Junk surf conditions might have forced the organisers to cancel the Guinness World Record attempt for the most surfers on the same wave, but visitors to Kirra were still treated to an array of different beach and surf activities. The surf forced the Rhythm Junior Kirra Surf Teams Challenge to travel to Letia Spit to [...]

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GreenLine Kirra Challenge Race Results

November 17, 2010

Conditions cleared up with an almost offshore for the early this morning, but by race time (slightly delayed) onshore was up, making a difficult (slightly changed) course. Couple of hiccups getting the race underway, but I am told these things rarely run smoothly and as the first event I’ve done, learned a lot along the [...]

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Kirra Surfstock is Todays Woodstock

November 10, 2010

Woodstock was remarkable in that it brought about a change in peoples perception of how to live their lives through music. Some 40 years later Woodstock’s namesake, Kirra Surfstock is doing the same as it helps to raise awareness of coastal management concerns affecting the surf and our beloved beaches. Through two days of music, [...]

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Clean Beaches is judging our beaches and foreshores now

October 28, 2010

Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland’s Clean Beaches competition will be judging our foreshore or beaches very soon. Over 7 billion tons of litter ends up in the worlds’ oceans every year, threatening coastal wildlife, sea life and the environmental health. In saying this we need your support to help keep Gold Coast’s beaches clean, safe and [...]

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Gavin Doniger’s Mescalito Blues and GC Surf Girl Quest

October 26, 2010

Gavin Doniger’s Mescalito Blues to Headline at KSS Festival and GC Surf Girl Quest to Showcase Beach Fashions and Beauty A natural inclusion at this year’s Kirra Surfstock is the unique duo, Gavin Doniger’s Mescalito Blues who are just back from another successful tour to the UK and the USA. Gavin Doniger’s Mescalito Blues combines the gritty [...]

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Guinness World Record Attempt at Kirra Surfstock

October 26, 2010

Kirra Surfstock returns to Kirra Beach and with various forms of surfing including a Guinness World Record attempt on the ‘Most Surfers Riding the Same Wave’, beach games, music, cultural activities and market stalls. Spread over two days and four nights from 11th to 14th November, this year there will be over 10 bands headed [...]

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Beach & Surf Activities to the Fore During Kirra Surfstock

October 26, 2010
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Six different sports will be on display during the Kirra Surfstock Festival weekend this November 12-14. Leading off the sports action will be the Rhythm Junior Kirra Surf Teams Challenge. Organisers are hoping that the conditions are right to stage the contest on Kirra Point which has been the focus of the ‘Bring Back Kirra’ [...]

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Surfrider Foundation Film & Music Night

October 26, 2010
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Surfrider Foundation Gold Coast Tweed Branch presents: Environmentally Conscious Surfboard Showcase WHEN:     Friday 12 November 2010 TIME:       7pm WHERE:  Rainbow Bay SLSC COST:       $10 Surfrider Foundation will be hosting the opening night of Kirra Surf Stock featuring a showcase of environmentally conscious surfboards as part of their film and music night, at which Taylor Steele’s [...]

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