Noosa Festival of Surfing

In 2008, the festival, sponsored by Global Surf Industries and maintained and managed by USM Events, commenced with the traditional Mixing of the Waters ceremony led by Hawaiian waterman Brian Keaulana.

[2] Noosa was truly the heart of Australian surfing in the late 50s and early 60s, with some great innovations in surfboard design.

Trevor Hewston was the first board builder in Noosa from around 1958 and although managing to stay "underneath the radar", his influence on surfboard design through the following decades was nothing less than outstanding.

The points at Noosa produce long peeling waves with perfect barrel sections.

[3][4][5] In 2018, the Sunshine Coast based international surf tourism company World Surfaris took over management of the festival.