Tag: Surfest 2019
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SURFEST MAIN EVENT GETS UNDERWAY
The main event at Newcastle’s Surfest is underway, with small conditions and onshore winds greeting competitors in the men’s round of 144. It was a slow start, with event organisers waiting until just before lunchtime to send the first heat into the water. “we’ve been expecting the southerly swell to move up the coast, we…
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SURFEST TROPHIES MODELLED ON LOCAL CHAMPIONS
This year’s Surf Fest trophies celebrate Newcastle surfers, past and present. Mark Richards and Philippa Anderson were the inspiration for the men’s and women’s awards shown on Monday, with designer Julie Squires including an ‘S’ and ‘W’ in the waves of one to represent ‘Surfest Women’. “Both of them are designed trying to create a…
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NEW ZEALAND’S BILLY STAIRMAND CLAIMS SURFEST WILDCARD
Israel’s Anat Lelior and New Zealand’s Billy Stairmand, have outclassed a host of international rivals to win wildcards into the main events at Surfest. Stairmand took on two Aussies and a French surfer in the trial final, but he was always in control, doing plenty with the small, clean conditions. Kalani Ball made a late…
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RUSS MALONY WINS WANDIYALI INDIGENOUS CLASSIC
The trophy bears his name so it’s only fitting Russ Malony has taken out another Wandiyali Indigenous Classic at Merewether Beach. In small waves, the Bateau Bay surfer left it until the final 30 seconds to secure victory and the $6,000 winners cheque. It’s Malony’s 12th title in what is Australia’s richest contest for Indigenous…
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RYAN CALLINAN SKIPS QS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR CAMPAIGN
Merewether surfer Ryan Callinan is going all-in on the world tour this year, deciding not to also compete on the qualifying series. He will make one exception though – lining up for his hometown event, Surfest, next month.