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A 4.5 meter ramp set the stage for what some will call a rivalry like no other The Battle of the Bars at the V8 BillyKart Derby Which pitted local bars against each other in the Derby. The event included not only on-track action but was hosted by Chaz Mostert, the winner of The Bathurst 1000 […]

The chairman of the Gold Coast SUNS John Witheriff and inaugural senior coach Guy McKenna have agreed the time has come to part company. McKenna and Witheriff have mutually and respectfully agreed to go their separate ways. “Guy was naturally disappointed but, as he has done since being appointed in August 2008, he put the […]

The Sunshine Coast will host event number two of the Queensland State Junior Titles this weekend where both a Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Trials wildcard will be up for grabs for the highest rated Under 18 male and female after the two event series. Coolum’s Jaleesa Vincent and North Stradbroke Island’s Ethan Ewing are the […]

This year’s Wilson Security Sandown 500 is a special one given 2014 is the 50th anniversary of the first running of the Sandown touring car endurance classic in 1964 won by the Alfa Romeo Ti Super of Ralph Sach and Italian Roberto Bussinello. Beginning as a Six Hour race in that year, it later morphed […]

1. Jamie Whincup leads the V8 Supercar Championship pointscore for the first time in just over five months after seizing the lead at Queensland Raceway.   The Red Bull Racing Australia driver last led the points after the opening race of the season in Adelaide in March though he has not been in front since. […]

Gold Coast SUNS Chairman John Witheriff has confirmed he has accepted the resignation of Chief Executive Officer, Travis Auld. “Travis Auld has tendered his resignation as Chief Executive of the Gold Coast SUNS, and will leave the club at the end of the season.” Mr Witheriff paid tribute to Mr Auld’s contribution and leadership during […]

[fullwidth_text alt_background=”none” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] Pro Skateboarders Torey Pudwill, Ryan Sheckler and More Become First to Test Jefferson Park’s Newest Public Art Piece Red Bull Skate Space, a permanent art sculpture designed for the City of Seattle that is skateable, was presented to the Emerald City on International Go Skateboarding Day in Jefferson Park this […]

The 2014 Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp, presented by Breaka kicks off this weekend with over 250 of the country’s most talented junior surfers all flocking to the Gold Coast in chase of one of the most coveted crowns in surfing. 2014 is the 11th Annual Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp, presented by Breaka that sees competition […]

The race for the 2015 Roxy Pro Trials wildcard heated up today on day one of the HIF Masters and Women’s on the Sunshine Coast. Coolum Beach played convivial host to the second of a two event series that saw Queensland’s best Women and Male Masters fight it out for critical ratings points as they […]

Sally Fitzgibbons has achieved a great deal in her 23 years. She is not only up there amongst the world’s fiercest competitors, but has become one of Australia’s most influential female athletes

Tim Cahill has not only scored the most goals by any Australian in the World Cup but has recently relocated from London to New York City to enter a new chapter of his career.

Coolum’s Dave Reardon-Smith and Snapper Rocks’ Brodie Doyle are on a high today after taking out the blue-ribbon division of the HIF Queensland Masters and Women’s at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast. Today was the second and final day of the event and competitors were met with clean and contestable waves at 7th Ave, […]

The 2014 Queensland Masters and Women’s surfing series will kick up a notch with a new naming-rights sponsor in Health Insurance Fund Australia (HIF). The first event of the two-event series will take place this weekend on the Gold Coast, before heading north to the Sunshine Coast for the second and final event on June […]