For immediate release 28th February 2024 From:  Surfing New ZealandSport: Women’s SurfingEvent: 2024 New Zealand Womens Surf FestivalLocation: Pauanui Beach, Coromandel,Event Info: Surfing New Zealand Girls Descend on Coromandel for inaugural NZ Women’s Surf Festival Pauanui is set to host the New Zealand Women’s Surf Festival presented by Sun Bum and VW this weekend (2-3 March) attracting New Zealand’s top … Read more

The best young surfers in New Zealand had to contend with adverse West Coast weather conditions to round out the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge over the weekend. Piha dished up onshore winds and rain for the final day of the third event with small 1.0m messy waves providing limited opportunity for surfers to … Read more

The final event of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge has thrown up two new champions on day one of the event held at Piha Beach, Auckland today (Saturday 24th February). Copal Mateja (Rag) and Isla Mckay (Whangarei) surfed their way to victory after an action-packed day of surfing for participants in the Under … Read more

For immediate release 20th February 2024 From:  Surfing New ZealandSport:  SurfingEvent: 2024 Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge – Event 3Location: Piha Beach, AucklandEvent Info: Surfing New Zealand and Billabong Final Showdown Set for Billabong Grom Series 2024.  Kiwi groms from around the country are lining up the final event of the Billabong Grom Series … Read more

Auckland surfer Matt Newdick claimed the 2024 New Zealand Festival of Longboarding title in dominant fashion today coming out victorious alongside Gisborne’s Hannah Kohn who won the Women’s Division. By way of their victories, the two surfers secured selection into the New Zealand Longboarding Team who will contest the ISA World Longboard Championships in El … Read more

Against a stunning Papamoa summer’s day, the final six surfers were determined across both the Men’s and Women’s Longboard Divisions as Aotearoa’s best vie for event titles and selection into the New Zealand Longboard Team. The New Zealand Festival of Longboarding kicked off in clean 1.0m waves at ‘The Domain’ at Papamoa with surfers from … Read more

Dunedin’s Alexis Owen and Pauanui surfer Lola Groube have clinched their first major wins of the summer taking out the second leg of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge completed at Whangamata over the weekend.  The two surfers stormed to victory in the Under 16 Divisions. The surf faded away after day one of … Read more

For immediate release 13th  February 2024 From:  Surfing New ZealandSport: SurfingEvent: 2024 New Zealand Festival of LongboardingLocation: Papamoa Beach, The Domain, Bay of PlentyEvent Info: Surfing New Zealand New Zealand Festival of Longboarding brings style and grace back to Papamoa. Papamoa Beach is set to become the focal point of Longboard surfing once again with … Read more

17-year-old Piha surfer Leia Millar has ridden her way to a third straight win for the season, this time claiming the second leg of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge completed at Whangamata on Saturday (10th February 2024). With surf pulsing into Whangamata at the 1.5m mark, the Under 18 Boys and Girls Divisions … Read more

For immediate release 7th February 2024 From:  Surfing New ZealandSport:  SurfingEvent: 2024 Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge – Event 2Location: WhangamataEvent Info: Surfing New Zealand and Billabong Pressure builds for Event 2 of the Billabong Grom Series Presented By Oceanbridge This weekend marks the second of three events in the Billabong Grom series presented … Read more