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, TheStayHomer
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...
by Tahlia Reynolds | Apr 11, 2018 | Illawarra, News, Sport
Wollongong local, Terry “Richo” Richardson is one of the nine surfers invited to compete in this year’s World Masters Surfing Championship. Wollongong local, Terry “Richo” Richardson is one of the nine surfers invited to compete in this...
by Grace Stranger | May 14, 2017 | Audio, Emotional Histories of the Illawarra, Feature, Illawarra, News, Sport
Crisp skies, low winds and glassy waves, for the last 11 years, the first weekend of May has turned on some of the best surf conditions for the Annual Retro Surf Comp and Beach Clean Up. A group of tight-knit mates wax up their single fin surfboards and pull out their...
by Hannah Anderson | May 10, 2017 | Sport
The world’s best surfers took to a new stage in Brazil overnight. Saquarema a punchy beach break, known for backbreaking backwash and the ability to withstand solid 10-12 feet of the Atlantic oceans wrath. Shoalhaven locals took to the new location with mixed results....
