Surfing a wave of success: Newcastle civic leaders say 'come back again' as WSL caravan rolls to Narrabeen

Ian Kirkwood
Updated April 12 2021 - 3:21pm, first published 9:00am
Crowd scenes and the surfers out of the water on Saturday

IT was all because of a terrible human tragedy in COVID-19 that the elite level championship pro surfing tour came to Newcastle for the first time since the 1990 Surfest.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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