SURFERS YOU SHOULD KNOW – FRANK BEAUREPAIRE
FRANK BEAUREPAIRE Frank Beaurepaire is perhaps not a name immediately associated with surfing, after all how many surfers do you know have been knighted? Frank was a world class swimmer (world record holder when Duke visited Melbourne in the summer of 1914/15)....
SECRET SURF HISTORY – AUSTRALIA’S FIRST WOMEN’S CHAMPION?
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST WOMEN'S CHAMPION? Over the years pieces of the surfing puzzle can slip through the cracks, history can be forgotten or deliberately erased. Sometimes more celebrated events can throw shade on previous achievements, so we are always delighted when...
TURNING POINTS
The World’s Longest Running Surfing Contest The annual Bells contest has been a fixture on surfing’s pro tour for decades, and is considered a marquee sporting event in Victoria ranking alongside the Melbourne Cup, AFL Grand Final, Australian F1 Grand Prix and...
AUSTRALIA’S SURFING STORY
It is a curious thing, given that Australians identify so closely with the beach and surfing, that the origins of the Australian surfing story disappear back into the mists of time. No one is absolutely sure when and where surfing began here. It is beyond doubt that...