Noosa surf fest charges ahead

While the World Surf League’s Australian tour leg was stumbling last week, with Covid issues causing the cancellation of the iconic Rip Curl Bells Beach Pro and the Corona Pro Gold Coast, the Noosa Festival of Surfing, the world’s biggest and best longboard event, now in its 30thyear, seemed to be proceeding on a wave of goodwill, with major new sponsorships announced and a tsunami of domestic competitors almost filling all of the divisions.

Announcing the new sponsorships, festival marketing and sponsorships manager Josh Allen said: “Organiser World Surfaris is very proud to be putting the festival together for the third consecutive year in this, the 30thrunning of the festival. With a limited international…