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Bathing beauties: Ten of Australias best sea baths SHARE They are an intrinsic part of the Australia psyche and as iconic as the Opera House and Uluru. Strung along the NSW coastline like emerald and turquoise gems, Australias sea baths were first built in the nineteenth century to protect bathers from surf, sharks and dangerous rips. Many were built during the Great Depression as competition swimming grew in popularity. Sydney architect Nicole Larkin, who advocates for the conservation and rev...

Brazilian, US surfers win opening WSL event in Australia April 10, 2021 GMT NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Defending World Surf League champion Italo Ferreira won an all-Brazilian men’s final Saturday over Gabriel Medina at the Newcastle Cup, the first of four WSL tour events in Australia over the next six weeks as the world’s top competitors prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. The 2019 world champion edged Medina in a tight decider at Merewether Beach to move to the top of the world rankings a...

TP52 Gold Cup at SailFest Newcastle © Salty Dingo It was a rare sight indeed to see eight top-flight TP52s going toe-to-toe on a start line, but ultimately a familiar name topped the IRC leader board on Day 1 of the TP52 Gold Cup at Newcastle SailFest Regatta. Matt Allens Ichi Ban claimed two of the three windward-leeward races contested off Newcastles Merewether Beach as the harbour city turned on a fluky and fluctuating south-westerly breeze. Those results were contrasted, howeve...

Injured rookie Morgan Cibilic beats John John Florence with broken foot Surfing by Amanda Lulham Premium Content Subscriber only Morgan Cibilic has been hobbling round the Newcastle Cup site for days, worried he might not be able to surf after fracturing his toe and suffering severe bone bruising in his foot. He need not have worried. Not only was Cibilic able to surf, he claimed the biggest scalp of his fledging world tour career when he shunted world N...

World Surf League athletes have a big crowd watching on at Merewether Beach today. Surf’s up – after waiting the whole long weekend to jump on the swell, WSL athletes have a big crowd watching on at Merewether Beach. @nbnnewspic.twitter.com/PDrqRi9Uk1 Adopted Novocastrian Julian Wilson dominated in his elimination heat. A total wave score of 12.80 sending him straight through to the Round of 32, where he’ll face Jack Robinson. Meanwhile, Port Macquarie surfer Matt Banting wasn’t as luck...

Thousands of spectators have packed out Merewether Beach, for the second day of the Newcastle Cup World Surf League event. Today was the first opportunity since Friday for athletes to put on a show, and it was certainly worth the wait. by Lauren Kempe | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

Surfing, Japan and the Olympic Games: How Kanoa Igarashi has come full circle Posted 16 updated 14 AprApril 2021 at 3:18am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch 1 (Courtesy: World Surf League) Share Print text only Cancel Hawaii is widely regarded as the birthplace of surfing, but it is Japan that will be remembered as the place where, after decades of trying, it became an Olympic sport. Back in 1912 while receiving one of three ...

Locals held their own against the world's best surfers, as the Newcastle Cup got underway at Merewether Beach this morning. The crowd was roaring as Ryan Callinan posted the highest score of the day. by Jacinta Lee | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather