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Today Mark Winterbottom has claimed his first Armor ALL Pole Position in an Irwin Racing Holden and his first pole in 1000 days for this afternoon’s opening race of the 2019 Tyrepower Tasmania Supersprint. The last time Winterbottom claimed pole was in July 2016 at Townsville as a Ford driver, but today repaid defied his […]
The 2019 World Surf League season has kicked off with a bang on the Gold Coast this week with a series of surprise results with 11x World Champ Kelly Slater being bundled out in Round 2 Today the surprises have continued which has seen an upset reminiscent of a young Gilmore hunting down the seasoned […]
The Quiksilver Pro and Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast, the opening stop on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), will continue today with Round 3 of both events called ON. The men will start at 7:05 a.m. AEST with overlapping, 40-minute heats. Women’s Round 3 will follow at 12:45 p.m. AEST with overlapping […]
Today, Italo Ferreira took out the Red Bull Airborne Gold Coast, a World Surf League speciality event full of legends and characters all competing for the best in aerial surfing. The 24-year-old is known for his creative antics in the air, landing some of the Championship Tour’s biggest manoeuvres and setting the bar for above-the-lip […]
In a highly charged start to the year, and with a new format for the World Surf League that has seen some of the best of the best move surprisingly into the second round underway now at Duranbah. Has just seen a massive moment with 11x World Champion Kelly Slater eliminated in the second round […]
After a much-anticipated start, the World Surf League Championship Tour has officially opened for the 2019 season. The first day of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast saw the completion of Round 1 where the men took on Duranbah, the event’s back-up site, in four to five-foot conditions. The Red Bull Airborne Gold Coast also got […]
The 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) season will officially open today with the Quiksilver Pro and Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast. The event will launch what is set to be one of the biggest years in surfing yet with equal prize money, Olympic qualification, and a new level of progression from the […]
The World’s best have descended on the Gold Coast ahead of the season opener but before the competition kicks off it was time to celebrate with WSL Awards.
One such talent is the current female world surf champion, Stephanie Gilmore. Much more than just a talent she is, in fact, one of the greatest (if not the greatest) surfers ever to lay feet on a board.
It’s that time of year when the world best surfers are descending on the Gold Coast ahead of the world title opener next month; this year is set to be a massive year for the WSL with the announcement of prize money parity across the tours. We were lucky enough to catch up with one […]
Perhaps rivalled only by ‘the footie’ in the affections of true blue Aussies, surfing is akin to a national sport Down Under. So what better way to kick off the 2019 season – and Pierre’s first race weekend with the Team Than with Max organising a surfing lesson for our newest recruit with three-time surfing […]
Massive crowds have braved unruly weather to line the shores of Manly Beach and watch 11-time WSL World Champion Kelly Slater hit the water and compete at the 2019 Vissla Sydney Surf Pro, World Surf League Qualifying Series event. The greatest surfer of all time didn’t disappoint, taking out his opening heat against QS warriors […]
The Sydney Surf Pro and Sydney Women’s Surf Pro saw an incredible opening day for 2019 at Manly with some of the world’s best surfers doing battle for World Surf League Qualification. Taking to the clean 2-3 foot waves at Manly, one of the world’s most iconic surfing locations, The Newcastle Surfest didn’t go to […]
Sally Fitzgibbons and Alex Ribiero have claimed victory at the 34th annual Newcastle Surfest, World Surf League Qualifying Series 6000 event in excellent waves at Merewether Beach.  The two has to battle through a massive field of surfers from all over the world to claim the first combined QS6,000 of the season. Sally Fitzgibbons now […]
Scott McLaughlin’s road to redemption repeated itself with a comeback win at the Beaurepaires Melbourne 400 at Albert Park, resuming his bid for back-to-back Supercars Championships. The young Kiwi took the fourth and final race in his Shell V-Power Mustang from Supercheap Auto Racing’s Chaz Mostert and Red Bull Holden Racing Team’s Jamie Whincup following […]
Scott McLaughlin has had his winning run ended in sensational circumstances with an on-track crash before the third race of the Beaurepaires Melbourne 400 had even started. The bizarre accident happened on the ‘out lap’ as the cars made their way to the starting grid where ARMOR ALL Pole Position was waiting for the reigning […]
Youngster Cameron Waters announced himself on Supercars big stage even though he was second to the unstoppable Scott McLaughlin in the Superloop Adelaide 500. McLaughlin was, for the second day running, in a league of his own but it was 24-year-old Waters who grabbed a podium after the heartbreak of being ripped out of race […]
Australia’s Dunlop Super2 Supercars series will welcome one of the world’s highest profile female racers to the grid this weekend, after Abbie Eaton secured the support of Australia’s premier industrial equipment and safety supplier, Blackwoods. Ms Eaton will make her debut in Matt Stone Racing (MSR)’s VF Commodore at the Superloop Adelaide 500. The 27-year-old […]
Craig Lowndes is one of the most popular drivers in Australian touring car history; his smile is almost as trademarkable as the 888 number he raced with for so many years. After his retirement from full-time driving in 2018, Craig has just completed a stint at the Bathurst, Also this week he was announced as […]
After six years in the position, Commissioner Kieren Perror is stepping back
After a hugely successful event in 2018 and many years before it, the Burleigh Pro will return in 2019 better than ever – renamed as the Gold Coast Open presented by Flight Centre. The event is a World Surf League (WSL) QS 1,500 rated event and will run over 6 full days from the 7th to the […]
The stage is set for the upcoming opening event of the 2019 Women’s Championship Tour on the Gold Coast, Where history will be made as the first ever championship tour event to
The World Surf League has announced a renewal of their partnership with Quiksilver as the Title Sponsor of the opening event of the men’s WSL .
