For immediate release
1/04/2025
From: Surfing New Zealand
Sport: Surfing
Event: 2025 New Zealand Boardrider Club Championships
Location: Whangamata
Date: 5th April
Clubs Champs return to Whangamata this weekend
New Zealand’s top boardrider clubs will battle it out this Saturday (5th April) to attain national bragging rights and a chance to represent New Zealand again on the world stage.
The New Zealand Boardrider Club Championships takes place at Whangamata Beach on the 5th April. A field comprising twelve boardrider clubs from around Aotearoa will battle it out on Saturday.
The triumphant club will represent New Zealand at the Usher Cup World Club Challenge to be held on Australia’s Gold Coast in early 2025 where they will join upward of ten nations and swath of clubs from Australia.
The New Zealand Boardrider Club Championships is a highlight of the domestic surfing calendar combining team surfing with individual results, bringing out the best in club comradery.
Bay Boardriders will be out to defend their title after a much-celebrated win in 2023 and 2024. The win saw them head to the Usher Cup, the second team to ever represent New Zealand at the event.
With board riders clubs across Aotearoa growing in strengths every year it is expected that the 2025 Boardrider Club Championships will be bigger than ever with Point Boardriders (2022 Champions) and Keyhole Boardriders (2021) back with a vengeance and eager to get back on the podium after their earlier successes.
These proud clubs will be aiming for nothing less than the chance to represent New Zealand on the world stage on the Gold Coast in 2026.
The tag team format is the essence of the New Zealand Boardrider Club Championships and involves all five surfers in the team going out and catching two waves in succession. A win in the tag team component of the event is worth 50% of the points up for grabs and ultimately decides the champion club.
Competition kicks off at 8am at Access 8, the Esplanade, Whangamata Beach.
Further Information
For further information on the 2025 New Zealand Club Championships, please contact Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings on 021 2278732 or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
Imagery
High resolution action images of the surfing at the event will be available to media free of charge.
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Author: Dan Westerkamp