\n A late addition to the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of
\n Surfing, presented by Golden Breed – a bushfire benefit concert
\n will be held on the evening of Saturday 21st March at the Good Vibes
\n Surf Expo in Lions Park.
\n
\n At the time of going to press the nights line-up consists Afro Dizzy
\n Act, Pico, Golden Sound, Tim Gaze and Max Judo but more acts are
\n signing on every day. ‘The response from local muso’s has been unreal’
\n says Expo organiser Scott Cairns of Panga Productions. ‘We’re getting
\n calls every day from bands offering to play. Some of the members
\n of Band of Frequencies will be in town and they want to get involved.
\n Its shaping up to be a pretty cool free event.’
\n
\n Volunteers will be accepting donations from the crowd and all proceeds
\n will go to the Bushfire appeal.
\n
\n The Good Vibes Surf Expo will run for the last four days of the
\n Noosa Festival of Surfing, from the Thursday 19th to the Sunday
\n 22nd , 10am to 10pm daily. The beneficiary of the expo is Frangipani
\n Dreams and the major sponsor is Good Vibes Water.
\n
\n Several surf related brands will be showcasing their products with
\n various demos scheduled for every day including one from Tom Wegener
\n who will be shaping his famous Alaia wood surfboards on site, and
\n a fashion show for Hive Swimwear and Golden Breed.
\n
\n Highlights of the days surfing will be projected onto a big screen
\n in the park and a surf film will be screened every night. There
\n will be a bar area, foodstalls and a children’s activity area as
\n well as DJ and live music throughout the four days.
\n
\n Businesses interested in becoming involved in the expo should contact
\n Scott Cairns of Panga Productions via email at info@pangaproductions.com.au<\/A>.
\n
SURFING\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S OLD DUDES PUT THEIR BEST FEET FORWARD<\/H3>
\n Surf industry legends Bill Wallace and Ray \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Admiral\u00e2\u20ac\u009d McKeon
\n are to be honored at the second annual Feet of Fame inauguration
\n in Noosa next week. The Feet of Fame is part of the Global Surf
\n Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing, presented by Golden Breed,
\n which starts on Sunday. The Feet of Fame inauguration will be held
\n at Laguna Jack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Teppan Bar from 6.30pm on Tuesday night.
\n
\n Festival director Phil Jarratt said the Feet of Fame had become
\n an occasion for all the surfers gathered in Noosa for the festival
\n to pay tribute to the pioneers. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We all recognise the contributions
\n of these guys, but this is a great way to mark what they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done
\n for posterity. Last year we honored surfer\/shaper Bob McTavish and
\n Coast waterman and industry pioneer Hayden Kenny. This year we looked
\n at the Noosa surfing community and came up with two people whose
\n position on the Feet of Fame walkway is totally deserved.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n Bill Wallace was one of Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading \u00e2\u20ac\u0153toothpick\u00e2\u20ac\u009d surfers
\n in the 1940s, and in the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc50s was at the forefront of the development
\n of the Malibu chip surfboard in Australia. One of the finest surfboard
\n craftsmen in the world, Bill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brand remained an industry leader
\n through the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc60s and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc70s, and more recently in Noosa, he has
\n turned his expertise to fine collector wood boards. Bill doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t
\n surf any more but still gets a workout on his paddle ski most mornings
\n at the Noosa Rivermouth, before beachcombing with wife Betty.
\n
\n Ray McKeon was one of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cornel Wilde Gang\u00e2\u20ac\u009d along with Bluey
\n Mayes at Bondi in the 1940s and a very good toothpick rider as well.
\n But when his work as a merchant seaman took him to Hawaii regularly
\n in the early 1950s he took to surfing the Malibu chips the Waikiki
\n locals had started to ride, thus making him one of the first Australian
\n to take up the modern longboard, years before Greg Noll and friends
\n introduced them to Australia. A First Point regular until very recently,
\n Ray and Joan are a much-loved part of the Noosa surfing community.
\n
\n The Noosa Festival of Surfing salutes both Feet of Fame inductees
\n for 2009.
\n
\n BARGAINS AT BACK BEACH NOOSA VINTAGE SURF AUCTION<\/H3>
\n There is exceptional value for collectors this year at the Noosa
\n surf auction, presented by Back Beach<\/B> art gallery and collectibles
\n at the Noosa Heads Surf Club, 7pm, Wednesday, March 18<\/B>.
\n
\n
\n There is exceptional value for collectors this year at the Noosa
\n surf auction, presented by Back Beach<\/B> art gallery and collectibles
\n at the Noosa Heads Surf Club, 7pm, Wednesday, March 18<\/B>.
\n
\n
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\n Auction convenors Darryl Homan and Phil Jarratt have put together
\n another classic collection of vintage surfboards, memorabilia and
\n collectibles. More than 40 lots will go under the hammer of auctioneer
\n Laurie Prentice, while a further 20 lots will be presented in a
\n silent auction preceding the main event.
\n
\n World longboard champion Bonga Perkins will be guest presenter,
\n along with such luminaries as Gordon Woods, Bill Wallace, Darrell
\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rooster\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dell and design innovator Thomas\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.
\n
\n According to Darryl Homan the time has never been better for investing
\n in surf collectibles. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The world economy is down and people are
\n being careful with their finances, but as with real estate, rationalisation
\n of people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s holdings means that things are being released for
\n sale with lower expectations. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s definitely a buyer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s market.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n Among the prized lots are a 1930s Hawaiian paipo board, a classic
\n Gordon Woods 1958 balsa pig, a one-owner 1956 Bill Klimer cigar
\n box okinui, two 1970s mint condition Lightning Bolt guns, plus mint
\n first editions of Surfer, Surfing World, Australian Surfer and Surfabout,
\n and surf art by John Severson and Lynne Boyer.
\n
\n The Back Beach Noosa Vintage Surf Auction catalogue
\n is available for download here (PDF document).
\n
GOLDEN BREED NOSERIDER SET TO GO<\/H3>
\n One of the best fields of internationally renowned noseriders ever
\n assembled will take to the tip in this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $3000 Golden Breed
\n Noserider at the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing,
\n presented by Golden Breed.
\n
\n
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\n
Noosa noseriding sensation Matt Cuddihy plays
\n the weighting game at First Point.
\n Photo courtesy Global Surf Industries.<\/B><\/P>
\n
\n Festival director Phil Jarratt said the final field of 14 invitees
\n and 12 triallists vying for the last two slots in the main event
\n represented the cr\u00c3\u00a8me de la cr\u00c3\u00a8me of the longboard specialty.
\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never easy to decide who gets invited to a thing like
\n this, but I think we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve chosen a very strong representation of
\n people with track records in noseriding events and hot kids who
\n just light up the points with their ability. I think we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going
\n to see the bar raised big time in this event, juding by some of
\n the stuff we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen in the training sessions at First Point over
\n recent weeks.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n Headed by last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Noosa noseriding winner Christian Wach of
\n California, the invitee list includes fellow finalists and Noosa
\n locals Zye Norris and Matt Cuddihy, current world number twos Antoine
\n Delpero of France and Chelsea Williams of Australia, former world
\n champions Josh Constable and Jen Smith, and former world junior
\n shortboard champion Julian Wilson, fresh from his great form at
\n the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast.
\n
\n Twelve invited triallists will battle it out in two heats on Sunday,
\n March 15, for the final two positions in the main event, which will
\n begin on Monday, March 16, alongside the Golden Breed Mens LQS Pro
\n and the Banana Boat Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s LQS Pro.
\n
\n NOSERIDER INVITATIONAL<\/B>
\n Christian Wach, USA (1st 08)
\n Ezra Norris, Noosa, Q (2nd 08)
\n Matt Cuddihy, Noosa, Q (3rd 08)
\n Jen Smith, USA (07 world champion)
\n Chelsea Williams, NSW (08 world runner up)
\n Antoine Delpero, France (08 world runner up)
\n Harley Ingleby, NSW (08 world number 3)
\n Ned Snow, Hawaii (08 world number 2)
\n Seb Wilson, Coolum, Q (legend)
\n Josh Constable, Noosa, Q (former world champion)
\n Dane Wilson, NSW (legend)
\n Harrison Roach, Noosa, Q (legend)
\n Julian Wilson, Coolum, Q (legend)
\n Taylor Jensen, USA (US champion)
\n
\n NOSERIDER TRIALS (top 2 progress to main event)<\/B>
\n Jordy Brown, Vic
\n Try Mothershead, USA
\n Bryce Young, NSW
\n Alex Bullpitt, Caloundra, Q
\n Trent Dickey, Noosa, Q
\n Ben Skinner, UK
\n Brett White, Noosa, Q
\n Zye Norris, Noosa Q
\n Justin Healy, Caloundra, Q
\n Zac Southgate-Smith, Noosa, Q
\n Jock Bahen, WA
\n Jess Jerrems, Noosa, Q
\n SIX STOKED FAMILIES JOIN IN THE SPIRIT! <\/H3>
\n More news later but six families have beaten the odds and the timekeeper
\n to get their entries into the Honolua Surf Co\/Cafe Le Monde Spirit
\n of Teams event to be held Sunday, March 15.
\n
\n Entries opened late on March 3 and were filled by the following
\n morning!
\n
\n Looks like we might be on a winner with this one.
\n
\n Final List<\/B>
\n
\n Mick and Bart Wilson, Qld
\n Dave and Dane Wilson, NSW
\n Libby and Jackson Winter, Qld
\n Sam and Luke Egan, NSW\/Qld
\n Rusty and Taylor Miller, NSW
\n Phil and Belinda Baggs, NSW\/Qld
\n Ciaran and Roisin Carolan Roisin, NSW
\n Ben and Dane Pioli, Qld
\n Dave McIvor and daughter Shani, Qld
\n Paul Winter and daughter Kelly, Qld
\n Peter and Brett White, Qld
\n Lee and Ben Constadine, Vic
\n
\n
\n
\n SPIRIT OF FAMILY IN NOOSA<\/H3>
\n One of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading surfwear brands has teamed up with
\n one of Noosa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s iconic caf\u00c3\u00a9 restaurants to put the family feeling
\n back into the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing,
\n presented by Golden Breed.
\n
\n The Honolua Surf Co.\/Caf\u00c3\u00a9 le Monde Spirit of Family Challenge<\/B>
\n will put the focus on multi-generation surfing as more mums and
\n dads keep on surfing as their offspring turn into champions. The
\n Challenge will pit six invited teams of well-known surfing families
\n against each other and against the first six families to take up
\n the challenge on the festival website.
\n
\n Note that all competitors must be from a 2 generational family i.e.
\n Father\/Son, Father\/Daughter, Mother\/Son, Mother\/Daughter only.
\n
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\n
\n
Mick Fanning making something out of nothing. The
\n teams events are a hoot whatever the conditions.
\n Photo courtesy Global Surf Industries.<\/P>
\n
\n Said festival director Phil Jarratt: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Honolua\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guy Walker
\n came to us with this idea of promoting families surfing together
\n and we loved it. As it happened, so did Caf\u00c3\u00a9 le Monde which promotes
\n family dining at the beach, so they teamed up to sponsor this new
\n event for Noosa. We hope it becomes a regular addition to the festival.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/B>
\n
\n Invited teams include former ASP world tour star Luke Egan and his
\n shaper dad, Sam, soul surfing superstar Belinda Baggs and her dad
\n Phil, the patriarch of Coolum\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Wilson surfing dynasty Mick and
\n son Bart, and former US champion Rusty Miller with daughter Taylor.
