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2024 Cronulla Surfing Titles

by: John Veage The first Cronulla Surfing Titles were held in the early 1960s by the original Cronulla Boardriders Club – they were the only club on the beach at the time and surfing was a new competitive sport in this country before Manly hosted the inaugural 1964 World Surfing Titles. The Sutherland Shire was […]

Greater Good Award

Some of the biggest names in surfing have been honoured at the 2023 Australian Surfing Awards, held last week at the Bondi Pavilion. The event, recognised the outstanding achievements of athletes and contributors across 19 award categories with Ethan Ewing and Molly Picklum awarded male and female surfer of the year. Celebrating the heart of […]

Shark Island Contest to make a comeback

By John Veage Cronulla’s only truly International surfing event, the Bodyboard King Shark Island Challenge is making a welcome comeback to the shallow reef slab for 2024. For over 20 years, Cronulla’s Shark Island has been a proving ground for high-performance bodyboarding in Australia. This competition runs uniquely as a world tour specialty bodyboarding event […]

Surfers set for emergencies

Photo and Words by: John Veage Cronulla surfers were some of the first to participate in a Trauma Surfers Rescue/Bleeding Control course that was held at Cronulla Beach last week thanks to Cronulla RSL funding. Surfing NSW have started running this course for various coastal communities up and down the NSW Coastline and were stoked […]

Cronulla Girls Surf Celebration

Cronulla Girls Boardriders Club celebrate their quarter century of riding the waves. Picture and words by: John Veage The Cronulla Girls Boardriders Cub has celebrated its 25th year at its annual presentation night at the Cronulla RSL Club. Formed by Sari Lokollo and a handful of like minded women in 1998 it was started some […]