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Watch Carissa Moore s Historical Air Reverse
It s only been a few hours since surfer Carissa Moore landed the biggest aerial maneuver of her career, but the move is already being heralded as a historical moment not only for the Olympic-bound surfer (now the top-ranked woman in the world) but for women s surfing as a whole.
It all went down in Australia in the quarterfinals of the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup, the second stop of the World Surf League s Championship Tour. Facing off in a tight heat against France s Johanne Defay, Moore knew she had to pull off something big to move on to the semis, and this huge air reverse went above and beyond (literally). For background: to do an air reverse, the surfer climbs up the wave and takes off, spinning their board either a full 360 degrees in the air before landing, or rotating about 270 degrees, landing backwards, and spinning on their fins to complete the rotation. Moore did the latter, stylishly grabbing the rail of the board and catching
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City of Newcastle
Thousands of sports fans will descend on Newcastle this weekend as the city plays host to two major national events, offering a taste of what is to come during an action-packed April.
The harbour will become a hive of activity from Saturday when the Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific brings its qualifying regatta to Newcastle for the first time, with some of the country’s best sailors battling it out over two days of fast-paced action on the water.
Football fans in their thousands will converge on Newcastle when McDonald Jones Stadium hosts a historic A-league double-header on Sunday, with Wellington Phoenix clashing with Brisbane Roar before hometown heroes the Newcastle Jets take to the pitch against heavyweights Adelaide United.
A new era has dawned for Newcastle. Built on the back of convicts and forged by fire and steel, NSW s second largest city is midway through a mighty metamorphous from industrial port to contemporary, thriving metropolis.
Tug boats hustle freighters on the briny harbour, students stream in for classes at the vertical university building, cafes serve up single origin brews, surfers jog home barefoot from a morning wave.
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Along the main street, light rail whisks passengers past an ever-expanding gallery of striking street art while cranes reach for the sky filling in the city s jagged skyline.
Best known for coal, steel and the band Silverchair, you could easily fail to recognise the former industrial city that once again stands on the cusp of a certain greatness at a time when small cities have special appeal.