1/34Kirstie Cook and Grace Cook, 13, from West Australia at the Skullcandy Oz Grom Open surfing competition at Lennox Head on July 6, 2023. Picture: Savannah Pocock
Snapped: North Coast’s Skullcandy Oz Grom Open
The Skullcandy Oz Grom Open at Lennox Head has been blessed with ideal surfing conditions and a solid turnout on its first day. See the photos.
2/34Ruby Berry, 15, from Western Australia. Picture: Savannah Pocock
3/34Kiera Hunt, 14, and Nathan Hunt from South Australia. Picture: Savannah Pocock
4/34Kye Delaney, 12, Cade Jones, 15, and Christian Delaney from Lake Macquarie. Picture: Savannah Pocock
5/34The Skullcandy Oz Grom Open surfing competition at Lennox Head on July 6, 2023. Picture: Savannah Pocock
6/34Travis Barkhuizen, 17, and Grant Barkhuizen from Perth. Picture: Savannah Pocock
7/34Emie Goodwin, 15, and Izzy Litta, 16, from Sydney. Picture: Savannah Pocock
8/34Amy Hudson and Eli Hudson, 14, from Port Macquarie. Picture: Savannah Pocock
9/34Oskah Edwards and Bianca Edwards from Lennox Head. Picture: Savannah Pocock
10/34The set up at Seven Mile Beach. Picture: Savannah Pocock
11/34Verity Sinclair, Leo and Jasmine Sinclair from the Sunshine Coast. Picture: Savannah Pocock
12/34Claire Bonavero and Marion Alton from France. Picture: Savannah Pocock
13/34Taj Simon, 19, from the Gold Coast. Picture: Savannah Pocock
14/34Sarah Young, 16, and Jeff Young from the Sunshine Coast. Picture: Savannah Pocock
15/34Seven Mile Beach. Picture: Savannah Pocock
16/34Lilah Pearce, 16, and Simon Pearce from Newcastle. Picture: Savannah Pocock
17/34Sally Darragh and Larn Darragh. Picture: Savannah Pocock
18/34Jemma Holly, 16, Libby Purcell and Toby Holly, 14, from Hoppers Crossing. Picture: Savannah Pocock
19/34Tocia Hazard and Richard Hazard from Sydney. Picture: Savannah Pocock
20/34Spectators at the event. Picture: Savannah Pocock
21/34Event media manager Ethan Smith. Picture: Savannah Pocock
22/34Flynn Hopper from Tasmania. Picture: Savannah Pocock
23/34Jaspal Singh and Gurpreet Kaur. Picture: Savannah Pocock
24/34Jason Coleman from the Sunshine Coast. Picture: Savannah Pocock
25/34The competition has kicked off. Picture: Savannah Pocock
26/34Nerida Baker at the competition. Picture: Savannah Pocock
27/34The scoreboard early in the event. Picture: Savannah Pocock
28/34Davi Glazer, 15, from the Gold Coast. Picture: Savannah Pocock
29/34Spectators checking out the action. Picture: Savannah Pocock
30/34Everyone and their dog was at the beach. Picture: Savannah Pocock
31/34The Skullcandy Oz Grom Open surfing competition at Lennox Head on July 6, 2023. Picture: Savannah Pocock
32/34The Wide Open Road coffee van. Picture: Savannah Pocock
33/34The competition has been blessed with mostly sunny weather. Picture: Savannah Pocock
34/34The competition features hundreds of young surfers. Picture: Savannah Pocock
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