Guy Cribb's INtuition in Australia Surf Gods finish course

JP Team Rider Guy Cribb, K-9, has just finished a 5000 kilometre road and surf trip with his INtuition Surf Gods course in Western Australia. They sailed mast-and-a-half high Margeret River and logo high Esperence with wind and surf every day of their adventure.

For more information about Guy's trips check out the INtuition website .

Bron : www.jp-australia.com

Burleigh Single Fin Classic Spreads SunWise Message

WEDNESDAY 11TH JANUARY 2012: SUNCORP and Surfing Australia were busy across the weekend, spreading the SunWise message at the Burleigh Single Fin Classic on the Gold Coast.

Sixty four surfers contested the tournament - young and old came out to play in the Burleigh surf with ages ranging from 11 years through to 50 years.

The Suncorp SunWise crew provided hats, sunscreen and water to the visitors of the Suncorp shade bar and educated surfing enthusiasts on the dangers of sun exposure.

A Suncorp SunWise UV wristband that indicates what the UV level is was also distributed.

Cabarita surfboard shaper, Jason Jameson, made the most of choppy conditions to beat a hot field of surfers.

The final was contested in choppy conditions in half to one metre waves dotted by bluebottles which converged in their thousands onto Burleigh Heads.

The 20-year-old Cabarita surfboard shaper defied a hot field and the presence of a huge swarm of bluebottles to win the prestigious tournament on count back from Burleigh Heads' Noah Lane, while third place in the six men final went to Lane's club mate, Kyle Robinson.

Burleigh's Ryan Grey finished fourth, defending champion, Clint Kimmins (Snapper Rocks) was fifth and Cabarita's Brent Savage wound up in sixth place.

Since joining forces with Surfing Australia in January 2010, Suncorp have helped remind over 100,000 Aussie beachgoers of the importance of being sun safe and provided much needed shade and sunscreen at surfing events.

For 2012/13, Suncorp has been retained as a corporate partner of Surfing Australia, maintaining their status as the official ‘financial institution’ of Surfing Australia.

The extended partnership includes support sponsor rights for Suncorp to the High Performance Centre, the Australian Surfing Awards and the Green Room Conference.

Suncorp SunWise shade tents will be seen at surfing events throughout Australia including the Australian Surf Festival and the 8-event strong Wahu Surfer Groms Comps.

Suncorp will also support Team Australia and summer surf camps within Surfing Australia to help spread the sun protection message.

For all updates visit www.surfingaustralia.com or call the Surfing Australia Office on (07) 5599 3800. For more information about the SunWise program visit www.suncorp.com.au/sunwise

Christmas Swell hits Byron

It’s an optimistic surfer that heads to Byron Bay over Christmas in the hope of scoring waves amongst the holiday crowds. But this year thing were different. The elements aligned to turn on epic right-hand barrels on the Town’s main beach.


“There was a big hype around the swell,” recalled born-and-bred local Nick Colbey. “It didn’t look that promising on Christmas Eve but by morning it was pumping… a lot of crew were calling it one of best days in the last five years.”

A huge easterly swell courtesy of ex-topical cyclone Fina was washing through the Pass, so the action moved down the beach toward town.

With the solid swell keeping many tourists ashore, the session was largely a local affair with Danny Wills, Garrett Parkes, Johnny Abeg, Sol Bailey and all the other local lads sharing waves in front of a crowd gathered in Main Beach carpark.

“It was massive out the back,” sad Nick. “It almost had a second-reef feel, there was heaps of wash-throughs in the bay. But the session had a really cool vibe. Christmas morning there were about 500 people lined up along the carpark shouting and hooting. It was pretty special.”

Despite this, the swell dished out some serious beatings, with Willsy reportedly left coughing up blood after a particularly severe altercation with the sandbar.

The action peaked over Christmas and Boxing Day, and thought the Swell hung around until New Year, most of the locals had had their fill.

“After that after that everyone was really surfed out… the Coronas came out and everyone was into the cricket…”

Bron, http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/article.aspx?articleId=9951