2024 ISA World Para Surfing Championship – Team Irukandjis Announcement

2024 ISA World Para Surfing Championship – Team Irukandjis Announcement

Surfing Australia is proud to announce the 11 adaptive surfers selected to represent the Irukandjis at the 2024 ISA World Para Surfing Championship to be held at Huntington Beach, California, on November 3-9, 2024.The team includes a mix of seasoned champions and...
Surfing Australia Q&A with Matt Formston

Surfing Australia Q&A with Matt Formston

Matt Formston is arguably the world’s greatest blind surfer. Diagnosed with Macular Dystrophy at age five, Matt has lived life with only three percent of his vision. But it hasn’t slowed him down. In fact, it has spurred him on to greatness. A multiple para-cyling and...
Byron Bay to host the Australian Pro Adaptive Surfing Championship

Byron Bay to host the Australian Pro Adaptive Surfing Championship

Bryon Bay will host the Australian Pro Adaptive Surfing Championship between March 26 – 30 in a huge win for the region. The event will be an official stop on the Adaptive Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour.  In another huge announcement, the...
Champions crowned at the Ingenia Australian Para Surfing Titles

Champions crowned at the Ingenia Australian Para Surfing Titles

Five new Australian Para Surfing champions have been crowned at the Ingenia Australian Para Surfing Titles on the last day of the Hyundai High Performance Centre Australian Surf Championships at North Haven in the Port Macquarie region.  The good weather continued,...
Massive medal haul for Aussie adaptive surfers

Massive medal haul for Aussie adaptive surfers

A huge congrats to all the athletes who put on great performances at stop no. 1 of the the Association of Adaptive Surfing Professionals (AASP) World Tour at Byron Bay.About 92 surfers from 16 different countries gathered at The Pass for the first AASP contest ever...
Surfing Australia Q&A with Emma Dieters

Surfing Australia Q&A with Emma Dieters

Emma Dieters is not only the founder of the Northern Beaches Para Surfer Boardriders club but also a competitor herself. In February 2021, Em’s life was turned upside down. She was left an incomplete quadriplegic at age 42, after routine surgery for a bulging disc...