Happening right now is the 19th annual Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing in Australia and is easily the biggest surf festival in the world, attracting more than 600 competitors and thousands of spectators for eight days of pure stoke.
Boasting the most diverse program of surf competitions under one banner anywhere in the world, the Noosa Festival has something for everyone from paddlers, to grandpas and groms, along with a week’s worth of events and entertainment in Surf City for all to enjoy!
To check out the latest and greatest from the festival and watch all the awesome footage from all the events visit www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com.au.
Through out the week competitive events have been taking place such as...
o Golden Breed Pro LQS Men’s 1-Star
o Back Beach Women’s 1-Star LQS Pro
o Golden Breed Noserider Pro
o Suncorp Stand Up Paddle Pro
o Tourism Noosa Tandem Pro
o Bluewater Players SUPs Race
o Noosa Journal Family Challenge
o V-Australia Noosa/Malibu Teams Challenge
o Amateurs - Divisions for everyone, visit www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com.au for full
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Festival events...
• Features several fundraisers during the eight days, including the Champs for Charity
Teams Challenge, a surf and turf golf event raising money for SurfAid International,
Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation, Frangipani Dreams and Mission Mexico
• Global One Design Invitational featuring the McTavish Original model
• Gidget’s Girls Night Out – a celebration of female surfing, in the presence of the girl who
made it all possible, Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, with a screening of the film on 3/18 at
6:30pm
• Going Vertical – Premiere of the film five years in the making that tells the story of the
shortboard revolution 3/19 at 7pm
• Music Festival – Six-hours of surf-synched rock featuring The Beautiful Girls, Ash
Grunwald, Tijuana Cartel, Band of Frequencies, Pico, Kym Campbell and The Dave Flowers
Band 3/20 at 3pm
• The Glide – Australian virtuoso violinst Richard Tognetti brings his bizarre fusion of surf and
sound to Noosa on 3/15 at 7:30pm
• Don’t forget to stop by the historic surfboard exhibition, collectors’ fair and Ours Surf Expo
WHEN: Sunday, March 14th – Sunday, March 21st
From 7am daily
WHERE: Noosa Beach & various Surf City locations
Images: Global Surf Industries
Posted on 20 March 2010 - 4:43pm
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