Coast’s wild weekend of extreme sports
The Gold Coast is in for a wild weekend of extreme sports as two championship events kick off along the city’s beaches.
Surf Sports
Rise and rise of our grom star
Back from Hawaii after a training camp on the North Shore life has no bounds for this 13-year-old.
Meet Fingal’s latest surfing star
Meet Fingal’s latest surfing super grom who was so young when he learnt to surf he can barely remember.
Surfer used to the biggest fights
She has endured her own tough fight but this Gold Coast surfer is going in to battle on others.
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‘I considered retirement’: Parko
JOEL Parkinson has revealed he considered joining close mate Mick Fanning on the sidelines after falling out of love with surfing during his worst year on tour.
Mikey shows Wright stuff at Quiky Pro
HIS sister is gunning for a world title and brother is one of the hardest-charging surfers on tour but it’s Mikey Wright who is starring at the Quiksilver Pro
How Snapper becomes ‘little Brazil’
A WOMAN in a silver bikini has the Brazilian flag draped around her hips at the competition gates, walking with a group of tanned blokes laughing and chatting in Portuguese.
Fanning wins first heat at Quiky Pro
MICK Fanning may be taking a “personal year’’ but he showed his focus is nowhere but Snapper Rocks after winning his opening heat at the Quiksilver Pro.
Pro a family affair for Mikey
MIKEY Wright’s mullet is as exciting as his surfing and his bright green drift car. The tattooed Gold Coaster is this year’s Quiksilver Pro wildcard.
Florence enlists help for Quiky quest
JOHN John Florence will mine the knowledge of local surfer Bede Durbidge as he chases a maiden Quiksilver Pro crown.
City cashes in on tourism surge
BUSINESS is barrelling on the southern Gold Coast as events such as the Quiksilver Pro and Bleach* festival help keep a bumper Christmas-New year season rolling through to this year’s early Easter.
Quiky, Roxy pros off for today
BAD news for competitors and surfers at the Quiksilver and Roxy pros – there’ll be no competiton today.
World champ will miss his idol Fanning
World champion Adriano de Souza supports Mick Fanning’s decision to take a “personal year” off tour.
If the world title crown Fitz
Sally Fitzgibbons believes a maiden world title is within reach in 2016.
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