Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles

Country Energy Australian Surf Festival
Port Macquarie NSW Australia
16 - 30 August 2008

Oxbow launches into Australia with the Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 15 July, 2008 : - - Maroubra Beach -- Oxbow has today announced their support of Australian surfing with the announcement of the Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles. In what can only be described as a coup for Australian longboarding, Oxbow has affirmed their presence within the Australian surfing landscape with their commitment to grass roots surfing.
 
Running as part of the the Country Energy Australian Surf Festival in August, the Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles will see the best longboard riders from across the nation converging upon Port Macquarie. With 11 prestigious national titles up for grabs at the Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles, Mick Beggs, Oxbow’s General Manager for the Asia Pacific region, is excited about the prospect of such a world-class event.
 
“It is a privilege for Oxbow to align with the Australian Longboard Titles,” he said. “Oxbow is a brand steeped in longboard history internationally so it is a perfect fit for us to be the Title Sponsor of the Australian Longboard Titles which carries so much prestige and tradition,” Beggs added.
 
Known worldwide as one of the largest, and most respected, surf and fashion brands, Oxbow will be using the Country Energy Australian Surf Festival as a launching pad into the Australian surfing landscape. “We are very excited to be using the Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles as the launch pad for the brand here in Australia and are looking forward to a great event!”

Commencing on Sunday 17th August 2008, and running until Saturday 23rd August, the Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles will see competitors competing in the under 18 boys and girls, Open men and women, Over 35 men and women and Over 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60 years male divisions.

Speaking on behalf of Surfing Australia, CEO Mark Lane is thrilled with Oxbow’s presence within the Australian surfing landscape and couldn’t ask for a better sponsor for such a prestigious event. “We are over the moon that a company so intertwined with longboarding and surfing history, such as Oxbow, are on board with this event,” he said.
 
“We are very excited about building and maintaining a longstanding relationship between Oxbow and the Country Energy Australian Surf Festival.” “It is the perfect platform for them to launch into the minds of the Australian surf culture and a perfect fit for us,” Lane added.

Competing at the Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles will be defending Australian and NSW longboard champion Harley Ingleby (Sandy Beach, NSW). Ingelby, who has been in fantastic form of late winning the Oxbow ASP World Longboard Tour event in France in April, will be hard to beat in the wave rich beach breaks of Port Macquarie.
 
Oxbow Team Rider Bryce Young (Angourie, NSW) will also be another competitor to watch at the Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles. Son of multiple world champ Nat Young, Bryce finished third in the under 18 years division and equal seventh in last year’s Open men’s division.
 
The Oxbow Australian Longboard Titles is part of the Country Energy Australian Surf Festival and is proudly supported by Country Energy, Events NSW, Port Macquarie Hastings Council, Greater Port Macquarie Tourism, Oxbow, Town Green Inn, HW Boutique Motel, Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park, NBN, Star FM, 2MC FM, Australia’s Surfing Life Magazine, Australian Longboarding Magazine, Sydney Weekender, Coastalwatch, G-Shock, Ocean & Earth, The Little Brewing Company, Surfing Australia and Surfing NSW.

About Oxbow
Since its creation in the South West of France in 1985, Oxbow has grown to become one of the largest surf and fashion brands in Europe. Capitalizing on the basic premise of design, creativity, originality and technical expertise, Oxbow has ensured its unique position in the world market and to this day continues to push back the boundaries of board sports (surf, windsurf, kite-surf, snowboard and ski).
 
Oxbow has re-launched the sport of Longboarding, the true and authentic surfing experience, with the help of its ambassador of 17 years, Laird Hamilton, one of the world’s most prominent watermen and rider of the renowned “Millennium Wave” - the largest wave ride ever caught on film at the time. Oxbow products, by their unique styles, colours and cuts have influenced generations of riders who are proud to display the Oxbow “Pads”; a unique marking on the left shoulder of all Oxbow tops and the true signature of Oxbow products.
 
About the Country Energy Australian Surf Festival
Taking place at Port Macquarie, on the NSW Mid North Coast, from August 16 - 30 The Country Energy Australian Surf Festival will see 350 of the best surfers from around the country competing for prestigious national titles. With 23 Australian titles to be awarded in 21 divisions, the Country Energy Australian Surf Festival will also see the Australian Longboard and Shortboard titles combined for the first time in 44 years of Australian competitive surfing history; making it the largest surfing event held in Australia.
 
To be held in conjunction with the competitive surfing, the Country Energy Australian Surf Festival will include live music performances, surf art and photography exhibitions and other cultural offerings throughout the two week festival.

Previous reports:
# 1 : Australian Surf Festival gets backing from Country Energy
# 2 : Coming soon
# 3 : Coming soon
# 4 : Coming soon  

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