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NEW Australian surfing champions have been crowned at Port Macquarie today, with the last day of the Australian Open Surfmasters Titles heralding the completion of the two-week Australian Surf Festival. In clean 3ft (1-metre) waves at North Haven, the country’s top amateur surfers put it all on the line with prestigious national titles up for grabs. Team NSW dominated proceedings, claiming all eight titles on the final ... read more »

PORT MACQUARIE - Friday 26th August 2011: THE Australian Surf Festival is nearing completion, with the penultimate day of the Australian Open Surfmasters Titles being run in barrelling 3-4ft (1-1.2m) waves at Lake Cathie in Port Macquarie. And, the country’s best amateur Open Surfmasters surfers were all class; carving, snapping and tubing their way to exclusive spots in the final day of competition.  Under ... read more »

AUSTRALIAN surfing history was created in Port Macqaurie today, at the Australian Surf Festival, with the first ever Alaia champion crowned. Town Beach provided the ideal arena for the maiden final, pumping out some great conditions for the traditional Hawaiian surfboards fit for a king. In clean 3ft (1-metre) waves, Barney Quinlan (Bondi, NSW) etched his name in the record books, netting a 10.25 two-wave combined total on t ... read more »

Some of Australia’s leading surfers shared waves at Town Beach, Port Macquarie, during the Surfmasters Titles at the Australian Surf Festival today. With an easterly swell pushing 5 foot sets and looking to stick around, competitors welcomed the changed conditions, which have been wild on the East Coast of New South Wales for the past week Topping the scoreboard early was Western Australia’s Jarrad Davies (Ma ... read more »

Two Australian champions are crowned at the Australian Standup Paddleboard Titles at Port Macquarie, NSW, in decent 6 foot swell that tested the countries best. An action packed 24 heat day saw quality performances by all competitors in the south east swell that opened up onto Town Beach, crowning Queenslanders Justin Holland (Gold Coast) and Shakira Westdrop (Casuarina) Australian Standup Paddleboard Champions. The icy wind ... read more »

Steel grey skies and strong winds opened up day 1 of the Australian Surfmasters Titles at North Haven, Port Macquarie, NSW. After 11 champions were crowned on the weekend for the Australian longboard Titles, today was the day the Surfmasters hit to the water in what was a scintillating show of action packed surfing. The open men’s started proceedings with a few close calls on the rocks at North Haven, with ex WCT s ... read more »

Indigenous children from across NSW were treated to a day not be forgotten, participating in learning to surf and water safety progams at Flynns Becah, Port Macquarie. Run as part of the Australian Surf Festival, the Surfing NSW Essential Energy Indigenous Surf Day, saw Indigenous children from Tamworth, Kempsey, Moree, Taree and Port Macquarie learning vital skills about water safety and experiencing the art of surfing. ... read more »

PORT MACQUARIE, New South Wales (Sunday 21st August, 2011) – Competition has been called off for Australian Surf Festival with a promising swell looming on the horizon which is expected to deliver firing surf for the begining of the Australian Surf Masters Titles 2011. The Australian Surfmasters Titles is one of five disciplines making up the Australian Surf Fetstival including; the Australian Longboard Titles (14-20 ... read more »

Having seen a congregation of the best longboard riders in Australia, the final day of the Australian Longboard Titles as part of the Australian Surf Festival did not disappoint, with big scores and big waves on offer. In wind swept tricky conditions at Bonny Hills, Port Macquarie, NSW, it was Jackson Close (QLD) and Emma Webb (VIC) who shone the brightest, taking the crowns for the open men and open women’s divisions ... read more »

Another day of near-perfect waves and good weather greeted surfers for semi final day of the event, with clean head-high waves offering competitors ideal conditions for the business end of the Australian Longboard Titles. Opening up the day were the young guns of competition, the junior men and women showcasing the future of Longboarding, hitting high scores in the opening heats Nic Jones was patient and it paid off for the ... read more »