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Noosa Festival of Surfing 2008

Now in its seventeenth year, the festival has grown substantially since its inception. What started out as weekend amateur get-together created by the Noosa Malibu club as an excuse to invite their mates up to Noosa for a weekend of Surfing has evolved into a week long celebration of surfing and stoke, where competitors from all around the globe converge on Noosa for a week of surfing and entertainment.

8oo plus surfers attended and competed in 20 Divisions over the 7 days. the week didn't start out too well, arriving late Sunday after dark we headed to the Festival site to check in and heard the stories of there having been waves, waking early Monday morning we headed to First Point only to be greeted by a wave devoid line-up and news that the competition area had been moved further down main beach, near to the river-mouth where it stayed for the first half of the week.

Fortunately the waves stated to break at First Point later in the week on the tide and the Surfing returned to the point with the swell increasing and ensuring nice 2 foot set waves at the Point for the Finals on Sunday

Noosa Festival of Surfing 2008

Christian Wach - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Christian Wach
Harrison Roach - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Harrison Roach
Reflection - Smithy from the USA - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Smithy
Stoke - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Stoke
Yoshinori Matsuyama - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Yoshinori
Chuck & Tiffany - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Chuck & Tiffany
Jennifer Smith - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Jennifer Smith
Jai Lee - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Jai Lee
Unknown Surfer - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Magic Carpet Ride
Jackson Close - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Jackson Close
Yoshinori Matsuyama - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Yoshinori
USM Girls - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
USM Events Girls
Taylor Jensen - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Taylor Jensen
Rico Leroy and Sarah Burel - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Rico & Sarah
Jackson Close - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Jackson Close
Grant Thomas - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Grant Thomas
Seb Wilson - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Seb Wilson
Jackson Close - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Jackson Close
Josh Constable - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Josh Constable
Christian Wach - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Christian Wach
Broke n' drifting - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Broke n' drifting
Josh Constable - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Josh Constable
Alan Atkins - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Alan Atkins
Jackson Close - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Jackson Close
Jai Lee - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Jai Lee
Dane Pioli - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Dane Pioli
Seb Wilson - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Seb Wilson
Jackson Close - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Jackson Close
Seb Wilson - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Seb Wilson
Christian Wach - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Christian Wach
Kekoa Uemura - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Kekoa Uemura
Seb Wilson - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Seb Wilson
Seb Wilson - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Seb Wilson
Josh Constable - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Josh Constable
Matt Cuddihy - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Matt Cuddihy
Christian Wach - Copyright © 2008 - Mark Atkins Photographer
Christian Wach