The ride to the beach has always been important for surfers. Whether you come screaming into the carpark in a VW Kombi, a restored Woody, a pimped out Panel Van or a $100 auction special they have all provided transport and accommodation for surfers over the last 50 years. Post some photos of your wheels here on our Facebook page or on our Instagram.

Matty has been panel beating, restoring and creating some of these sweet rides nearly as long as he has been surfing. Tonight he will show you some examples of what we all wish we could cruise the coast in and will give you some pointers into what to look for if you are going to create an eye popping, head turning, shagging wagon. He will talk about how to maintain your surf vehicle including “rust proofing and practical additions to add longevity to your surf car, wagon or van"

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Alby was a regular on the stage at Noosa earlier this year, entertaining with a mixture of mellow sounds each afternoon, after a day of helping setup the NFOS, and sneaking away when no one was looking, for a surf each day.

Born on the Gold Coast with parents that both surfed, Alby was always in the lineup, usually with his mother, travelling the Queensland coast regularly to Agnes Water. A self-professed bit of a kook who has always loved his surfing.

A few years ago Alby was on his coming of age Overseas Experience when he suffered a serious motorbike accident in Cambodia. During an expanded period of recuperation, he went on a self-described “Bit of a bender on healthy mind and body studies” and spent a lot of time playing his music and planning his future. Now he is back in Australia with a philosophy of travelling, surfing and sharing his music.

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As a girl living beachside at Crescent Head since the early 60’s Robyn Harvey’s love of surfing began at six when Santa Claus gave her a Hanimex coolite foam surfboard. Some 60 years later she still loves the thrill of taking to the waves.

Robyn Harvey is the mastermind behind womens surf brand "Gidget" and community organisation Women in the Waves, among many other projects. Robyn's contribution to womens surfing in Australia has been relentless throughout her time surfing. A former Queensland state champion longboarder, Robyn was Surfing Queensland’s first female president. 

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Born in Coffs Harbour in 1983, Harley Ingleby started surfing as soon as he could walk. started surfing as soon as he could walk. His surf-mad father Mark encouraged Harley to try all kinds of weird and wonderful surf-craft, and by the time he reached his teens, he could ride anything from a 5-foot fish to a 10-foot log. Harley soon began competing in shortboard and longboard junior events and was a star performer in both. He won the Australian longboard titles in 2005 and 2007 and in 2009 Harley won his first WSL World Longboard Championship then In 2014, he claimed his second WSL World Longboard Championship title with a win in Hainan, China. 

In 2019 Harley dropped from the WSL events to concentrate on family and business.

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The panel will discuss some of their more memorable surf trips. Whether it is escaping the drudgery of the city with a Friday night escape out of the city with your mates, pulling in for a pie and a chocolate milk before the sun comes up before the dawnie, chasing a promising swell, exploring off the beaten track and roughing it in isolation with only the supplies you bring with you, or setting off to a contest for the next few days, surf trips are part of what defines us as surfers.

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Mad inventor, Courtney Potter is the owner and mad inventor of 3DFINS that keeps many a surfer sane, started in a rustic shed in Western Australia. Designer and founder Courtney Potter's hand made Fin designs were honed in the insane mix of waves the WA coast has to offer. Courtney's artist background and earlier work with Flying Toy designs gave him a different view of what fins could be resulting in what some considered out of this world designs. Dimple technology was different people understood the concept and gave it a go, leading to 3DFINS amazing entry into the Fin world. 3DFINS is now relocated to Burleigh Heads Queensland. The Gold coast with its long points has proven to be perfect for researching and developing new and innovative fin designs. He also experiments with surfboard fin materials, trying to find unique compositions that are more durable and more environmentally friendly.

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They started when friends Miranda Laidlaw and Hannah Jessup started to learn to surf and met another learner, Monica Wach, in the water at Currumbin Alley on the Gold Coast.

They all started to surf together and soon met up with other female surfers, creating ‘The Surf Witches’ facebook group so everyone could stay in touch and always have a surf buddy.

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Andrew McKinnon, is a freelance journalist, environmentalist, writer, commentator, and event manager. A former World Longboard Champion Andy Mac is a skilled operator who has achieved many outcomes for ocean conservation and protecting beach and surf amenity. Highly passionate and persistent in pursuing outcomes for a more sustainable society and increase in well being. 
Phil Jarratt has lived and surfed in Noosa for 30 years, excluding periods living in France and California. He co-founded the Noosa Festival of Surfing in 1998 and the Jarratt family ran the event for 15 of its 23 editions, calling it a day in 2018.
In 2013 Phil became founding chairman of the Noosa National Surfing Reserve committee which accomplished its mission of becoming a National Surfing Reserve in 2015. Phil then became president of the Noosa World Surfing Reserve stewardship council, steering that campaign to victory in 2017. Noosa was dedicated the 10th World Surfing Reserve in February this year. Currently, he is working with Noosa Shire Council and other community groups to create a workable model for the proposed State protective legislation.
Both Andy and Phil have been the driving force for the push for the Gold Coast’s and Noosa’s inclusion as a World Surfing Reserves following Manly’s inclusion in 2010. The Manly WSR incorporates both Manly and Freshwater beaches and their numerous and consistent beach breaks, with Manly itself being Sydney’s most popular surfing beach.
World Surfing Reserves proactively identifies, designates, and preserves outstanding waves, surf zones and their surrounding environments, around the world. With world-class sand bottom point breaks from Burleigh to Snapper and the history, culture and champions that our fine beaches have given rise to, the Gold Coast, is the 8th World Surfing Reserve. 
Earlier this year Noosa became the 10th World Surfing Reserve with an area that covers the world class point breaks from Laguna Bay on Noosa Main Beach all the way to the beach break at North Sunshine Beach.
Earlier this year Noosa became the 10th World Surfing Reserve with an area that covers the world-class point breaks from Laguna Bay on Noosa Main Beach all the way to the beach break at North Sunshine Beach

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Now a veteran, the man they call the “godfather of soul” is still one of the most graceful longboarders in the world, with a drop knee cutback that most longboarders would die for.

Ray grew up on a dairy farm and didn’t start surfing until his family moved to Kingscliff when he was 14. That relatively late start was not a hindrance at all, especially after he embraced the longboard revival in the 1980s and fast became one of Australia’s leading competitors, winning the national longboard title in 1991, ’92 and ’93, and representing Australia at the world longboard titles in France in 1992 (second) and in Brazil in 1994 (fifth).

Despite those impressive contest statistics, at heart Ray has always been a soul surfer, and as an ambassador and team rider for McTavish for more than 20 years, he has been an inspiration to a whole generation of surfers

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Join us at 7pm Australian EST when Kirra, Sean, Jack, Matty, Nathan and of course Weeksy talk Logs vs HP surfing. Sure to be a lively debate. 

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