{"id":844798,"date":"2026-08-05T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844798\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:32:18","slug":"surf-coast-claims-three-australian-longboard-crowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844798\/","title":{"rendered":"Surf Coast claims three Australian longboard crowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SURFING<\/p>\n<p>Three Surf Coast surfers have returned from the Australian Longboard Titles as national champions, with first-time winner Angela King, veteran Greg Brown and history-maker Jenene Nelson each claiming gold at Cabarita Beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ANDY61291_72754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/>Nelson is chaired up the beach after her win. Photo: Surfing Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>King claimed the over-40 women\u2019s crown in her debut season in the division, while Brown extended his decorated career with another national title in the over-55 men\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson rounded out the Victorian success by becoming the inaugural Australian champion in the new over-70 women\u2019s division.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ANDY0984_09_33_32_Ju_72671.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/>Angela King glides on the nose of her board. Photo: Surfing Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For King, the title was made more meaningful because she was competing alongside eldest daughter Delilah, who lined up in the under-18 girls division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so exciting to win the over-40 women\u2019s this year,\u201d the Torquay surfer said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ANDY1051_09_37_40_Ju_72707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/>Angela King won the over-40 women\u2019s Australian title. Photo: Surfing Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never done it before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to compete when I was younger, and this year I came back to give it a go because my daughter was in the under-18s and I wanted to surf with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ANDY2731_12_45_42_Ju_72655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/>Greg Brown has now topped more than 20 Australian titles. Photo: Surfing Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s victory added another Australian title to a career that now spans more than 20 national championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to give a massive thank you to the Victorian Team, or the \u2018Vic Mafia\u2019 as we call ourselves,\u201d the Lorne resident said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re an incredible bunch and the support they give is amazing \u2013 they\u2019re always down on the beach cheering me on through every heat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ANDY2736_12_45_46_Ju_72733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/>Brown throws his board off the roof of a wave. Photo: Surfing Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, of course, a huge thank you to my wife, who is always there supporting me every step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nelson became the inaugural Australian champion in the new over-70 women\u2019s division, the first time the age group has featured at the national titles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ANDY8546_10_00_34_Ju_72722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/>Angela King won her first over-40 women\u2019s crown at Cabarita Beach, near Byron Bay. Photo: Surfing Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love this sport because even if you\u2019re over 70, you can still do this,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery day you wake up, you can achieve what you put your mind to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on over-70s ladies, let\u2019s completely fill this division.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SURFING Three Surf Coast surfers have returned from the Australian Longboard Titles as national champions, with first-time winner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-844798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}