This year’s Coolangatta Gold - Surf Life Saving’s iconic Ironman race – has received a huge boost today with the announcement of Schick Hydro as the event’s naming rights partner for 2013.

The 2013 Schick Hydro Coolangatta Gold will be conducted in and out of Coolangatta on Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20.

Paddlers from around the globe are getting ready to battle on Hamilton Island at the annual Gatorade Clash of the Paddles from 20-24th June.

HIS name is Phill Deer. His son has been killed by the howling ocean but after 13 minutes in the dead zone he has spluttered back to life and now there are tubes stuffed up his nose and down his throat while he slumps lifeless and numb in a coma at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital.

Entries for Surf Life Saving’s National Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Championships are now open.

The event, to take place from July 18-21 at Mindil Beach in Darwin will see the very best in IRB racing, bringing clubs from around Australia together to compete for the club title.

But before that, each state and the Northern Territory will go head to head to battle it out during the Interstate Championships on Thursday July 18.

Surf Life Saving Australia is committed to the continual development and improvement of our IT systems and processes.

SLSA’s IT team are currently conducting an online survey in order to gain a better understanding of member and club officer usage and satisfaction with various SLSA IT Systems, Websites, Apps, Social Media, etc.

Below is the link to the survey which should only take about three minutes to complete and will assist SLSA in providing all members and organisations with continued IT enhancements and support.

Surf Life Saving Australia has announced the dates and venue for the 2015 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships.

The 'Aussies' will be heading back to the Gold Coast and will be held from the 13th -19th of April 2015 at North Kirra Beach.

Don't forget to check into the Aussies Page on the SLSA Website:  http://sls.com.au/aussies for all Aussies results, photos and videos as well as further updates.

Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) has confirmed that Fraser Haughton, formerly of Palm Beach SLSC (NSW), has received a two year ban from competition for violation of Article 7 of SLSA’s 2010 Anti-Doping Policy for the presence of prohibited substances or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample and the Use of a Prohibited Substance.

SLSA is excited announce the re-launch of the National High Performance Sport Program.

Since December 2012 SLSA, along with all Australian National Sporting Organisations, have been in the process of reviewing, redeveloping and rebuilding the High Performance Program. The Winning Edge frame work was announced December and it required all sports who are funded for high performance to submit their case for future High Performance investment from the Australian Sports Commission (ASC).

Today marks the start of National Volunteer Week (13 - 19 May 2013)!

National Volunteer Week (NVW2013) is Australia’s largest celebration of volunteers and volunteerism.

Today there are over 6 million (ABS 2010b) people volunteering annually in Australia, representing 36% of the adult population

Surf Life Saving Australia has over 165,000 members who spend over 1.3 million hours a year patrolling our beaches, ensuring the safety of beachgoers around Australia.

On average, over 15,000 rescues are performed by volunteer surf lifesavers each year and around 65,000 Nippers are taught vital surf safety skills and will grow into the next generation of surf lifesavers. Surf Life Saving at all levels relies heavily on the goodwill and financial support of the community and business to help fund the safety, rescue and education services.

Surf Life Saving Australia Acting CEO Greg Nance has released the first of the findings from the Aussies Top to Bottom Review.

The SLSA Board determined that a complete ‘top to bottom’ review of the conduct of the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships should take place.

The need for this review has been precipitated by several factors but principally:

Surf Life Saving NSW Central Coast Director of Education, Greg Collins has been instrumental in developing the skills of members and capabilities of the fledgling Surf Life Saving Mauritius following his recent visit to the island nation in the Indian Ocean.

While in Mauritius Greg conducted lifesaving training for skilled and experienced lifesavers like those from the National Coast Guard (NCG), the Fire Services and the Fédération Mauricienne de Triathlon, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and beach patrol volunteers, some of who were beginners.