Today marks the end of a stellar career for Gold Coast owns Joel Parkinson who earlier today, surfed the last heat of his professional career on the Championship Tour,
The day’s final heat carried huge repercussions as 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater took on the Title hopeful Filipe Toledo at The Billabong Pipe Masters
Today Molly Picklum and Micah Margieson are the Under 18 Girls and Boys 2018 Surf Dive ‘n Ski Australian Junior Surfing Titles Champions.
Today our very own Stephanie Gilmore claimed an historic seventh World Surfing Title at Honolua Bay in Hawaii. Gilmore’s incredible achievement comes following remaining challenger Lakey Peterson early elimination
Scott McLaughlin buried the demons of last year and climbed to the top and claimed a maiden Virgin Australia Supercars Championship on the streets of Newcastle.
The 2018 World Title Race head to Maui with only Stephanie Gilmore and Lakey Peterson mathematically in contention to win the prestigious World Championship and possibly with Gilmore claiming her 7th World Title equalling Lane Beachley
2012 World Champion Joel Parkinson (AUS) was a vision of classic power surfing today at the Hawaiian Pro and earned the event win for the second time in his professional career
Stop No. 10 of 11 on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), over Joan Duru (FRA) in a Final held in clean three-to-four foot (1 – 1.2 metre) surf at the iconic Supertubos beach break
After a great start to the weekend here on the Gold Coast for the GC600, Sunday and mother nature had other plans with the race becoming a total washout.
Chaz Mostert scored back-to-back Saturday victories in the Gold Coast in his Supercheap Auto Falcon, this time with James Moffat as co-driver
Stop No. 10 of 11 on the Men’s World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), will kick off tomorrow
The final day of competition witnessed Julian Wilson and Courtney Conlogue plow through a stacked field to earn their momentous wins at the 17th running of the iconic French event.
The Quiksilver Pro France, Stop No. 9 on the World Surf League resumed today, Where Wildcard Ryan Callinan Upsets World Title Race, Eliminates Filipe Toledo
Stop No. 9 on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), continued today in ideal four-to-six foot (1.2 – 1.8 metre) conditions at Plage des Culs Nus
The Roxy Pro France, Stop No. 9 on this year’s World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), resumed yesterday in three-to-four foot (1 – 1.2 metre) surf in the afternoon at Culs Nus
A legend’s fairy tale and Great tragedy delivered Craig Lowndes his seventh Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, and still on track to match, or beat, his mentor Peter Brock at the Mountain.
The team that could has provided an upset at The Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with David Reynolds backing up his win of last year in todays shootout
Jamie Whincup blasted himself into provisional pole for tomorrow Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in an epic fight between the Supercars superpowers at Mount Panorama.
The World Surf League (WSL) announced that Maya Gabeira (BRA) has claimed the inaugural Women’s XXL Biggest Wave Award and a Guiness World Records title
Manly Beach will once again play host to world surfing’s elite when the Vissla Sydney Surf Pro returns from the 16 – 24 March 2019.
The city is gearing up for a big weekend of racing in October with Horsepower set to meet high-end fashion and hors d’oeuvres with the 2018 Platinum Lunch
Australians Rob Bain, Layne Beachley and Dave Macaulay have won the Azores Airlines World Masters Championship in historic fashion today, claiming victory in the Final bouts against Cheyne Horan
The inaugural Rugby League Gold Coast Ladies in League Charity Fundraising Lunch has proven community spirit is alive and well, with $7258 raised for Gold Coast-based, nationwide domestic and family violence support charity, Friends With Dignity. The luncheon, which was held at the Southport Yacht Club and proudly sponsored by QTOP and Howden Saggers Lawyers, […]
The tropical setting at Praia da Tiririca, Bahia can be described simply as having great waves, lots of sun, warm water, amazing food and friendly people. From October 18 – 21,
Seven-time Supercars Champion Jamie Whincup has scored his fourth Sandown 500 win in one of the most dominant displays in recent history, as his team became the first to score a trifecta in the Melbourne race steeped in tradition.
The finals of the West Sumbawa Pro have been run and won at Yo-Yo’s for the first ever Word Surf League (WSL)
Carissa Moore and Gabriel Medina have won the inaugural Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley, Stop No. 8 on the World Surf League Championship Tour
The Surf Ranch Pro determined its eight male finalists and four female finalists today after the conclusion of the Qualifying Round,
The Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley fired back into action with the top-ranked surfers completing their first runs at Stop No. 8 on the World Surf League
The inaugural Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley commenced today in Lemoore, California with the world’s best surfers taking on inland California’s man-made wave, the Surf Ranch. Surfing in a format new to the Champion Tour (CT), eighteen men and ten women tested the leaderboard structure today at Stop No. 8 on the World Surf […]
The inaugural Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley gets underway today in Lemoore, California. The world’s best surfers will compete at Stop No. 8 on the World Surf League (WSL) Men’s and Women’s Championship
WSL today announced that it will award equal prize money to male and female athletes becoming the first and only US based global sports league, and among
Coco Ho (HAW) and Weslley Dantas (BRA) have won the Pull&Bear Pantin Classic Galicia Pro in the Final bouts against Sage Erickson (USA) and Carlos Munoz (CRI) held in pumping four-to-six foot surf in Pantin. Stop No. 10 of 12 on the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) European Qualifying Series (QS), the Pull&Bear Pantin Classic […]