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World Champ confirms his attendance at the Gold Coast Longboard Event
It’s been a hectic 2 years for Noosa’s World Champion Longboard Surfer Josh Constable. It started with him winning Australia’s richest longboard contest the Suzuki Pro back in 2005, followed later that year by the birth of his first child Jed, then his wedding to long time partner Anna Shislar last May. There was more to come for Constable in 2006 with an incredible win at the ASP World Titles in Costa Rica and then winning his 3rd Australian Open Longboard Title at Yallingup in WA. Earlier this month Constable won his 3rd Noosa Festival Pro Title before travelling to New Zealand where he won the South Island Pro-Am on the weekend.
World Champion Longboard Surfer Josh Constable
Late next month Constable will travel to the Oxbow Invitational in France before he hurriedly flys back to Australia where he will be competing in the Surf Tech 1* WLT Pro at the Malfunction Surf Festival on the Gold Coast in May.
Fellow jet setting longboard competitor and long time friend, world #3 Harley Ingleby from Emerald Beach in NSW is another who will rushing back from Europe so as to defend his 2006 Malfunction Title.
Other confirmed entrants in the Surf Tech 1* WLT Pro at the Malfunction include Sunshine Coasts Grant GT Thomas, and 17yr old surfing sensation Harrison Roach also from Noosa.
Organisers have also received notification that star of the 1964 surf movie “Endless Summer” Robert August will be attending this years Malfunction.
You can catch Robert August and all the action at Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast from 8th – 13th May 2007.
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About the Malfunction Surf Festival:
To be held from May 8th through to May 13th on the southern points of the Gold Coast and Northern NSW the Malfunction draws world-class surfers from around the world to come together for a truly unique international surf festival. This six day long celebration is a tribute to longboard surfing and to those that enjoy surf culture.
About Surftech:
Randy French founded SURFTECH in 1989, his background as a surfboard shaper and a pioneer in the windsurf industry drove him to experiment with different materials in an effort to make his boards lighter and stronger. Randy’s involvement with sailboards resulted in major technological breakthroughs in composite board construction. In turn his company, Seatrend, soon became a mass production operation, producing hundreds of identical sailboard models and shipping them to windsurf shops around the world. In 1989, Randy took what he had learned designing sailboards and applied it to his first love, surfboards.
About Golden Breed:
Golden Breed is an Australian icon producing surf clothing and accessories since 1969. With a simple philosophy of “Ride Em All” Golden Breed is a major supporter of surfing in Australia.
About the Gold Coast Malibu Club:
Also known as the Super 8's is one of Australia's oldest longboard surfing clubs having been established since 1983. For the past 24 years the Gold Coast Malibu Club has staged Australia's premier longboard contest the Malfunction on the southern points of the Gold Coast and Northern NSW.
About the Golden Breed Surf Vehicle Rally:
Surfers have always used whatever they could get paws on to get them to the beach. From '38 Ford’s, to the Woody, from 64 EH Holden’s to mums taxi. All have been the symbol of surf transportation. In the case of the VW Van, it was a vehicle that allowed surfers the option to live, surf or sleep in their version of the mobile home. It's still a cool ride even in today's world