboxing.jpg Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:11:36 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2359 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2359 Queensland’s first surfboard riding club, the Kirra Surfriders (KSC) will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a huge reunion party on top of Kirra Hill at the Community Cultural Centre (formerly Coolangatta State School), Garrick St., this Saturday 28th of January from 2.30 pm until 8pm. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2359/s-kirra.jpg Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:06:20 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2358 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2358 The rain poured, the wind howled, but that didn’t stop the world’s best junior surfers from putting on a show and the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast today. The young men took to the stormy seas to do battle in the 3 foot (1.5 meter) waves at Burleigh Heads for the completion of the Men’s Round 2 and the first 2 heats of Round 3. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2358/s-lightfoot.jpg Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:27:19 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2353 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2353 The first man-on-man elimination Round at the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast got under way today in 2 foot (1 meter) runners at Burleigh Heads. The conditions were tricky with good waves on offer, but surfers were forced to be selective and battle for the best waves. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2353/s-mcdonald.jpg Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:47:16 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2349 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2349 (Middleton, Sunday, January 22 2012): The 2012 edition of the Wahu Surfer Groms Comp has concluded today at Middleton Beach in South Australia in fun, cross shore, 0.5 metre waves. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2349/s-crumbed schnitzels.jpg Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:05:19 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2346 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2346 Today saw a slight decrease in swell size at Burleigh Heads for Day 2 of the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast, and the call was made to run Rounds 1 and 2 of the Women’s event. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2346/s-coffey.jpg Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:35:34 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2345 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2345 Australian beaches were taken over at the weekend by more than 2500 first-time female surfers for the annual Girls Go Surfing Day. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2345/s-ggsdaction1.jpg Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:36:42 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2343 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2343 The opening day of the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast was treated to 2 – 3 foot (1.5 metre) surf rolling through the Burleigh Heads rock break. Competitors were firing in the super clean conditions that offered a mix of long walls, ramps for airs and even a couple of tube sections. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2343/s-freeburl.jpg Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:16:14 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2341 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2341 World No.2 female surfer Sally Fitzgibbons is no stranger to press conferences but she has never experienced the bombardment of questions she received during her Surfing Australia Pro Surfer Camp at Casuarina. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2341/s-sallygrom.jpg Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:32:36 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2339 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2339 VEGEMITE SurfGroms is booming and more than 4000 children across Australia can’t be wrong. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2339/s-surfgromsaction.jpg Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:14:46 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2336 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2336 The South Australian edition of the Wahu Surfer Groms Comps will take place this Saturday and Sunday at Moana Beach on the state's Mid Coast. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2336/s-img.jpg Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:47:19 +1100 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2334 http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news-details.php?id=2334 Dual World Champion Mick Fanning will join past and current members in celebrating the Kirra Surfriders club (KSC) 50th anniversary on Saturday 28th of January on top of Kirra Hill in the Cultural Centre. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/news/item2334/s-jbtag.jpg