Chicks news

May 2009

Congratulations to Cheryl Buck and her crew of dedicated female surfers for getting the Surfer Girls gang up and going at full speed.

Hopefully you saw the Story on A Current Affair on Channel 9 this week, showing the world, what it means to be a surfer girl in SA!!

The great news was that the waves turned it on as well for the filming session, so not only did all the girls feel like TV celebs, but they also had a fantastic surf!!

Fly is totally stoked to be the major sponsor of the SurferGirls.

If you would like to get involved with the SurferGirls, either contact us at the shops or email Cheryl at cbuck@senet.com.au or visit www.surfergirls.com.au

April 2009

Coastview Motor Inn Women’s Classic / Girls Get into It!

Festival of girls surfing.

Last weekend (18^th and 19^th of April) surfing girls of all crafts and ages took to the surf on the Fleurieu Peninsula. 

Saturday saw almost fifty girls visit Southport Beach on the mid coast for the Surf Culture Australia “Girls Get Into It” learn to surf day. The girls were greeted by great weather this year and the half to one metre waves were close to perfect for those in the early part of their surfing career. There were grins from ear to ear as the girls experienced the fun and thrill of surfing in the beautiful Autumn conditions.   A special thanks to all the parents and spectators for coming down to the event and checking out the action.   All entrants in the weekend event received free entry into the raffle for a new G-Board beginners surf board.

With a dropping swell on the mid coast on Saturday contest director, Ray Palmer called for an early start for the Coastview Motor Inn Women’s Classic on Sunday. 

Sunday morning and “The Bay” at Middleton on the south coast awakens with light  winds and reasonable 1 to 1.5 metre waves. Forty two competitors of all ages would challenge their skills against the face of a fresh clean swell. In total there were 6 divisions, 18 heats, 12 volunteers, around 80 spectators and one runaway contest director.

The near perfect conditions brought the best out of NSW surfer, inaugural Women’s Classic champion and eventual Preece’s Southport Surf open winner, Belinda Hardwick (nee Godfrey). Chasing Belinda in the final was 2007 Champion Mel Keelan (Encounter Bay), youngster Brinkley Davies (Hope Forest), who also took out the Fly Boardriding Juniors, and Genny Mount (Middleton)

The Coopers Longboard division was taken out by Karen Riley (Port Willunga), followed by Surf Culture senior instructor Cheryl Buck. All girls in this division showed great strength and stamina to negotiate the strong surf on their nine foot boards.

 The Fly Boardriding under 18’s was taken out by Brinkley Davies ahead of Georgina Thomas, Salomae Haselgrove and Grace McDonald..

The M & S Campbell Plumbing and Gas under 15’s showcased our future talent and eventually it was youngster Alice Gilbert (Goolwa) who took the trophy from Salomae Haselgrove, Cushla Simpson and Georgina Thomas. Most girls in the under age divisions had their first experience with a contest of this calibre. Well done! Keep your eyes and ears open for these young surfers, they are the future of women’s surfing in South Australia.

At the other end of the age spectrum was the Cooper’s Seniors where Open finalist Genny Mount (Middleton) edged out Cathy Griffen (Middleton), Cheryl Buck and Carla Biddle..

           As a part of their responsibility to help with the growth of surfing in South Australia, Surf Culture Australia, the contest organisers, also provide an opportunity for first time competitors to experience the feeling of competitive surfing. The FLY / Surf Culture Australia “Novice” division had seven entries and well done to 12 year old Amber Logan (Port Noarlunga South) for taking the trophy and a $200 Fly surfboard voucher in the final. She out manouvred Jessica Smith, 9 year old Tyler Orr, 8 year old Hanna Maddison-Tennant, Imogen John, Gemma Holman and Regan Wood. In the 20 minute final there were a total of 71 waves caught and the fierce nature of the competition even saw Amber and Tyler high fiving on one wave! Watch this space!

The weekend festival of women’s surfing concluded with a great meal at Coastview Motor Inn / Costa Vista Café with presentation of awards and trophies.  Any girls who placed in the finals who were unable to make presentations can contact Surf Culture Australia to arrange collection of trophies. Images from the weekend can be found at www.surfcultureaustralia.com.au   A full list of results follows.

 December 2008

Hey girls... things are looking exciting for girls surfing in SA. Come in and get all the details on the new girls surfing group that is building momentum. It's awesome to see so many chicks frothing on getting wet with their mates.

I reckon there was 20 girls and only 5 guys out last Sunday morning - stoked!! Go you girls!!

October 2008

Hi girls...get ready cos summer is coming on nicely. We've already had some great days down at the beach and the bikini's are flying off the racks at a rapid rate!!

Make sure you call into the shops and find out the times and days for the Girls surfing groups which will be firing up by the end of the month...we'll keep you posted.

 The girls getting ready to rip it up at the Rip Curl Girls Go Surfing Day in 2008.