\n The first six parent\/child Noosa competitors to apply at www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com
\n will join in the fun of the Honolua\/Le Monde Spirit of Family event
\n at Noosa on Sunday, March 15.
\n
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\n Fanning and Steph Gilmore at last year’s festival, and loved it!
\n Family fun is what Noosa is all about.
\n Photo courtesy Global Surf Industries.<\/P>
\n
\n Presentations for this and other Waterman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sunday events will
\n take place at a festival opening night family luau at Caf\u00c3\u00a9 Le Monde
\n immediately following the festival opening ceremony at sunset, live
\n music from Rusty Miller\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hot old guy surf band, The Yanx. Yowza!
\n
\n HONOLUA\/LE MONDE SPIRIT OF FAMILY INVITEES<\/B>
\n
\n Mick & Bart Wilson (Qld)
\n Dave and Dane Wilson (NSW)
\n Rusty & Taylor Miller (NSW)
\n Phil & Belinda Baggs (NSW\/Qld)
\n Libby and Jackson Winter (Qld)
\n Luke & Sam Egan (Qld\/NSW)
\n
\n TO BE JOINED BY THE FIRST SIX FAMILIES, SEND AN EMAIL TO Phil Jarratt
\n at backbeachnoosa@bigpond.com<\/A>
\n ANOTHER WORLD PREMIERE FOR NOOSA FESTIVAL<\/H3>
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\n
\n The world premiere of the feature-length \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Searching for Michael
\n Peterson\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will be a highlight of the Global Surf Industries Noosa
\n Festival of Surfing, with the sport\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s luminaries from around the
\n world expected to attend.
\n
\n The premiere, at Noosa Cinemas on Monday, March 16 will be hosted
\n by former world pro surfing champion Peter Townend, and will also
\n feature a live music set from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Morning of the Earth\u00e2\u20ac\u009d musicians
\n Peter Howe and Tim Gaze, plus an exclusive encore screening of the
\n American Wide World of Sports special, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Puerto Rico World Titles
\n 1968\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, unseen for almost 40 years.
\n
\n Searching for Michael Peterson, directed by Jolyon Hoff, is a docudrama
\n telling the moving story of one of Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s greatest surfers
\n whose career was cut short by mental illness. For five glorious
\n years \u00e2\u20ac\u0153MP\u00e2\u20ac\u009d led the Coolangatta Kids and won virtually every
\n event he contested, including three Bells Beach Pros back to back.
\n His brilliant, aggressive surfing provided the centrepiece for Albert
\n Falzon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Morning of the Earth in 1972, and MP never looked back.
\n His final tour victory, at the inaugural Stubbies Pro at Burleigh
\n Heads in 1977, is regarded as the high point of the early professional
\n era. Sadly, a year later triumph turned to tragedy and Michael\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\n demons claimed him.
\n
\n Thirty years on, MP is still vitally interested in the sport and
\n culture of surfing and is a fixture at most Queensland events, enjoying
\n the action with his mother, Joan. He is rightly regarded as an iconic
\n figure in Australian surfing, and Hoff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s film, while it pulls
\n no punches, is an intensely moving tribute to the man.
\n
\n Puerto Rico \u00e2\u20ac\u212268 was unearthed by producer Larry Lindberg just
\n prior to a 40th anniversary reunion of the event in California last
\n year. This will be the first public showing of a remarkable document
\n of an extraordinary time in surfing, as the shortboard replaced
\n the longboard.
\n
\n This rare performance together by Peter Howe and Tim Gaze celebrates
\n the release of Peter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new album, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Postcards from the Coast\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,
\n a musical celebration of a year spent sailing along the Queensland
\n coast. Howe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s haunting \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Alive (Delightful Rain)\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was
\n one of the central themes of Morning of the Earth, and later gave
\n its name to the ABC surf music television special. Gaze, formerly
\n of Tamam Shud, is one of Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s greatest guitar virtuosos,
\n equally at home with surf music or the blues.
