Interview: Deep dive into Liam O’Brien’s rollercoaster first year on the Championship Tour

Interview: Deep dive into Liam O’Brien’s rollercoaster first year on the Championship Tour

Liam O’Brien’s (also commonly known as LOB) arrival on the 2022 Championship Tour (CT) was one of the unluckiest starts to professional surfing, breaking his leg at Pipe in Hawaii just hours before his CT debut. In the blink of an eye, his lifelong goal to...
Surfing Queensland Launches ‘The Impact Zone’ Road Safety Campaign

Surfing Queensland Launches ‘The Impact Zone’ Road Safety Campaign

Surfing Queensland has launched ‘The Impact Zone’, a road safety education campaign supported by Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads. As surfers, the last place we want to find ourselves in the surf is ‘The Impact...
Surfing Queensland Academy Gears Up for High-Performance Training Camp in Preparation for 2023 Australian Junior Surfing Titles

Surfing Queensland Academy Gears Up for High-Performance Training Camp in Preparation for 2023 Australian Junior Surfing Titles

Surfing Queensland Academy (SQA) is set to hold a three-day high intensity training camp, 1 – 3 September, at the Surfing Australia High Performance Centre (HPC) in Casuarina, NSW. The camp will bring together Queensland’s top Under 18 junior surfers,...
Queensland Achieves a Clean Sweep of Longboard and Logger Divisions at Australian Surf Championships

Queensland Achieves a Clean Sweep of Longboard and Logger Divisions at Australian Surf Championships

Queensland has achieved a clean sweep of the Longboard and Logger divisions on the first day of finals action at the Australian Surf Championships. Landen Smales (Noosa Heads, QLD) won the Open Men’s Logger and U18 Junior Men’s Logger...
A tribute to John Smith Deane, 1929 – 2023

A tribute to John Smith Deane, 1929 – 2023

Words by Andrew McKinnon A founding father of Surfing Queensland and widely respected Coolangatta icon John Deane has sadly passed away at 93 years of age on Saturday night the 22nd of July. A builder by trade who loved surfing, taught his sons Robye and Wayne how to...