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A regular and outstanding competitor at the Noosa Festival<br />
of Surfing, Hawaii’s Honolua Blomfield. Photo: NFOS<br />
NOOSA FESTIVAL<br />
NFOS:<br />
WORDS: THOMAS LEITCH<br />
PHOTOS: SUPPLIED, NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING<br />
25 & GOING STRONG<br />
The Noosa Festival of Surfing will celebrate<br />
its 25th Anniversary in <strong>2016</strong>, and its already<br />
shaping up to be bigger and better than ever<br />
before.<br />
With unprecedented numbers flocking to sign<br />
up, it has become necessary to limit competitors<br />
to a single age division, a new division has been<br />
opened – the Junior Girls’ Under 15 – and still<br />
the competitor list is almost full.<br />
Entry numbers are seeing a sixty six per cent<br />
increase on former years, the festival’s global<br />
renown drawing entrants from near and far.<br />
Nine nations and five of the Australian states<br />
are currently being represented, with several<br />
more expected to fill the remaining few berths.<br />
With the Men’s Under 18, Men’s Open and<br />
Men’s 50, 55 and 60-plus divisions all now<br />
full, many entrants will be needing to find their<br />
second choices to be able to take place in the<br />
<strong>2016</strong> Noosa Festival.<br />
are booked well in advance for one of the<br />
biggest weeks in Noosa’s, and indeed, the<br />
Sunshine Coast’s annual calendar of events.<br />
If you are wishing to take part in the <strong>2016</strong><br />
Noosa Festival of Surfing or if you wish to<br />
join the festival as a sponsor, please visit our<br />
website – www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com<br />
- or contact festival director, Sam Smith at<br />
info@noosafestivalofsurfing.com as soon as<br />
possible to avoid disappointment.<br />
Please visit the accommodation section of our<br />
website for details on hotels, rates and deals<br />
available.<br />
Join the festival on social media:<br />
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NoosaFestSurf<br />
Instagram: @noosa_festival_of_surfing<br />
The traditional ho’okupu opening ceremony, welcoming friends from near and far. Photo: Geoff Fanning<br />
With over 700 competitors and their families,<br />
not to mention the increase in tourists wishing<br />
to be part of the ‘8 Days of Pure Stoke’, much<br />
of Noosa’s premiere accommodation properties<br />
SUMMER <strong>2016</strong> | SMORGASBOARDER 31
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