News

For immediate release   22 May 2024  From: Surfing New Zealand  Sport: Surfing  Event: King and Queen of the Point presented by Quiksilver, Roxy and BackdoorDates: 24-26 May 2024 Divisions: Open Men and Women, Under 20 Boys and Girls Divisions, Expression SessionLocation: Manu Bay, Raglan  Websites: Surfing New Zealand and Backdoor Surf Shop   King and Queen of the … Read more

From: Sport Bay of Plenty Tired of being ignored or roughed up by the boys, one group of girls at Te Kura o Maungatapu took matters into their own hands. What started with a football kickaround at morning tea has since blossomed into a full blown movement at Maungatapu School, thanks in some part to … Read more

From: NZOC Media ReleaseDate: 7 May 2024 Billy Stairmand and Saffi Vette to Surf Teahupoʻo as they chase Olympic Glory Raglan’s Billy Stairmand and Gisborne’s Saffi Vette have been named to the New Zealand Team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The surfers have just spent two weeks training at the Olympic venue of Teahupoʻo … Read more

For immediate release 13 May 2024 From:  Surfing New ZealandSport:  International SurfingEvent:  2024 ISA World Junior Surfing ChampionshipDivisions: Under 18 and 16 Boys and GirlsDate:    3-12 MayLocation: El SalvadorWebsites: ISA World Juniors and Surfing New ZealandCopper Medal for Alexis Owen as ISA World Junior Surfing Championships come to an end The New Zealand Junior Surfing Team has finished 11th in the event after a … Read more

It was a game of power surfing in solid waves to round out the NZ Grom Series at Gisborne over the weekend with the Sequence Surf Gisborne Junior Pro being claimed by Soren Bucka – Christensen (Tara) and Leia Millar (Piha). The final junior event of the season was held in perfect 1.5m – 2.0m … Read more

The New Zealand Junior Surfing Team head into the final day of the 2024 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships with one surfer remaining in the event – Dunedin’s Alexis Owen, who will contest the Under 16 Boys Division. Owen advanced through his matchup overnight to stay in the main event draw and guarantee a top … Read more

Three New Zealand surfers will battle out the penultimate day of the 2024 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships being held in El Salvador after a big day of action was completed overnight (Saturday 11 May). The New Zealand Junior Surfing Team sits in eleventh place overall heading into the final two days and will need … Read more

With a massive southerly swell rampaging up the East Coast of New Zealand, the country’s top young surfers found themselves at the remote Tologa Bay on the East Cape for the final event of the NZ Grom Series today (Saturday 11th May) – the Sequence Surf Gisborne Junior Pro. The Under 14 Boys and Girls … Read more

For immediate release  8 May 2024  From:  Surfing New ZealandSport:  SurfingEvent:  Sequence Surf Shop Gisborne Junior ProDates:  11-12 May 2024Divisions: Under 18, 16 and 14 Boys, and GirlsLocation: GisborneWebsites: Surfing New Zealand , Sequence Surf Shop,   Gisborne to host 2024 Grom Series Final Show down this weekend After an incredible summer of junior surfing events New Zealand’s top groms froth levels … Read more