Arnette NSW Junior Surfing Titles

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The Arnette NSW Junior Surfing Titles will see the best junior surfers in NSW compete over 5 days across 6 divisions at Forster/Tuncurry in the surf rich Great Lakes Region of the NSW Mid North Coast from July 29 - Aug 2. Good luck to the FNC grommets. Check back here for updates

UPDATE July 31
We are heading into the weekend and the pointy end of the event. Steph Single is into the semis in the U16 Girls. Lyla Wright, Tyler Wright ( no relation ) and Codie Klein are into the quarter finals of the U18 Girls. Soli Bailey has been on fire in the U16 Boys. In the U18 Boys Nikki Hoskin, Mitchell James and Tiaan Van Den Berg are all into the 2nd round

UPDATE August 2
Soli Bailey finished 4th place in the U16 Boys Arnette NSW Junior Surfing Titles.Steph Single fought to the end but had to settle with 2nd place in the U16 Girls. Tyler Wright and Mikey Wright both continued their dominance of their respective divisions and come home NSW State Champions. Codie Klein surfed well to finish 2nd in the U18 Girls Jeames Young was also a finalist in the U14 Boys and finished in 4th. Well done to all the FNC surfers
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The Billabong Pro Junior - Bali will run from July 21 - 27 and there is swell predicted to light up Keramas for the start of the event. Check back for results and photos.

UPDATE July 21
Day 1 saw only 10 round 1 heats surfed. Ellis Ericson will surf in Ht 14 of round one and Garrett Parkes surfs in Ht 16 round 2

UPDATE July 22
Ellis Ericson won his first round heat today and moved into the round of 64.

UPDATE July 23
Ellis and Garrett both won their round of 64 heats. Unfortunately they were eliminated in the round of 32 and finished 17th

The U.S Open runs from July 18th - 26th. Woody, Dan, Adam ,Owen, and Stu Kennedy are all in for a chance at the biggest 1st place cash prize in surfing history.

UPDATE July 20
Stu Kennedy has made a good start to the event and is already into the quarter finals of the Nike 6.0 Pro Junior .

UPDATE July 21
Woody was knocked out first round and is on his way home early.

UPDATE July 22
Stu Kennedy and Owen Wright both won their 1st round heats with ease and move into the round of 96

UPDATE July 23
Adam Melling and Stu Kennedy were both eliminated . Owen surfs against Mick Fanning and Rob Machado in his next heat. Dan Ross had a good win and goes into the round of 48.

UPDATE July 24
Owen couldn't get past the big names in his heat and finished in the round of 96. Dan Ross is into the final 24.



UPDATE July 26
Dan Ross has posted another solid result finishing in 9th place. The 1375 points will be an improvement on his next lowest result and he is now back at No.1 on the WQS.

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Fantastic Noodles Pro Junior

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The Fantastic Noodles Pro Junior is in South Australia July 16th - 19th. Day 1 was called off due to crap conditions. Check back for updates on the progress of the Far North Coast grommets.

UPDATE July 17
Owen Wright started in his usual fashion today and won his heat in the round of 64 by a mile with scores of 7.75 and 9.25 . Garrett Parkes made it through in a tight heat and both of the groms are into the final 32. Good luck fellahs

UPDATE July 18
Owen and Garrett are going really well , both won their round of 32 heats and are into the final 16.

UPDATE July 18
Plenty of news from South Oz today. Garrett was knocked in the round of 16 so finished in 13th. Owen Wright has pulled the pin, even though he was still in the event, to head over to the States for the U.S Open. His sisters are on opposite sides of the draw and both in the semis so an all Wright final could be on the cards in the female division. Interesting times if your last name is Wright

UPDATE July 19
Kirby couldn't find the right waves and finished 3rd. Tyler led for most of the final but was beaten in the dying minutes and finished in 2nd. Another great result for Tyler and the Wright family

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The Coca-Cola Saquarema Pro '09 runs from July 14 - 19. James Woods surfs in the round of 144 and Adam Melling starts in the round of 96. Good Luck Fellahs.
In WCT news Keiren Perrow has had another solid result with a 9th at the Billabong Pro Jefferies Bay.

UPDATE July 15
Woody had a huge win in tiny windswell garbage to go into the round of 96. It was definitely the opposite of the Dream Tour out there today.

