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Surfing NSW, established in 1963, is the largest and longest-running of the recognised state bodies.

Proudly celebrating heritage, empowering clubs, high performance pathways and supporting our ocean community.

22/10/2026

The road to the Australian Titles starts here.

The 2026 Team NSW State LAB camp brought together NSW’s top junior surfers for four days of high performance coaching ahead of Margaret River in November.

Led by NSW Director of Coaching Martin Dunn, the camp combined surf sessions, video analysis and heat strategy to get the team ready for the biggest stage.

Margaret River is next.

🎥 Jimmy Wacher

13/10/2026

Sapphire Coast Boardriders Surf & Snow, is one of the most unique boardrider clubs in the world.

What started with a bunch of local groms has grown into a community that lives and breathes both surf and snow culture.

Two years ago, the club made the crossover official, adding Surf & Snow to its name to match what members were already doing, spending winter on the slopes and chasing waves.

Ask anyone in the club, and they’ll tell you it’s non stop.

Sapphire runs an annual club snow weekend, with subsidised board hire and accommodation helping make the mountains more accessible for families who might not otherwise get the chance.

There’s riding on the slopes, trampoline sessions for the groms, a Q&A and group dinner with guest speakers like Cooper Woods and Valentino Guseli, and a whole weekend of members connecting away from the beach.

The club has helped nurture talent across both worlds, too. Former member Cooper Woods has gone on to become an Australian freestyle skiing Olympian, while club grom Emma Fraser is one to watch after taking out the U18 division at the South Coast Regionals.

Back on the coast, the surf calendar is just as busy.

The annual Bournda Island Classic, run by club Vice President Peta Byard, has a two-week window each winter, but only runs when the swell and wind really deliver. When it does, there’s an iconic trophy up for grabs and a big pot of curry waiting for everyone on the beach afterwards.

At Sapphire, you can grow up chasing waves and end up chasing snow, or do both along the way.

One club. Two playgrounds. And a whole different take on boardriders.

📸 Brooke Darlington

12/10/2026

“The waves were so good I couldn’t leave.”

In August 2025, after nearly being knocked out during an XL east swell, Northern Beaches Regional Director Matty Grainger scored a wave he’ll never forget.

What started with an eight hour tow session on the bombie the day before turned into two days of all time South Narrabeen. And if you ask any local, that doesn’t happen often.

“It’s usually a closeout. But if you get a certain size, certain period and a certain angle, it all comes together. And that day it did perfectly.”

The morning after the tow session, Matty paddled out again with local charger Riley Cadman. When a bomb set detonated him.

“I pulled into a closeout tube on a set on the wave before. Got sucked over falls, slamming my head into the sand bank”

After watching from the sand, Matty walked a few hundred metres up the beach to the rip, paddled back out and thought, one more.

Sitting further out than the rest of the lineup, he found himself in the perfect spot as a double overhead set rolled through. Most of the crew never saw it coming.

Matty did. And the wave drained him the whole way through.

“Just one of those special days. It doesn’t really get like that very often at this spot.”

See our story to watch it.

📸 Mark Onorati

30/09/2026

This is not your average boardriders club.

"Indigenous Boardriders started with the idea of trying to get more young Indigenous kids in the water, which did a lot for me growing up."

For founder Robbie Townsend, that idea came from his own experience. Now, through Indigenous Boardriders, he's helping create that same opportunity for the next generation.

On Sunday, young Indigenous girls aged from six to 18 came together at Bermagui rock wall for a special Her Wave learn to surf session with Indigenous Boardriders and Camel Rock Surf School.

The day kicked off with a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony by Uncle Warren Forster, before the groms hit the water in about as good a learning setup as you could ask for. Clean one footers rolling through under the watchful eye of Mount Gulaga, a place of deep cultural significance to the local Yuin people.

For some, it was their first time surfing. For others, it was another chance to build their confidence, learn more about the ocean and spend time with other girls in the water.

"Days like this gives the girls confidence in the ocean after learning a bit more about how the ocean works," said Camel Rock Surf School's Kirsty Furbank.

Deputy Chair Tamika Townsend put it simply.

"Indigenous Boardriders started to give our people and mob access to surfing. It also gives people the opportunity to get in the water, connect with Sea Country, and learn how to surf."

Tamika also brought her own crew along for the day called Yaala, her dance group, who weave ocean and sea animal connection into their movement.

That's the real purpose behind days like this. Not just teaching kids to surf, but building surfers for life.

Surfing NSW is proud to support that work through Her Wave, backed by NRMA Insurance RISE funding for Indigenous women and girls.

📷 David Rogers

24/09/2026

What’s inside a Community Shark Bite Kit?

More importantly, why is it sitting on your local beach?

There are now 323 Community Shark Bite Kits distributed around Australian beaches, with 294 across NSW.

Inside each kit are the tools needed to help control catastrophic bleeding in the critical minutes before emergency services arrive:

🩸 SOF tourniquet

🩹 Compression bandages and large dressings

🧤 Nitrile gloves

🫶 Emergency thermal blanket

📣 Emergency whistle

✍️ Permanent marker to record the time a tourniquet was applied

📋 Simple, step-by-step incident management instructions

The idea behind the project is simple.

If someone suffers a serious shark bite, the first person to help shouldn't need to be a doctor, paramedic or highly trained professional.

They just need to know what to do and have the right equipment within reach.

That’s the thinking behind Danny Schouten’s Community Shark Bite Kit project, which began on the Mid North Coast after his close friend Kai McKenzie lost a leg in a shark attack.

What started with 10 kits around Bonny Hills has grown into hundreds of kits across Australia, supported by communities, clubs and organisations working to make sure critical equipment is available when it matters most.

Because in those first few minutes, it shouldn't be left to chance.

