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15-year-old Josh Green has been showing real potential lately, placing well in numerous competitions on the South Coast, not only among the juniors but also the seniors. Coming from a family of three brothers and a spearfishing Dad, we're excited to be supporting Josh with some new dive gear as he continues to grow in...
Blog from Max Gordon-Hall President South Coast Sea Snipers Inc. South Coast Championships 2014 is only a couple weeks away! That's right, on the 8th and 9th of March, the top spearfishers from around Australia will gather on the banks of the South Coast of NSW at Ulladulla to compete against the best and be...
Blog from Tyler Drake, Social Secretary and Publicist Officer Newcastle Neptunes Hope Everyone has been getting stuck in to the Summer season and getting out there. It is that time of year again with the NSW competition calendar well underway. Once again the Newcastle Neptunes is proud to announce the 55th Annual Australian Pacific Coast...
The Coral Sea is the pinnacle of Australian spearfishing - it is Mount Everest for spearos. Last week, 8 keen spearos and 2 members of the Adreno Spearfishing Team, including owner of Adreno Tim Neilsen and myself, headed out to experience the beauty and mayhem that is the Coral Sea for the first and, for...
It has been a great start to the 2013 Big 5 competition! 12 competitors are currently in the running to share in over $15,000 worth of spearfishing prizes. Tim Neilsen shows how easy it is to weigh a fish in. Here's his Pacific 5 Goatfish entryOnly one junior is currently in the competition though -...
 Travis Hogan with two very nice Mangrove JacksThe Estuary 5 category of the Big 5 online spearfishing competition includes Mangrove Jack, Barramundi, Threadfin Salmon OR Queenfish, Flathead, and Fingermark. You can find the entire species and competition rules list here. In this weeks ‘Species Identification’ blog, we will look at the beautiful eating, and...
The 2012 Adreno Big 5 Online spearfishing competition was a huge success, with over 50 divers entering the competition. We have now tallied up all of the scores and it is our pleasure to announce the winner of the Reef 5 category. The Reef 5 category of the 2012 Big 5 competition consisted of 5 popular...
From the 12th-18th of January, the 61st National Spearfishing Titles will be held in Sydney, NSW.Each year, spearfishing  competitors from all over Australia travel to compete in the National Titles, which are held in a different State every year. The competition is scored on 100 points for each species, and 10 points for each kilo...
Over thirty divers drove and flew from as far South as Victoria, and as far North as Cairns, to compete in the 2012 1770 Classic on July 14. For the past two years, the 1770 Classic has been one of Australia's largest spearfishing competitions. Hosted by the Curtis Coast Spearfishing Club (CCSC), the unique format...
I know most of you guys down south would consider a water temp of 22 degrees warm enough to still be wearing your lycra, but up here in the tropics we are freezing our arses off!! I guess when we are getting temperatures in the 30's during Summer you really start to appreciate how good...