\n
\n A limited number of tickets for this special night will be available
\n at $30. Purchasing information to come soon on this website!
\n
\n
\n ALMOST $18,000 UP FOR GRABS AT THE GLOBAL SURF INDUSTRIES NOOSA
\n FESTIVAL OF SURFING PRESENTED BY GOLDEN BREED<\/H3>
\n Recession! What recession? Festival director Phil Jarratt today
\n announced that total prize purse for the event was close to $18,000,
\n with hefty cash prizes offered across six professional and specialty
\n divisions.
\n
\n Said Jarratt: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We recognise that surfers come from all over the
\n world to compete at Noosa, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important to give them a little
\n financial incentive to make the journey. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never been about
\n the money at our event and it never will be, but through the generosity
\n of our sponsors we are able to offer enough to help these great
\n champions cover their costs and maybe come out in front after a
\n week of waves.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n The headline professional event, the Golden Breed Mens Pro, will
\n offer $US 5000, with the Golden Breed Noserider Invitational offering
\n $AUS 3000 to the best of the 16 invitees. The Banana Boat Womens
\n Pro offers $US 2000, while in the specialty surfing, the Stand Up
\n Paddle Surfing Pro has $AUS 2500 riding on it and the Tandem Pro
\n a further $AUS 1000.
\n
\n A brand new event, the First Light Stand Up Paddle Race, will have
\n purse and prizes to the value of $AUS 1000, for up to 100 paddlers
\n who take on the 5-kilometre course from Lions Park to Main Beach,
\n tackling flat water and surf.
\n
\n Said Phil Jarratt: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re stoked to welcome First Light Private
\n Residences and Hotels to our family of sponsors. They love the concept
\n of the festival and the way it promotes our water-based lifestyle
\n in Noosa.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n In addition to the money events, the GSI Noosa Festival will include
\n 11 amateur divisions covering all ages, the Global One Design Invitational,
\n the new Honolua Surf Co\/Caf\u00c3\u00a9 Le Monde Spirit of Family Teams Challenge,
\n world champions, legends and alaia board exhibitions.
\n
\n Posted by: admin on 01\/07\/2009 09:15 PM<\/I>
\n FIRSTLIGHT 5K STAND UP PADDLE RACE TO ROCK THE RIVER<\/H3>
\n Update! Download the Firstlight SUPS entry form here!
\n
\n In keeping with the tremendous surge in popularity of stand up paddling
\n as a fitness activity, the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival
\n of Surfing this year introduces a 5-kilometre race from Lions Park
\n on the Noosa River to First Point.
\n
\n The race, which takes in still water, the Noosa Bar and a triangular
\n course across Laguna Bay, will be held from 3pm on Sunday, March
\n 15, the festival\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s opening day, prior to the official Hawaiian
\n opening ceremony and blessing of the waters. Festival director Phil
\n Jarratt said he expected to be flooded with entries when the entry
\n forms are posted on the festival website this weekend.
\n
\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153With $1000 cash and prizes on the line over three divisions,
\n some paddlers are going to be taking this very seriously, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jarratt
\n said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153but our main goal is to have a fun event and a great spectacle
\n to launch the festival. Sunday 15 is designated \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcwaterman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\n day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be having some amazing exhibition and celebrity
\n events leading into the Firstlight SUPS.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n
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\n Noosa local Paul Winter in training<\/P>
\n
\n The Noosa Festival introduced an ocean paddle race last year, but
\n Jarratt said the focus had been changed this year to make it more
\n of a family event. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Over this short but challenging course we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re
\n going to see a lot of mums, dads, kids and whole family groups having
\n a go, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what our festival is really all about. Already
\n some of the best stand up paddlers from around the world have indicated
\n they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll compete, so if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just starting out, what a blast
\n to paddle up the river with your heroes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n Stand up paddle surfing, invented by the Waikiki beach boys so that
\n they could take tourist photos while surfing more than half a century
\n ago, is the fastest growing surfing sector in the world, with SUPS
\n sales helping counter the recession for many manufacturers.
