Noosa Festival of Surfing

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Birdie the Boardie

Noosa Festival of surfing

The crowds flocked in for another Festival of Surfing at the Noosa Points and were not disappointed with the surf, nor the lack of beach.

Tent City Business

Point Crowds 2 Noosa Festival of Surfing

Festival Fun Times

Scenes later on in the day showing that you have to take every chance of getting a wave even at dusk.

Noosa Festival of surfing

The crowds flocked in for another Festival at the Noosa points and were not disappointed with the surf nor the lack of beach.

Spot the World Champ

Hanging over the boardwalk and buried into the sand was the viewing and scoring platform brimming with people socialising and having a beer in the “wet” area.

Celebrities cruised the area with out being mobbed and were gracious with autographs in some these captures.

Celebrity correction2 Noosa Festival of Surfing

Dogs Day Out

A shot loaded with celebrities and I’ll start with Chris’s great little dogs…

Vertra with Shane Steadman

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ROXY How Do You Dare Yourself?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Birdie the Boardie

Roxy How Do You Dare Yourself?
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How do you dare yourself? What is the mark you want to make on the world? How do you make every day an adventure? That’s what we want to see.

5 girls will WIN an epic adventure with the Roxy athletes & up to $5,000 USD. Enter now! Dare Yourself! You know you want to!
ENTER TODAY – HERE – NOW!
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ASP World Tour Changes

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Birdie the Boardie

ASP World Tour Changes
The biggest change in pro surfing in 30 years will be decided by the ASP Board in France.
An offer on the table from the people behind the rebel tour in 2009 is to take over the running of the ASP World Tour.
An Oldie But Goodie

Terry Hardy, Kelly Slater’s tour organizer, the force behind the move, appears to have the support of the majority of surfers. To accept the proposal or not, sees the event holders divided. ASP has proposals from two other parties bidding for various elements of tour rights at the same time.
A lot has changed in the last three years. Both Billabong and Rip Curl not traveling too nicely, with Quiksilver also experiencing tough times, it seems to be that the traditional pro-tour sponsors, may not be willing to keep ASP afloat any longer.

Terry Hardy and his team are striving to shore up surfer support, backed by 11-time world champ Kelly Slater to give it grunt, commented publicly on his desire to take the tour away from the surf industry. Their problem is, there still appears to be support from the existing events.
Recently with new investors on board, Hardy’s group pitched again to ASP in Australia in February. The ASP saw enough merit in Hardy’s approach to grant his group a period of exclusivity to refine their deal, based on input from the events and the surfers.

Unified media rights is pivotal to the deal, which has been a long-standing weakness of the current tour structure. Brands would pay $1 million to sponsor an event, the administration would take on all other running costs and on-sell media rights. Many of the surfers other concerns with the current tour have also been addressed.

Less is known about ASP’s other two suitors, but they may not even get a hearing if the ASP Board votes to accept Hardy’s proposal.
Extracts from;- http://www.surfinglife.com.au/news/asl-news/7167-a-new-tour

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Mick Fanning Video’s

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Birdie the Boardie

Mick Fanning
Just “fanning” the web pages and video blogs for a bit of interesting footage to share, and came across a couple of videos of Mick Fanning. One was footage of Fanning courtesy of Steve Maloney of Sunnycoast Klips here on the Sunshine Coast, and the other by Mick Fanning him self from the Goldie that shares an interesting concept of surfing.
Just a little tad different to river surfing. Check out the tidal surges! Woosh!!
Hope you “like” both clips

Mick Fanning from Sunnycoast Klips on Vimeo.

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BARRELING at Pitta

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Birdie the Boardie

BARRELING at Pitta
Sunnycoast Klips have provided some great footage of local surfers doing their thing at their best spots.
Stevo says “It was pumping and if you were in the right spot when a set marched through, then you were in the running for an all time tube”.
Tucking under some good sections, bailing or running through on others. However, some sick little waves have proved that local surfing talent is on the up, and that Barreling is still fun .
Some sick young locals doing their thing at Pitta, on equally sick waves.

