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The 2017 Australian Open of Surfing is off and running at Manly Beach with Round 1 of the Girls Make Your Call Women’s Pro in the water. Both the Men’s and Women’s events are the second WSL Qualifying Series (QS) 6000 events of the season meaning they have attracted an international field with some of the sports […]
Silvana Lima (Brazil) is your inaugural Sydney International Women’s Pro champion, taking out the WSL Qualifying Series (QS) 6000 event in front of thousands of spectators on Cronulla Beach. Lima was deemed to be one of the best surfers of the event, consistently dropping heat totals in the 15.00 range (out of a possible 20 […]
The world’s best surfers have arrived in Peniche, Portugal for the final European stop of the 2016 Samsung Galaxy WSL Championship Tour, the Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal, which holds a competitive window starting tomorrow, October 18, and runs until October 29, 2016. Held at the world-class beachbreak of Supertubos, the Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal […]
The biggest car racing competition is already proving itself to be hotter than the wheels on the track, but it’s frequent favourite Craig Lowndes that’s bring the most heat, racing down right dirty with a hot, new car. New addition TeamVortex, created by Caltex Australia and Triple Eight Race Engineering is making track at this […]
With multiple championships under his belt and a proven force on the track, front-runner Jamie Whincup is going full speed this year, aiming to reclaim his championship title as the winner of Supercars Australia. As the renowned annual car racing competition reaches the halfway point with the next race set to take off next month, […]
Queensland’s largest annual sporting event, the Castrol Gold Coast 600, is set to be bigger than ever in 2016. In a bonus for fans, the `Party in Paradise’ from 21-23 October will include concerts on Friday and Saturday featuring some of Australia’s leading music acts. Multiple award-winning Australian bands The Living End, The Rubens and […]
After a dominant performance throughout the World Surf League (WSL) Australasia Junior Qualifying Series (JQS) Central Coaster Macy Callaghan has been crowned 2016 JQS Women’s Champion. Callaghan took out five of the eight events on the new look Australasia JQS calendar and put down performances that were is sure to send shockwaves through the surfing […]
Australians Matt Wilkinson and Tyler Wright emerged victorious today, claiming the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast titles respectively, in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks. The opening events on the 2016 Samsung Galaxy WSL Championship Tour, the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast pres. by BOQ showcased the world’s best surfing, […]
The Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by BOQ kicked off with the opening women’s rounds of the season yesterday in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks. The first women’s event of the year on the Samsung Galaxy World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour saw the best of the best battle […]
Day two of the Australian Open of Surfing at Manly saw a day jam-packed with upsets, big scores and small but playful waves as the competitors in the first round of the men fought to seal themselves a spot into the third day of competition. The wild aerial antics of Yago Dora (Brazil) continued to […]
