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Register now for the Noosa Surf Festival 2010!
Register online or download the PDF to fax or mail.
TICKET SALES TAKE OFF FOR SURF CITY EVENTS
Since tickets went on sale for our Surf City events on December 2, response has been phenomenal, so please don't leave it too late and be disappointed. Right now you can take advantage of early bird savings on tickets for all events, as well as the incredible bargain of a Platinum Pass that gets you into all the events, PLUS VIP undercover seating for the Saturday Night In The Park concert, featuring The Beautiful Girls, Ash Grunwald and many more top acts.
Please remember that all of our ticketed events EXCEPT Saturday Night In The Park, will be staged in an all-weather marquee at Surf City, and seating is limited. We have a very full program all week, so there will be no repeat performances.
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Back Beach Shopping
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Creating the lanai look in your home
Hawaiian print cushions ($65) When we started Back Beach last September, we basically set out to create a Hawaiian lanai feel as a backdrop to the art and collectibles we wanted to display. We soon discovered that the Hawaiian print decor teamed with rustic bamboo furniture from Vietnam and classic cane and rattan from the '50s was a style a lot of people loved, and home furnishings has become an important part of the business. Kelly Slater signed books
For The Love, signed by the man ($100) For The Love, co-authored by Kelly Slater and Back Beach's Phil Jarratt, is now in its second US edition and is about to go into paperback in Australia, while at least four foreign language editions are about to be published. During the recent Australian leg of the ASP world tour, Kelly signed a small number of books for us. |
Collectors' Corner
Australia's first surfing magazine in 1962 Back Beach is proud to be the exclusive marketers of one of Australia's best collections of surfing magazines. Photojournalist Rennie Ellis was a dear friend who passed away in 2003. Back in the early 1960s, Rennie played a pivotal role in the emerging surf media, being Victorian representative first for John Severson's Surfer Magazine and then for Bob Evans' Surfing World, as well as showing movies for Evans and Severson, as well as Bud Browne and Bruce Brown. Rennie kept every magazine that came his way, and most are in mint or near mint condition. Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing best yet
ALB editor Bruce Channon gets shacked on his way to winning the Smyth's Inc 55s Missed the Noosa Festival this year? Get some one you trust to give you a good kick up the butt, because you missed possibly the best week in the event's illustrious history. |
