The annual Girls Go Surfing Day – the world’s longest running female learn-to-surf program – hits Australian beaches this weekend. In its 23rd year, the Girls Go Surfing Day encourages female non-surfers and beginners of all ages to experience the thrill of surfing with their friends and family. To be run across the coming weekend [...]
Almost one hundred eager grommets converged on Coolum earlier this week to battle it out in the water and participate in loads of beach games and giveaways in the Wahu Surfer Groms comp. Run over two days (7-8 January), the Sunshine Coast competition was event seven of the annual Wahu Surfer Groms series, with the [...]
It was a case of déjà vu yesterday as Coolum High School’s recently celebrated MR Shield winners, Isabella Nichols and Jaleesa Vincent, both claimed victory in their respective Rip Curl GromSearch divisions. This time however, the win was at their home break in Coolum and made all the more sweeter with the backing of a [...]
Coolum High School took top honours for school surfing at the Soundwave Australian Junior Surfing Titles on Friday, with U19 girls Jaleesa Vincent and reigning state champion Isabella Nichols winning the MR Shield. Named after four time world surfing champion Mark Richards, the MR Shield decides Australia’s top surfing schools across three divisions – under [...]
Coolum Beach provided near perfect two to three foot waves for 32 young ‘surf stoked’ grommets from as far south as Lennox Heads at the inaugural Super Grom Surf Off, held on Saturday (10 Nov, 2012). Strong performances were posted by 11 year old Kara Peterson (Coolum) in 13 and Under Girl’s and Mikey McDonagh [...]