\n
\n ENTRIES FILLING FAST IN AMATEURS AT NOOSA FESTIVAL<\/H3>
\n Alan Atkins, contest director of the Global Surf Industries Noosa
\n Festival of Surfing, presented by Golden Breed, today advised surfers
\n intending to compete to get their entries in quickly, with many
\n divisions close to capacity.
\n
\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just keep expanding to fit the needs of every age
\n group, or we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d lose the character of the Noosa Festival,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Alan
\n said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Right now, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a very full program of events for
\n the week and several divisions will fill over the next week. My
\n advice is to enter without delay if you want to be sure of a start.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n Divisions getting close to capacity include Old Mal, Over 60 Mens,
\n Mens Open and Womens Open. Entry forms are available to download
\n at noosafestivalofsurfing.com, or you can link to Surfing Australia
\n and enter on-line.
\n
\n The eight-day festival, now in its 18th year, is Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most
\n popular surf cultural event, attracting competitors and spectators
\n from all over the world. Event director Phil Jarratt said that,
\n despite the economic uncertainty, interest in the festival was huge.
\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a fantastic eight days of entertainment on and off
\n the beach. People have come to expect a certain quality of the Noosa
\n festival and we won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t disappoint.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n Posted by: admin on 01\/07\/2009 04:04 PM<\/I>
\n LEGENDS OF NOSERIDING HEADING TO NOOSA<\/H3>
\n The world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best noseriders will be packing their point-wave noserider
\n specials and heading for Noosa, following the announcement of the
\n invitation list for the 2009 Golden Breed Noserider Invitational,
\n part of the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing.
\n
\n Only 16 of the best will battle it out for the prestigious crown
\n and prize money as Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original noserider contest goes
\n back to its roots. Said Festival organiser Phil Jarratt: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Having
\n our old mates Golden Breed come back as presenting sponsors for
\n next year really made us think about why this was such a classic
\n event in the first place. Why? Because we gave the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best
\n a platform to show what they could do on the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best point
\n waves. In 2009, thanks to Golden Breed, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going
\n back to.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n Leading the invitee list are the 2008 noserider finalists, Christian
\n Wach (CA), Ezra Norris (Q), Matt Cuddihy (Q) and Jai Lee (Q). Then
\n come 2008 world longboard championship placers, Bonga Perkins (HAW),
\n Antoine Delpero (FRA) and Harley Ingleby (NSW). Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s world
\n champ Joy Monahan is also on the list, and if unavailable, will
\n be replaced by world number two Chelsea Williams (Q). Also amongst
\n the invitees are some of the true legends of noseriding, including
\n Mr Radical, CJ Nelson, hot rat Chad Marshall, and former Noosa and
\n world champ Joel Tudor, all from California, plus Malibu transplant
\n Dane Peterson and Aussie Belinda Baggs (Mr and Mrs Nose), Noosa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\n own former world champ Josh Constable, classic stylist Dane Wilson
\n and Coolum kid and future world shortboard champ Julian Wilson.
\n
\n The Golden Breed Noserider Pro Invitational will be seven hot heats
\n of the best noseriding you have ever seen, run in optimum conditions
\n over the waiting period. Awesome purse and prizes under negotiation
\n as we speak. All happening at the 8 Days of Pure Stoke \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the Global
\n Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing, presented by Golden Breed.
\n March 15-22, 2009.
\n
\n Posted by: admin on 12\/03\/2008 12:12 AM<\/I>
\n THE RETURN OF THE GOLDEN BREED NOSERIDER PRO<\/H3>
\n Long-time Noosa Festival supporter Golden Breed is back big-time
\n for the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing 2009, taking
\n on the role of presenter sponsor and naming rights over both the
\n LQS men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s professional event and the noserider invitational.
