Surf club championships return to Whangamata
- Dave Worsley
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
New Zealand’s top boardrider clubs will battle it out this weekend for national bragging rights and a chance to represent the country on the world stage.
The New Zealand Boardrider Club Championships takes place at Whangamata Beach with a field comprising twelve boardrider clubs looking to represent New Zealand at the Usher Cup World Club Challenge on the Gold Coast.
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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 clubs across New Zealand 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) eager to get back on the podium after their earlier successes.
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 percent of the points up for grabs and ultimately decides the champion club.
Competition kicks off at 8am Saturday 5 April at Access 8, the Esplanade, Whangamata Beach.