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Australia's first official surf lifesaving club - the first in the world - was founded at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, in 1906. They showcase an array of surf life saving disciplines and involve three main areas of competition - beach events, surf swimming ev...
2007 Year of the Surf Lifesaver (YSL) marks the 100th anniversary of Surf Life Saving Australia, an organisation which has saved over 500,000 lives on Australian beaches. YSL also highlights the important role of surf lifesavers and surf life saving clu...
SLSC: Surf Life Saving Club, Nippers workshop on the beach, January 2002: Photographer Suzon Fuks. They showcase an array of surf life saving disciplines and involve three main areas of competition - beach events, surf swimming events and surf craft even...
Defending champions the South Queensland Sunfish will be spearheaded by defending individual champions, Shannon Eckstein and Kristy Harris, 2006 winner Zane Holmes and 2007 final round winner Elizabeth Pluimers. ,ÄúWe are very excited about this year,Äôs ...
Circular 05/08-09 32nd Ed. Circular 26/08-09 Safety First! Circular 78/08-09 Aust. ...
Eckstein managed to edge out reigning and two time World Ironman Zane Holmes with Eckstein,Äôs fellow Aussie team member Chris Allum taking out the final podium spot. Taking out the Surf Race at the 2008 Aussies, Allum added the World Surf Race title to h...
The International Life Saving Federation announced in June 2009 that Adelaide will host the World Life Saving Championships in 2012. The annual Australian Surf Life Saving Championships are one of the world's most exciting sporting events, with more than ...
Caption:> Channel 7 Sunrise presenter, Mark Beretta launched the new look Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series on the Gold Coast. The summer has just got a whole lot hotter with Surf Life Saving Australia,Äôs announcement of an exciting shake up to the K...
The Australian Sports Commission is established in accordance with the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989. This report assesses the Australian Sports Commissionís performance against the accountability framework agreed with the Australian Government,...
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The Mainpeak Paddlesport Bay 2 Beach Challenge race was held on Saturday 10th of November from Mosman Bay through the Harbour and down to Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia. In the Double Ski, Tim Bird (Australian Sprint Team Member) partnered with Antho...
The Fenn Cup is growing in stature and is set to become one of the most lucrative paddling events on the calendar. As the worlds first ever all downwind series the events are set to bring out some of the best in pure ocean races. The likes of Jeremy Cott...
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