ISLAND GIVES AUSTRALIAN RIGHT TO RULE THE WAVES (PHOTO’S) 29.05.05
Island gives Australian right to rule the waves (PHOTO’S)
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SURFERS GET BACK ON BOARD AT ACADEMY 28.05.05
Surfing has made a return to the Hunter Academy of Sport's list of talent development programs. The co-operation and enthusiasm of Surfing NSW, the Newcastle Surfboard Association, local professional surfers Paul Parkes and Dan Frodsham and the academy is behind the squad's revival. The 2005 squad has been selected and an orientation meeting was held earlier this month in the auditorium at South Newcastle Leagues Club.
1233_ASSOCIATIONNEWS 28.05.05
Surfing Queensland announces the first ever surfing event in Yeppoon, Rockhampton. Yes, there are waves there. The inaugural “The Rock Yeppoon Surfing Festival” announced to set new standards for surfing in the Capricorn Region. Surfing Queensland announced their commitment to the development of surfing in the Capricorn region through the delivery of a large scale surfing festival. The Rock Yeppoon Surfing Festival . Gavin Nash, Vice President of the SeaQ Boardriders Club is undoubtedly excited about the prospects for the region “Yeppoon is one of Queensland’s well kept surfing secrets. The surf is more consistent than most think and an event like this is sure to showcase opportunities for people to get involved in surfing and hopefully join the club.” For more information , contact Surfing Queensland on 55201165 or visit www.surfingqueensland.com
AL HAS SURFING DOWN TO A T 28.05.05
ASP Tour veteran Al Hunt has a collection of over 4000 surf T-shirts estimated to be worth more than $60,000 will be put up for sale later this year. "They have been sitting in boxes with no way to display them," he said. The T-shirts were given out to competitors and officials at professional surfing competitions and many, especially those dating back to the 1970s, are covered in the funky artwork of a bygone era. The oldest dates back to the 1964 world titles at Manly Beach, but the real gems, Mr Hunt said, were the ones from the Hawaiian Triple Crown events. "They have good artwork," he said. Billabong is reportedly interested in buying all the T-shirts from the Billabong Pro events, which started in 1984. Al said the T-shirts, 70 per cent of them in "pristine condition", could be worth more than $60,000. "I had a garage sale recently and sold 40 spare T-shirts for $20 each and they went like crazy," he said. "Even if I take them to a car boot sale or a market and sell them at that price, then I stand to make about $60,000." But he said it was better to sell the T-shirts to people who would appreciate them rather than have them collect dust in boxes.
FIRST SURFER ELITE PROGRAM CAMP OF THE YEAR CONTINUES 28.05.05
Surfing Australia’s first Surfer Elite Program (SEP) Camp was conducted on (May 9th – 16th) at Surfing Australia’s High Performance Centre (HPC) at Casuarina Beach, northern NSW. The SEP featured Current ISA World Junior Champions James Wood (Lennox Head NSW) and Stephanie Gilmore (Kingscliff). The pair largely contributed to the Australian Junior team’s clean sweeping of the World Junior Championships, held late last year, winning all five divisions. The camp also included the top male and female Pro Junior surfers from 2004 including Blake Thornton (Little Bay NSW), Mitch Coleborn (Maroochydore QLD), Adam Melling (Lennox Head NSW), Nicola Atherton (Bronte NSW) and Jessie Miley – Dyer (Coogee NSW), Julian Wilson (Coolum QLD) Surfing Australia’s Head Coach of Surfing Australia’s High Performance Unit, Sasha Stocker observed. “These guys have huge potential as already witnessed by Stephanie taking out the Roxy Pro on the Gold Coast earlier this year.” “One of the really exciting things about the program and the HPC is that we are leading the world in our approach to coaching surfers to compete at an elite level. No other country in the surfing world has these sort of facilities or such a holistic approach to surf coaching”.
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