Here's What's Going On With. The Aussie Indigenous Titles first began back in '9. That is, until Surfing Victoria and the local Indigenous surfing crew down at Bells got involved. We spoke to eight- time Victorian Indigenous Champion, who is also one of the main organisers of all the Indigenous surfing events around Australia, Jordie Campbell. Jordie, You've been the Indigenous Champion eight times? Yup. Well, I've been the Victorian Indigenous Champion eight times. The event that was on over the weekend was the Australian Indigenous Titles. I started doing the Victorian Titles nine years ago . Photo Courtesy : Surfing Victoria. What's the thought process behind holding it at Bells? Originally the Australian Indigenous Titles were held up at Fingal, and that stopped about 2. Through Surfing Victoria, a few of us got together and decided that it was time we brought back the event. Bells seemed like the place for it. There's a lot of cultural significance for the local Indigenous people . We were talking about the glory days and started listing all the Indigenous surfers there are in Australia, and we got thinking that some of the best surfers out of the country are Indigenous anyways! So that went to the CEO of Surfing Vic, and he said that they could make it happen if we got behind it and did the organising. Australia's Tyler Wright Wins The Oi Rio Pro. Why'd the Australian Indigenous Titles stop in the first place? Financial backing was definitely a part of it, and there wasn't anybody to run it. I know that the last event ended on a bit of a sour note. Over 43 Indigenous participants gathered at Bancoora Beach on Sunday to go surfing with the Surfing Victorian Indigenous Surfing Program. The program was aimed to introduce the participants and get them active. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Surfers Australia. Keeping our PROUD INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN SURFERS LINKED TOGETHER. Indigenous groups cannot be considered to be homogenous as there is much. The impact of Indigenous community sports programs: the case of surfing. The Indigenous Surfing Program promotes health and wellbeing through surfing. Each of the four grand finalists will receive an additional grant of up to $25,000. Got your own Dream for a Better World? Surfing NSW have begun a new adventure. Children & parents will be sourced and identified through local. That's why we do the smoking ceremony before the event kicks off now.. The Victorian Titles have been running for 1. From around 3. 0 people at the first event, we now have up to 2. Through it's growth we've been able to start a really successful Indigenous program, where we do everything from entry- level surfing to high- performance to SUPing, to regional events. Smoking Ceremony, Photo Courtesy : Surfing Victoria. Do you see it as giving a different kind of pathway to Indigenous kids? Yeah. The program we run here uses surfing as a pathway to give these kids a better future. A lot of them have nothing, or very little, and in a way there's no success in their life. Surfing is a way that they think.. Oh wow, I can do stuff, I can be successful in things! There aren't many kids at the moment that have gone on to be super successful surfers, but there's a lot of kids who have gone on to be super successful people. Every single one of the kids who has gone through our surfing development program now have full- time employers, and are on a pathway to a better future. It's quite funny. Indigenous Role Models; Events Calendar; The Gallery. Explore The Gallery; Cape Byron Gallery; Our Creative People; Byron Bay Library; Cultural Centre. Burra jurra Surfing Program. Are you a young Aboriginal person looking. Client: VicHealth Project Date: Jul 2012 – Feb 2014 About the Project: Surfing Victoria and VicHealth contracted Storyscape to conduct the evaluation of the Indigenous Surfing Program over two years (2012–2014). A lot of people I'll talk to don't understand how taking an Indigenous kid surfing will help them in their lives. But if you don't surf you can't really understand how it can be such a great healing process. Unless you've been involved in something like that it's really hard to explain . For a kid who hasn't had any success and doesn't have any guidance, it's easy for us to become a mentor to them in the surf . Through surfing people open up to us, because we're approaching them in a different way.
Photo Courtesy : Surfing Victoria. Do you have to be from Victoria to be a part of the program? Not at all. It's just that this is where we're based . We want to extend our reach, it's just hard over such a big place. Parity Meets Progression Looking At Pay Equality In The World Of Pro Surfing. This is a bit of a broad question, but, what does surfing mean for the Indigenous people? I mean, Indigenous people started surfing before anyone in the world.. The thing is, the Australian Indigenous Title is our way of showcasing what we can do in the water. Australian Indigenous people have been great athletes, great players . And we have some of the best surfers in Australia right now . So I think that this event, for us, is an amazing way to showcase our talent. Australian Indigenous were . It's our way of showing that. I was speaking to Mark Simmons, who's from the South Coast of NSW, and he works for Parks Victoria doing a lot of cultural stuff. He goes out to a lot of cultural sites and he said that he's seen a lot of rock paintings, thousands of years old, that show Indigenous people surfing. So Indigenous people were definitely riding waves a long, long time ago. And do you know Russell Moloney, the surfer who won the event this weekend? Yeah, really well! Russell was the first champion at Bells . Then he got a wildcard into the Australian Titles and won that event, and then he went onto World Titles and I think he got fourth in Peru. Russ is a very significant person in Indigenous surfing. He's been in every single final at Bells since we started running the event. He's an amazing mentor for everyone who comes through the programs. Russel Molony, Mens Open Final Winner, Photo Courtesy : Surfing Victoria. Is he bald like Kelly? Haha, yeah, he is! We're not going anywhere. We're just going to make the event bigger and better. John Craig, Masters Final Winner, Photo Courtesy : Surfing Victoria. Kelly Slater On Baywatch And Rivaling Andy Irons. Full Results: Open Men's Final. Russel Molony, 1. John Craig, 1. 6. Open Men's Semi Final 1. John Craig, 1. 4. Otis Carey, 1. 4. Open Men's Semi Final 2. Russel Molony, 1. Noah Munro, 1. 4. Master's Men Final. John Craig, 1. 4. Scott Winch, 7. 4. Robbie Page, 7. 2. Alan Campbell, 6. Open Women's Final. Summer Simon, 1. 1. Leilani Smith, 8. Jasmine Mc. Croquodale, 6. Jalaan Slabb, 1. 8. Longboard Final. 1st Tom Avery, 1. Robbie Page, 1. 0. Rhys Collins, 6. 7. Ash Zunker, 4. 7.
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