Picture/Words: John Veage Surfing Sutherland Shire has successfully run a free surfers first aid course at Cronulla RSL for the local Bate Bay Boardriders Clubs. The course provides participants with the knowledge and skills needed to manage emergency first aid situations and deliver competent emergency care until the arrival of professional medical support. Surfers are […]
Words and images: John Veage The 2024 Bodyboard King Shark Island Challenge has been run and won after a six year hiatus in the wide world of the surfing wilderness. In challenging 6-10ft waves, with a growing SSE swell and a high tide peaking at 4.30pm the four finalist, Marli Dunn, Benny Sawyer, Andrew Lester […]
Jarvis Earle has put the disappointment of a first round loss at Narabeen last month behind him by winning the 2024 Krui Pro World Surf League Qualifying Series 5000 event in South Sumatra. He now leads the Australia/Oceania – 2024/2025 Men’s Qualifying Series Rankings to compete in the 2025 Challenger Series. Jarvis said it was […]
by: John Veage The first Cronulla Surfing Titles were held in the early 1960s by the original Cronulla Boardriders Club – they were the only club on the beach at the time and surfing was a new competitive sport in this country before Manly hosted the inaugural 1964 World Surfing Titles. The Sutherland Shire was […]
Some of the biggest names in surfing have been honoured at the 2023 Australian Surfing Awards, held last week at the Bondi Pavilion. The event, recognised the outstanding achievements of athletes and contributors across 19 award categories with Ethan Ewing and Molly Picklum awarded male and female surfer of the year. Celebrating the heart of […]