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A 15-year-old surfing boy was badly injured in a shark attack on the popular beach of Avalon, near Sidney, Australia.
Stan Couper was today posthumously inducted into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame at Surf World, Torquay.
After 10 years of service as President of ASP International, Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew (AUS), 54, will be stepping down from the post, effective at the end of March 2009.
The whole focus of today's community Australia Day rally is to raise the issue of the loss of Kirra Point at the highest levels of State Government, namely NSW & Queensland State Governments, who jointly manage the Tweed Sand By-Pass operation together with Gold Coast City Council and Tweed Shire Council to renegotiate the 25-year contract of pumping sand.
The Kirra Surfriders Club (KSC), in conjunction with the Kirra Surf Club, is hosting a Public Paddle Out on Australia Day 09 at Kirra (Monday 26th of January) to mark the loss of Kirra Point, regarded as one of the best Point Breaks in the World.