SUNSHINE COAST, QUEENSLAND (Saturday 28 October, 2023) - Isla Huppatz (Billinga) and Hinata Aizawa (Palm Beach), both members of the Burleigh Boardriders Club, have taken out the second qualifying event...
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Boardriders Set to Battle This Weekend on The Sunshine Coast
SUNSHINE COAST, QUEENSLAND (27 OCTOBER, 2023) - Queensland clubs are preparing for battle at the sixth stop of the Hyundai Australian Boardriders Battle (ABB) Series this Sunday, 29 October, on the Sunshine...
Australian Open of Surfing Tour presented by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Returns to the Sunshine Coast
GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND (Wednesday 25 October, 2023) – The Australian Open of Surfing (AOS) Tour presented by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Sunshine Coast Open, is set to kick off an exciting weekend of...
Queensland Teenager, Kai Colless, Wins World Championships & Qualifies For ISA World Para Surfing Championships One Year After Losing Full Use Of His Legs
Last year, Kai Colless, a 16-year-old from Burleigh Heads was on a surfing holiday in France with his family when he started to lose function in his legs. Kai was diagnosed with a rare condition called...
Danny Green’s Stop the Coward Punch Campaign joins forces with surfing states to raise awareness of coward punch attacks
Surfing Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales are proud to announce a new partnership with Danny Green’s Stop the Coward Punch Campaign to help raise awareness of coward punch attacks across the east coast of...
The Woolworths Surfer Groms Comp wraps up at Tugun Beach on the Gold Coast
GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND (Sunday 8 October) –The Woolworths Surfers Groms Comps stop four of the nationwide series wrapped up today with a marathon day of competition at Tugun beach on the Gold Coast. Some of...
Junior surfing stars set to shine on the Gold Coast this weekend at the Woolworths Surfer Groms Comps
GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND (Friday 6 October, 2023) - Stop four of the nationwide series, Woolworths Surfers Groms Comps, is set to kick off tomorrow on the Gold Coast.The two day event (7 - 8 October), attracting...
Surfing Queensland Unveils Exciting New Competition: Cooee Grommet Pro
Surfing Queensland has today announced the launch of a brand-new competition, the Cooee Grommet Pro, set to take place on the Sunshine Coast, 11 - 13 December 2023. This unique event stands out as one of the few in...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Australian Open of Surfing Tour Returns To The East Coast in 2023
Surfing Queensland and Surfing NSW is excited to announce the return of the highly anticipated Australian Open of Surfing (AOS) Tour, presented by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to the East Coast in 2023,...
Ethan Ewing Provisionally Qualifies for Paris 2024
Based on 2023 World Surf League rankings and competition results at J-Bay where he finished runner up, Ethan Ewing has secured the WSL ranking requirement for qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games....
Queensland Junior Champions Crowned at Coolum Beach
The winners of the 2023 Woolworths Queensland Junior Titles event two and overall Queensland Champions were crowned today in clean two-to-three foot waves at Coolum Beach. It was a classic Queensland winter day...
Champions Crowned at Snapper Rocks for the Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp
The 18th annual Billabong Occy's Grom Comp concluded today in spectacular fashion amidst wet and wild conditions at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast. Despite the inclement weather, there was plenty of opportunity...
Finalists Decided on Day Three of Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp
The stage has been set for the final day of competition at the Billabong Occy's Grom Comp after a massive day of surfing as all divisions hit the two-to-three foot waves to vye for a position in tomorrows finals. ...