As surfers we’re a migratory lot, traveling the globe, following storm systems and swell patterns. And being summer down in the Southern Hemisphere it’s little secret that everybody’s heading down to Australia. Over the past few weeks Evan Geiselman and friends have been traveling around the Sunburned Country, scarfing down meat pies and destroying any and all ripples the ocean could throw at them. You can see the results of this lengthy roadtrip on Surfline.com right now. Follow this link to the first of a four part series on what it means to be young, frothing and on the road in Oz.

Words/Photos Special To RedBullSurfing.com by Joli

Over 1,500 paddlers took to the water at Kirra
to create history on Australia Day. By carving out the map of
Australia, the group of surfers, lifeguards, paddlers, and just good,
old ocean-going blokes helped bring tremendous awareness to the sand
issue that’s literally engulfed the famed right-hand point.

The whole focus of the community’s Australia Day rally was 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 community at large would like to see action on the restoration of
Kirra Point considered to be one of the greatest sand bottom point
breaks in the world.