Noosa beach, 2008

The Noosa Festival of Surfing was established in 1992 at Noosa, Queensland by members of the Noosa Malibu Club, as an amateur surfing competition called the Noosa Malibu Classic. It allowed club members to invite friends to surf Noosa's right-hand point breaks and the event's popularity among competitive longboarders gave the club a chance to take the event to a higher level. In 1996 a professional division was introduced and prompted the name change to The Noosa Festival of Surfing (NFoS) in 1998. The World Tandem Surfing Championships (for tandem surfers) were brought to Noosa in 1999 and Stand up paddle surfing was incorporated into the festival in 2007 with live entertainment and fundraising auctions also being held. In 2008, the festival, sponsored by Global Surf Industries and maintained and managed by USM Events, commenced with the traditional Mixing of the Waters ceremony led by Hawaiian waterman Brian Keaulana.[1] The Noosa Festival of Surfing is an official Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Longboard rated event.[2]

Background

Noosa was truly the heart of Australian surfing in the late 50s and early 60s, with some great innovations in surfboard design. Most notably, the shorter boards they were riding at the time. In the early sixties, Kevin Platt, one of Australias and arguably the worlds more influential shapers, designed the early shorter transitional boards under influence from George Greenough . He was working at the time for Hewston Surfboards. A later and shorter advancement of these designs can be seen ridden in the Paul Witzig 1967 film "The Hot Generation". Trevor Hewston was the first board builder in Noosa from around 1958 and although managing to stay "underneath the radar", his influence on surfboard design through the following decades was nothing less than outstanding. Trevor is still innovating today with advancements in epoxy technology.

The points at Noosa produce long peeling waves with perfect barrel sections. In those days a perfect wave could be shared amongst a few friends and you could camp at the end of Hastings street. Noosa today suffers from overcrowding and the unfortunate reality of development and urban sprawl. However, a good wave can be snagged if you're early and it will be guaranteed a memorable one.

Since 2012, the festival has also included the Noosa Surfing Dog Championship, Australia’s oldest and biggest dog surfing event.[3][4][5]

In 2018, the Sunshine Coast based international surf tourism company World Surfaris took over management of the festival.

Log Pro Final results

Date Men’s Log Pro Women’s Log Pro Old Mal (Noserider to 2018) Women’s Open Men's Open
2023 Augusto Olinto Hiroka Yoshikawa Lawrence Harkness Sierra Lerback Dane Pioli
2022 Matt Cuddihy Mason Schremmer Sierra Lerback Bea Conroy Nic Brewer
2021 Matt Chojnacki Tully White Matt Chojnacki Tully White Ben Considine
2020 Matt Chojnacki Honolua Blomfield Not held Hayley Otto Kaniela Stewart
2019 Kaniela Stewart Sierra Lerback Not held Avalon Gall Kai Sallas
2018 Zye Norris Honolua Blomfield Dane Pioli Soleil Errico Nic Jones
2017 Bowie Pollard Hiroki Yoshikawa Clinton Guest Hiroki Yoshikawa Kai Takayama
2016 Matt Chojnacki Honolua Blomfield Taylor Jensen Karina Rozunko Nic Jones
2015 Sam Crookshanks Karina Rozunko Harley Ingleby Mele Saili Joe Rickabough
2014 Harrison Roach Honolua Blomfield Taylor Jensen Kathryn Hughes Taylor Jensen
2013 Harrison Roach
(plus Duct Tape Invitational)		 Isabelle Braly Harrison Roach Nic Jones
2012 Harrison Roach Chelsea Williams Zye Norris Nic Jones
2011 Josh Constable Chelsea Williams Harrison Roach Erin Dark Jordi Brown
2010 Taylor Jensen Crystal Dzigas Christian Wach Sharon Jackson George Cunningham
2009 Taylor Jensen Chelsea Williams Christian Wach Monique Keane Justin Healy
2008 Josh Constable Jennifer Smith Christian Wach Monique Keane Ben Howarth
2007 Josh Constable Chelsea Williams Christian Wach
2006 Grant Thomas Belinda Baggs Matt Cuddihy
2005 Grant Thomas Joy Magelssen Monahan Matt Cuddihy
2004
2003 Dave Simons
2002 Josh Constable
2001 Ian Bell Jenny McCarthy kevin Connolly
1999-2000 Joel Tudor
(2 in a row)
1996-98 Bonga Perkins
(3 in a row)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Noosa Festival". Archived from the original on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  2. ↑ ASP 2008 Longboard Schedule with Full Results
  3. ↑ "Surfing Dog Pictures. Because You Deserve It". 8 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Surfing Dog Championships | VetShopAustralia". vetshopaustralia.com.au.
  5. ↑ "VetShopAustralia Dog Surfing Championships". Noosa Festival of Surfing 2020. 15 January 2019.
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