UPDATE July 16
Good news from Brazil overnight with Adam and Woody both making it into the round of 48. They will be surfing in the 2nd & 3rd heats of the day when competition resumes.

UPDATE July 17
Woody had the bad luck to draw a heat with 3 Brazilians. He stayed strong and tried to hold the inside for the whole heat. Unfortunately the Brazil-nuts did a number on him and Jimmy had to cop it. Obviously Leandro Bastos ,Willian Cardoso and Gabriel Medina have no intentions of surfing Lennox Point in the near future.
Mello surfed against a crew from everywhere except Brazil but lacked his usual intensity and was left behind for another 37th.

Up next is the Hurley US Open of Surfing with a record $US 100,000 1st prize.


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Rusty Gromfest 2009

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It's Gromfest time again and Max has called a lay day for competition on day 1. With heaps of locals in the contest it will be a massive 4 days of surfing on the Far North Coast. Good luck groms .Check back here for local results and photos.

UPDATE July 11
Today in the 14 Boys Michael Wright charged the larger set waves to easily win his heat and later his sister Tyler who is current Australian and World Junior surfing champion and also a multiple Rusty Gromfest champion, easily won her opening round 16 Girls heat. Well done to Kirstin Ogden who also had an impressive win in her first round heat. More results to come......

UPDATE July 12
Big east swell and difficult conditions for the groms today. In the U12 boys Zac Wightman and Jeames Young are in the 1/4 finals. In the U14 girls Steph Single and Kirstin Ogden are both set to battle it out in the final. In the U16 girls Tyler Wright is an unstoppable force of nature and looks set to claim her second title in a fortnight. In the under 14 boys Mikey Wright , Soli Bailey and Tommy Boucat are all in the 1/4 finals - good work boys and keep it up. In the U16 boys Nikki Hoskins is the last far north coast grom standing.

UPDATE July 13
A Wright family double today with Tyler winning the U16 Girls and Mikey winning the U14 Boys. Tyler left it till the dying minutes to get her second wave and seal the deal while Mikey started with a 10 and dominated his final. Zac Wightman came 4th in the U12 Boys. Tommy Boucat surfed well in the U14 Boys but couldn't get near Mikey to finish in 4th. Kirstin Ogden came 2nd while Steph Single finished 3rd in the U14 Girls. Nikki Hoskins hard a tough final in the U16 Boys and finished 4th overall.
A fantastic result for surfers from the Far North Coast.

Maresia Surf International

Photos Daniel Smorigo

The 6 star Maresia Surf International at Praia Mole,Florianopolis,Santa Catarina-Brazil starts on July 7 th. Woody starts in the round of 144 and Mello starts in the round of 96.

UPDATE July 8
Woody did just enough to ensure a win in his round of 144 heat. “The contest in South Africa was awesome,I finished in second and helped me a lot in the rankings, a great result for me and we had great waves all week. Unfortunately, I arrived here at 3am yesterday, so I’m very tired and I hope get my sleeping back to normal."
Adam Melling won his round of 96 heat in spectacular fashion with scores of 7.67 and 9.17 to go into the final 48.“I feel pretty good,I found good waves, especially my high score 9.17 . I’d like to do well here and try to get back on top, my goal for this year is win the ASP WQS Tour and be on the ASP World Tour next year”.

UPDATE July 10
Woody had a close win in his round of 96 heat. Unfortunately both Mello and Woody were eliminated in the round of 48. Next up is the Coca-Cola Saquarema Pro.

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Billabong Occy's Grom Comp

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The Billabong Occy's Grom Comp is nearing the pointy end of the event. A couple of North coast surfers including Soli Bailey , Jeames Young ,Nikki Hoskin ,Mikey Wright and Tyler Wright are still in the hunt. Check back Wednesday arvo for the wrap up.

UPDATE July 8
Tyler Wright took down everyone to win the under 16 girls. Earlier in the week some were saying that her winning would be anything but a forgone conclusion. They underestimated Tyler.Soli Bailey backed up all his good form for '09 and finished in 3rd while Mikey Wright did well to win his semi final and finished the event in 4th in the under 14's. Nikki Hoskins had a good run and finished 7th in the hotly contested under 16's. Jeames Young had a great event and finished 4th in the under 12's. The 14 girls division was also finalised today with Byron blaster Kirsten Ogden shooting into the limelight with her own brand of backhand surfing for a massive win.
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