\n
\n Says Golden Breed CEO Nick Van de Merwe: \u00e2\u20ac\u009dWe never really went
\n away, but after being at Noosa for many years, our involvement did
\n scale down in 2008. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m happy to say we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re back and bigger than
\n ever to celebrate the fact that Noosa is now home to Golden Breed\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\n first concept store.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n Event director Phil Jarratt said he was thrilled that Golden Breed
\n had taken on the presenter sponsorship. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nick has been a great
\n friend of the festival for almost a decade now, and Golden Breed
\n support has been crucial to our growth. But what excites me most
\n is the fact that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going back to the original concept of the
\n Golden Breed Noserider, showcasing 16 of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best noseriders
\n in optimum conditions.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n
\n There are simply very few places in the world that offer a noseriding
\n training ground like Noosa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s four peeling point breaks, and some
\n of the tip-riding you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see on just an average day at First Point
\n or Tea Tree will blow your mind.
\n
\n ![](\"http:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/imagesnews\/JaiLeeD3-480.jpg\")
\n Jai Lee<\/P>
\n Riding the nose is what distinguishes longboarding from shortboarding,
\n and it is one of the most difficult manoeuvres because in a very
\n real sense it requires defying the forces of gravity. The surfer
\n stalls the board mid-turn by pushing the back of the board down
\n the face of the wave. Then he (or she, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not forget we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve
\n got some hot noserider girls) walks or runs to the front of the
\n board and drapes five or ten toes over the nose as the speed of
\n the wave pushing up the face keeps the tail in place.
\n
\n The heavier you are, the harder it gets, so that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why some of
\n the best noseriders are skinny little stick figures, like the flying
\n Norris brothers. But kids who learn to master the art while flyweights
\n tend to keep their skills even when they develop the physiques of
\n men, like Matt Cuddihy and Jai Lee. And some guys who have always
\n been big \u00e2\u20ac\u201c like Josh Constable or Tom Wegener \u00e2\u20ac\u201c simply defy
\n the odds by being outstanding noseriders.
\n
\n ![](\"http:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/imagesnews\/MattCuddihy1D3-480.jpg\")
\n Matt Cuddihy<\/P>
\n ![](\"http:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/imagesnews\/JoshConstable1D3-480.jpg\")
\n Josh Constable<\/P>
\n Hawaiian beach boy Rabbit Kekai is often credited with pioneering
\n noseriding back in the 1940s, riding a finless \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hot curl\u00e2\u20ac\u009d surfboard
\n at Queens in Waikiki. Others give legendary shaper and scallywag
\n the late Dale Velzy the credit, citing the summer of 1951 as the
\n time when Velzy patented the hang five and hang ten manouevres at
\n Manhattan Beach, in the South Bay of Los Angeles. By the end of
\n the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc50s, a hang ten was the holy grail of surfing, and in the
\n 1960s surfboard designers started to come up with all kinds of weird
\n designs to noseride better and for longer. One of these designers,
\n Tom Morey (who later invented the boogie board) decided to promote
\n his noseriders by staging the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first noseriding contest,
\n the Tom Morey Invitational, in Ventura, California in 1965.
\n
\n Competitors had to place a tape across the front of their boards
\n and were timed while both feet were in front of the tape and they
\n were either hanging five or ten. It was this pioneering contest
\n format that was used back in 2000 when the Golden Breed Noserider
\n Pro made its debut at Noosa. Many of the leading noseriders from
\n the 1960s, including David Nuuhiwa and Donald Takayama, were pitted
\n against the champions of the day, like Joel Tudor, Kevin Connelly
\n and Ray Gleave. The Noserider was a huge success and a real crowd
\n pleaser, and in 2009 it returns to the invitational format, so that
\n Noosa can get to watch the new generation of home-grown noseriders,
\n and the best of the rest, such as California\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Christian Wach
\n and Chad Marshall, Hawaii\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s world champ Bonga Perkins and France\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\n Antoine Delpero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"