Noosa Cricks Jeep Festival of Surfing 2013
CRICKS NOOSA JEEP IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT FOR NOOSA SURF
FESTIVAL
The Noosa Festival of Surfing will take on a new
naming rights sponsor in 2013, with Noosa’s oldest and largest multi-franchise
dealership, Crick’s Noosa, and Jeep Australia , one of Australia’s fastest growing brands, joining
forces to back the world’s biggest surfboard riding event.
The Noosa Cricks Jeep Festival of Surfing (March
10-16, 2013) will be the 22nd annual edition of the event, and
promises to be the best ever. Said festival director Phil Jarratt: “Having our
lead sponsor locked in this early, and backed by the return of most of our
loyal commercial supporters, the festival has the opportunity to really build
on the success of the 2012 event. This year we successfully engaged with the
local and regional community who just loved the ambience of our beach village
and bar and the free entertainment in and out of the water. In 2013 we want to
leverage that support to present a week that celebrates the spirit of surfing
in one of the world’s great surf locations.”
Cricks Noosa Dealer principal Matthew Murray said
Cricks and Jeep were delighted to be aligning their brands with an event that
showcased a healthy, active lifestyle for all ages. “As an enthusiastic surf
paddler, I know how much fun the surfing lifestyle is,” he said. “It’s a great
adventure, and there’s no better expression of that than throwing the boards
and the rods into the back of the Jeep and heading up the beach. We think
there’s a real synergy here and we’re thrilled to be a part of the 2013
festival.”
The Noosa Cricks Jeep Festival will incorporate
several new features, on top of the more than 20 pro, amateur, specialty and
team surfing events, the free entertainment program on a beach stage and the
surf expo on the sand. Among these:
- Like A Cup of Tea With God – the rich surfing
history of Noosa and the Sunshine Coast, presented in words, music,
movies, photographs and art, in a community-based program involving
schools, clubs and charities, as well as surfing’s leading documentarians
- Stand-alone Stand Up Paddle Mini Festival – a
two-day SUP extravaganza to kick off the festival, with surf events, ocean
racing, expo and beach entertainment
- North Shore Jeep Surfari – disadvantaged and
disabled kids join the world champions for the surfing adventure of a
lifetime
- Dog Surfing gets serious – well, not too serious.
Hot on the heels of our hugely popular 2012 exhibition, next year it will
be an actual competition. And no, we’re not barking mad!
The 2013 festival will once again be hosted by the
Noosa Malibu Club and sanctioned by Surfing Australia. Phil Jarratt said the
organising team had already received pledges of support from leading sponsors
Global Surf Industries, Golden Breed, PJ Burns and Classic Malibu Surfboards;
accommodation sponsors Tingirana, Outrigger Little Hastings Street, and Saks;
media sponsor Pacific Longboarder and product sponsor Vertra sunscreen. “It’s
great to have so many friends back on board before we even go out door-knocking,
and we’ll make sure they get true value for money from our eight-month
awareness campaign on our website and through social media.”
The festival, which raised more than $8000 for
Frangipani Dreams and the Noosa Malibu Club’s youth development scheme this
year, will again donate bar profits to charity and community benefit
organisations.
On-line competitor entries in the amateur divisions,
with age groups from under 15 to over 65, opened this week, with specialty,
team and professional events to open in the next two months. The festival
expects to attract more than 500 competitors, along with 4-5000 supporters and
spectators from all over the world.
For more information contact
Sam at info@noosafestivalofsurfing.com or on 0439 666 172.