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Noosa's Festival of Surfing 2010
Alexia Purcell 15th March 2010
The traditional ho’okupu mixing of the waters opening ceremony initiated this year's Noosa Festival of Surfing.
NOOSA'S 2010 Festival of Surfing started on Sunday 14 March with the traditional ho’okupu mixing of the waters opening ceremony at First Point.
While the ceremonious opening didn't occur until late Sunday afternoon, surfing events such as the V-Australia Noosa v Malibu Challenge, Golden Breed Noserider Trials and Noosa Springs Champs for Charity kicked off the festival early Sunday morning.
Sunday evening events included book signing by Kathy “Gidget” Kohnerand and the opening night luau party with Max Judo live at Surf City.
This year's week long event has been labelled as the biggest and most adventurous festival in years with more than 700 competitors and over 20 seperate divisions.
The rest of the event program is as follows:
- Monday 15 March
- Tuesday 16 March
- Wednesday 17 March
- Thursday 18 March
- Friday 19 March
- Saturday 20 March
- Sunday 21 March
7am to 5pm
- Amateur heats @ First Point (or secondary site)
- Classic Malibu Mens Open
- Tourism Noosa Womens Open
- Old Guys Rule Over 60s
- Smyth’s Over 55s
- Madill Motor Group Over 50s
12 midday to 7pm
- Surf City exhibitions open for business
7.30pm to 10pm
- Richard Tognetti’s The Glide, supported by Peter Howe & Tim Gaze @ Surf City (tickets must be purchased)
7am to 5pm
- Amateur Heats @ First Point (or secondary site)
- Classic Malibu Mens Open
- Surfing World Old Mal
- Old Guys Rule Over 60s
- Smyths Over 55s
- Madill Motor Group Over 50s
- Coastalwatch Over 40s
12 midday to 7pm
- Surf City open for business
2pm to 4pm
- Antique Roadshow evaluations, Performance Pavilion
4pm to 6pm
- Book signings in Exhibition Pavilion
7pm to 10pm
- Back Beach Noosa Surfboard & Memorabilia Auction
7am to 4pm
- Golden Breed Mens Pro LQS @ First Point (or secondary site)
- Back Beach Womens Pro LQS
8am to 4pm
- Collectors’ Fair in Performance Pavilion
8am to 10pm
- Surf City open for business
4pm to 5pm
- Aussie Couch Womens Over 35
6pm to 8pm
- Shapers Forum in Performance Pavilion
8.30pm to 10pm
- “Somewhere Near Tapachula” charity movie
7am to 5pm
- Mixed Pro and Am surfing @ First Point (or secondary site)
- Back Beach Womens Pro LQS
- Golden Breed Mens Pro LQS
- Global One Design Challenge
- Suncorp Stand Up Paddle Pro
- Coastalwatch Mens Over 40s
- Smyths Mens Over 55s
10am to 7pm
- Surf City open for business
5pm to 6pm
- Book signing in Exhibition Pavilion
6.30pm to 10pm
- Noosa Longboards Presents Gidget’s Girls’ Night Out, Performance Pavilion Surf City Ticketed event
7am to 3pm
- Junior Amateurs @ First Point (or secondary site)
10am to 7pm
- Surf City open for business
3pm to 5pm
- Suncorp Stand Up Paddle Pro
- Surfing World Old Mal
7pm to 10pm
- Going Vertical World Premiere with special guests, Surf City Ticketed event
7am to 5pm
- Semi-finals all divisions, pro and am
- Legends exhibition
- V-Australia Noosa v Malibu final
10am to 7pm
- Surf City open for business
3pm to 11pm
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Major music concert: The Beautiful Girls, Ash Grunwald and five other great acts, Surf City Ticketed event
7am to 3pm
- Finals all divisions
12 midday to 8pm
- Surf City open for business
3pm to 8pm
- Presentations and close-down party, Surf City
- Australian Longboarding Peer Poll awards
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