Pitta St, Today: 4,5-6-2011. from Sunnycoast Klips on Vimeo.

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SURF SCENE-Die Another Day-James Bond

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Birdie the Boardie

SURF SCENE-Die Another Day-James Bond.
Saw this video on www.surfshop.com just recently and thought it was a hoot and a definite share for my followers

Surf Scene waves look familiar and so do the Surfers.

A block of Stomp wax to any one that can place the surfers and the surf spot.

SURF SHOP

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NEW SURFBOARD CARRYING DEVICE-BOARDSLING

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Birdie the Boardie

SLING IT!--BOARDSLING

New Surfboard Carrying Device

Surfboard Carrier- Easy As, A…BOARDSLING

How lucky if you only live a couple of minutes to the beach, but if you are like most of us you usually have a lot of walking to do to get to that perfect break.

Boards are sometimes awkward and heavy when you need to carry any distance.

Boardsling Surfboard Carrying Device

There is a way out however, and it’s called a Boardsling surfboard carrier that is surprisingly easy to use. Gone are the heavy board bags with their slings when you use one of these. Simplicity and ease is it’s major feature.

Just a few points in the Boardsling’s favour.

a/ Carries that big heavy board with ease

b/ Don’t need long arms.

c/ Makes a long walk easy.

d/ Helps eliminate sore back and muscles

e/ Hah! Even the kids can carry their own now!

You know it’s available at the Surf-Shop Peregian Beach and it’s only $49.95

So get every body to carry their own boards, and you can bet when you have one and forget to throw it in the car when you leave for the beach, you will definitely kick yourself for doing so. Just leave it attached to your board when you pack it away, that way you won’t forget it, and hang it up by the strap when you get home is the trick.

New Surfboard Carrying Device is as easy as

Available locally at Surf-Shop Peregian beach

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SURFING LEGEND ROBERT AUGUST

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Birdie the Boardie

What a Life

SURFING LEGEND ROBERT AUGUST

Robert August was the second child to “Blackie” and Pat August.

“Blackie” Roberts married the beautiful raven haired Pat, whom he had glanced his eyes over while spending one of his many days at the beach. Out of this union the second child, Robert arrived at the end of the War in’45. Blackies well known history for partying, surfing, and his generosity, made the August household the place of choice for all the surfing community over the 50′s and 60′s in the Seal Beach coast line of California.

As his story unfolds…as written by Birdie the Boardie

Continue reading →

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Tyler Larronde Hits Jaws

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Birdie the Boardie


Received this Surfing Site from an old friend Roy Barker and it could not be ignored, as it is a story about the son of famous french big wave rider Michel Laronde, who surprised the world recently on December 25th by braving a solid 20 feet Jaws in Mauï (HW). You may read the story here, or follow the Ripcurl link for further Surf related information, videos and pics. http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/44884/surf-news.htm
15 year old Rip Curl team rider Tyler Larronde hits Jaws



Tyler Larronde : photo Franck Berthuot / MauiWatershoot Gallery / Slideshow Team News Tyler Larronde surprised the world at JAWS (HW) on December 25th \| en francias ci dessous Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 12 January, 2010 : – - Tyler Larronde, only 15 years old and son of the French big wave rider Michel Larronde, surprised the world on December 25th by braving a solid 20 feet Jaws in Mauï (HW). Tyler Larronde Hits Jaws Continue reading →

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CLASSIC MALIBU-PETERS STORY

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Birdie the Boardie

NOOSA HEADS and CLASSIC MALIBU

Noosa Heads is renowned for its point surf, and Classic Malibu. The set-up is such that, when the swell is from the right direction, we can have five different breaks working simultaneously, each giving long, glassy walls to slide or rip on a Peter White Board. Continue reading →

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