TARANAKI, New Zealand (Saturday, April 14, 2012) – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, has won the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival’s blue ribbon event, the Dow AgroSciences Pro in clean three foot (1.5 metre) surf over Carissa Moore (HAW), 19, at Taranaki, New Zealand today.
The Kirra Surfriders Club of which Michael was a Life Member, former President and Club Champion will host a Paddle Out for the Great Kirra Legend this Saturday 14th of April.
Wade Carmichael (AUS) has taken out the Inaugural Billabong Tahiti Nui Pro Junior, his second ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series event win this week.
Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, has claimed victory at the 2012 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta over Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, in offshore four-to-five foot (1.5 metre) waves at Bells Beach.
Welcome to the latest edition of VB and Surfing Australia News. And, the second for 2012!
(Wednesday 4th April 2012): NEW Minister for Sport, the Hon Kate Lundy was lucky enough to see many of our Australian surfing champions in action today, with the second stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour season, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach continuing at Bells Beach.
(Tuesday 3rd April, 2012): Sixteen of the country’s most promising junior surfers were given the keys to take their surfing to new levels during Surfing Australia’s Camp Coastalwatch.
Boom Australian surfer Tyler Wrights says the future of female surfing in this country is in safe hands after putting a bunch of eager grommets through their paces at her Surfing Australia Pro Surfer Camp at Casuarina.
Sunny skies and picture perfect waves treated competitors and surf fans to an epic day of competition at the ASP Prime rated Telstra Drug Aware Pro today. The call was made to run a full day of the Men’s event to take advantage of the clean 5-6 foot (2 metre) surf on offer and reduce […]
The swell dropped to the 4 to 5 foot (2 metre) range for Day 3 of the Telstra Drug Aware Pro with pristine conditions on offer. The call was made by contest officials to run three Rounds of the Women’s event and cull the field down to just the eight Quarterfinalists.