by Max Arnold | Sep 8, 2023 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, Sport
Kiama hosted Australia’s best junior surfers last weekend for the the first round of the Woolworths Surfer Grom Competition. The series includes ten competitions along the Australian coast throughout the summer season, with categories U8s—U14s. Over 90 young...
by Jeremy Eager | May 15, 2023 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, Feature, News, Sport
After placing second at the state titles in Port Stephens, Gerroa’s Juliana Scopel will now compete at the Australian championships this August. She will be taking part in the women’s open longboard division, a style of surfing that focuses on footwork and...
by Jack Egan | May 18, 2022 | Feature, News
Image sourced from 7News The dominance of Australian competitive surfing has diminished in the last decade. The sun and sand culture of Australia has produced multiple world surfing champions and for a time, these athletes of green and gold were perched at the...
by Mikayla Mcguirk-Scolaro | Mar 31, 2021 | News, Podcasts, Sport
A new group has created a safe space for female surfers in the male-dominated Illawarra surfing scene. The Bellambi Betties started as an idea between surf enthusiasts Milie MacMallum and Sarah Franke. The two strangers called out on Facebook just four days ago for...
by Jack Wallner | Apr 8, 2020 | News, Sport
Surfing NSW has announced a new online competition called The Ocean and Earth NSW Junior Web Surfing Titles in response to COVID-19. Surfing NSW had to cancel or postpone many of their events as part of nationwide measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus. “The...
