Connor O’Leary Shines at Quiksilver Pro

Connor O’Leary Shines at Quiksilver Pro

It took a long time but the moment that Connor O’Leary has been waiting for is almost finally here.  (Story by John Veage) Welcome to the big time. O’Leary’s first heat in the Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast, the first stop on the 2017 World Surf League Championship...
Greg Noll in Crounlla

Greg Noll in Crounlla

“I remember this building”. These were the first words legendary Californian Hall of fame big wave rider Greg Noll uttered as he was reintroduced to the Cronulla Surf Club 60 years after his first and only visit. Noll was a member of the American lifeguard team that...
The Mob Charity Tag Team

The Mob Charity Tag Team

Surf Retrospect Event #3 – The Mob Store Charity Tag Team Shire Businesses combined to raise $5K for local charity, Headspace Miranda on the weekend, during the third event of Surf Retrospect 2016. Teams of 5 surfers entered from Regallo, L J Hooker Commercial...
Historic Photographic and Surfboard Display

Historic Photographic and Surfboard Display

On the weekend of October 29 and 30, Surfing Sutherland Shire is hosting Greg Noll to celebrate 60 years since the first “Malibu” style surfboards were ridden in Australia. Greg was a member of the American Lifeguard team that stayed at Cronulla Surf Life Club in 1956...
Who knew? Cronulla is the birthplace of modern surfing

Who knew? Cronulla is the birthplace of modern surfing

“Mike Bright and I paddled out, started catching waves. Then people starting running across the car park to the beach. There were hundreds of them. I thought, ‘sheesh, someone’s had a heart attack’.” The speaker is Greg Noll . Eighty years old. Conqueror of Waimea...