Dimity Stoyle
Fresh off a win at the last event of the regional Qualifying Series The Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro, Central Coast phenom Molly Picklum is excited for a full tilt assault on the Challenger Series later this year. Picklum will be a favourite from this region to lock in a spot as a representative on the 2022 elite Championship Tour. I m so excited to head off in September and begin my campaign to qualify for the CT. Picklum said. I ve had a great run of results already this season and feel like I m continuing to build, so my confidence is where it needs to be when competing against all the best up-and-comers in the world. My dream is to be on the Championship Tour competing for world titles and the Challenger Series is the gateway so I m stoked for the opportunity.
A Thing Of Great Cultural Power
While the pros struggled for a three foot wave on Rotto, it was life and death in the shorey at Newcastle Beach.
Mike Clayton-Brown, doing it for Merewether. All photos: Ethan Smith.
Sean Doherty
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Australian surfers will bleed for their club. From the second Tyler Wright was washed into the ocean pool at Cronulla back in 2014, her legrope snagged around the guide chain, Tyler getting smashed against the concrete wall while chasing an extra point for her hometown club of Culburra, you knew the idea of a national boardriders’ event was a thing of great cultural power.
Mick Fanning s return to the World Surf League has coincided with a shark sighting which temporarily halted competition at Sydney s Narrabeen Beach on Sunday.
Fanning, who famously survived a shark attack in competition in South Africa in 2015 by punching and kicking out at the great white, was safely back on the beach after advancing from his elimination heat when a shark was spotted.
Surfers competing in the second heat were pulled from the water and competition was delayed for 15 minutes until the shark made its way further down the coast.
Fanning collected three world titles, in 2007, 2009 and 2013, before surviving the shark attack while competing at Jeffreys Bay, which left him suffering from recurring nightmares.
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