Six huge Pro moments over the years
The Quiky Pro and Boost Mobile Pro have been huge on the Gold Coast for years. Surfing identity Andrew McKinnon looks back at some of the biggest moments.
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Surfing legends swap wetsuits for ties and gowns
Locals legends Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson and Stephanie Gilmore were among the big names who swapped wetsuits for a suits, ties and gowns for surfing’s night of nights.
Gilmore’s defining 2018 moment
Stephanie Gilmore’s wins in the Rip Curl Women’s Pro, Rio Pro and J-Bay open culminated in her seventh world championship but the 31-year-old believes another moment defined her 2018.
Coast surfer becomes global ambassador
A Gold Coast surfer will become the face of a global event.
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‘Circus weirdo’ wins Quiksilver Pro
MATT Wilkinson hasn’t abandoned the happy-go-lucky guy who arrived at his first world surf tour event on roller blades wearing a top hat.
Wilkinson claims Quiky Pro
UPDATE: Byron Bay goofy-footer Matt Wilkinson has won his first World Surf League championship event, winning the Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks.
Quiksilver, Roxy Pros 2016
THERE’S been plenty of action in and out of the water at this year’s Quiksilver and Roxy Pros on the Gold Coast, the season opener for the WSL circuit.
The top seller at Quiksilver Pro
FANS deplete supplies of Mick Fanning’s number 7 jersey as new WSL merchandise flies off the shelves at the Quiksilver Pro.
Parkinson prays for super swell
JOEL Parkinson is praying for a Snapper super swell today ahead of his Quiksilver Pro quarter-final showdown with small-surf maestro Felipe Toledo.
Gilmore embraces world title talk
STEPHANIE Gilmore says she is not afraid to express her desire for a seventh world championship despite some of her rivals being unwilling talk titles.
‘Time to stop half-a***ing around’
TYLER Wright says she doesn’t need to win the Roxy Pro to know linking with coach Glenn Hall was one of the best decisions she’s ever made.
All good fun for waves of fans
LOCAL surf greats mix with school kids, travellers and curious locals in the water on the shore at Snapper Rocks during World Surf League contest.
Girl power dominates Snapper waves
THE Gold Coast’s waves have turned from being a battle of the sexes into a free-for-all, where women surfers are just as aggressive as the men.
Kennedy kills it again at Quiky Pro
LENNOX surfer Stuart Kennedy, who knocked out former world champions Kelly Slater and Gabriel Medina, is one of four Aussies through to the quarter-finals of the Quiky Pro.
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