Know where your nearest kit is. Know what’s inside. And if you’re responsible for a beach or club, know how to use it.

23/09/2026

Eight years ago, as a little grom at Byron Bay Boardriders.

“I want to be the first Aboriginal women’s world champion.”

Last week, a wildcard took 13 year old Leihani Zoric to El Salvador, where she won the U18 division and became a World Junior Champion.

In doing so, she also became the first Indigenous surfer to become a World Champ.

But getting there almost didn’t happen.

Leihani was extremely sick before the event, sick enough that her parents told her she shouldn’t go.

Her response?

“No, I’m going to go. I believe that I can go all the way.”

She did exactly that.

“I’m really proud of myself for all my hard work and effort I’ve put in, and all the people that have helped me along the way.”

From Broken Head to El Salvador, Leihani never lost sight of what it meant to represent her Yued mob, her culture and her country.

“I’m just so grateful to have been able to go to El Salvador and represent my culture and my country as best as I can.”

And she's already building the path for the next generation.

Through her own workshop at Seas The Day festival and her own Lei’s Lu’au Girls Go Surf days, Leihani is creating opportunities for the next generation to feel confident in the water.

Eight years after joining Byron Bay Boardriders, their grom has come home a World Champion.

This weekend her club are celebrating the win at The Beach Hotel Byron Bay from 5pm.

More info on our Story.

21/09/2026

"Why don't you join the comp?"

Fifteen minutes before this year's Open Women's State Titles, Arabella Tarpey ran to find the contest director, grabbed her gear from the van, and found herself in the draw.

No preparation. No expectations. Just a quick change from the mic into a rashie.

She finished 3rd, narrowly missing second, and booked her spot at the Australian Titles.

"I think because I went into it with no expectations, I guess I didn't put any pressure on myself."

A performance almost as impressive as her trademark worm.

Growing up in Pambula, Arabella did a bit of everything, soccer, gymnastics, AFL, surfing, skating, before surfing won out. She started coaching at 14, wanting to see more girls in the water.

Commentary found her almost by accident. After getting knocked out early at an Avoca QS3000, she was approached to jump on the webcast.

"I was pretty distraught because I'd travelled to the comp on my own and had an eight-hour drive home ahead of me. So of course I said yes haha."

That yes turned into Surfest, Challenger Series events, and Surfing NSW webcasts alongside some of the best in the business. At Aussies, she did the double all over again, hours on the mic with Teza McKenna, then straight into a NSW rashie for her own heats.

For someone who once said she was the only girl surfing around Pambula, she's now helping create the opportunities she wished she'd had growing up.

"Being a speaker at the Her Wave program was a pinch-me moment. I never imagined so many young girls looking up to me."

From Pambula to the commentary tower, the lineup for NSW and East End Boardriders, and occasionally the lawn for a worm, Arabella's carved out a pretty unique spot in NSW surfing.

"I'll see where my surfing takes me," she says.

Wherever that is, we'll be watching.

19/09/2026

North Narrabeen take out the first NSW regional qualifier.

18 clubs lined up for the Australian Boardriders Battle NSW Central Qualifier, with head high, glassy conditions and a few barrels on offer delivering a pumping day of action at South Curly.

North Narrabeen had firepower all day.

Jagger Phillips dropped the Wave of the Day, an 8.83 for two huge vertical turns, before Dave Cathels backed it up in the final with an 8.5, linking critical turns to help get the team over the line. It was also powersurfer Dylan Moffat's birthday. Not a bad way to spend it.

The final result:
🥇 North Narrabeen Boardriders
🥈 North Steyne
🥉 Avoca Boardriders
4th Long Reef Surfers Association

North Steyne pushed all the way to the decider behind powersurfer Saxon Reber, who went excellent for the club across the day.

"We just fell short of the win, but we got what we came for, which was a spot at the Burleigh final."

Avoca Boardriders continued their strong run, with Australian representative and Irukandji Talia Tebb going excellent throughout the event and helping push her team all the way to the final.

Dee Why were right in the mix too, led by Ben Zanatta's 8.67. Time got away from them in the semifinal, but their day's work still locked in a top 8 finish.

Host club Curly also put together a strong showing, with Harley Ross dropping back to back excellent scores as the home crew battled right through the day.

Rounding out the eight heading to Burleigh are Bungan Boardriders, North Avalon and Freshwater Boardriders.

Central is in the books. One NSW region down, with more spots still up for grabs on the road to Burleigh.

16/09/2026

Seven World Titles for one. A first for another.

The 2026 Adaptive Surfing Professionals World Tour has been a pretty special one for NSW Para Surfing.

Three stops. Byron Bay, Hawaii and Oceanside, California.

Four NSW athletes finishing the season as World Champions.

Mark “Mono” Stewart added another chapter to an already remarkable career, claiming his 7th World Title in the Men’s Kneel division.

“Every title has its own story, but this one feels incredibly special.”

But after everything that’s come before, it’s the people around him that Mono comes back to.

“I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved, but I’m even more grateful for the people who have been beside me throughout the journey, my family, friends, supporters, sponsors and everyone who continues to believe in me.”

For Mono, it was World Title number seven.

For Finn Banks, it was his first.

The Dalmeny Boardriders surfer claimed the Men’s Low Vision World Title in his first season on tour, becoming the youngest athlete on the Irukandjis roster along the way.

“When I won the AASP tour world title I was stoked. It was my first year competing on the tour and I’m so happy.”

From winning the opening event in Byron Bay to carrying that momentum through the season, Finn has already got his eyes on what comes next.

“I’m training hard to try and get another win.”

Joining Mono and Finn are Narrabeen’s Lee Ferrier, 2026 Men’s Prone Assist World Champion, and Mona Vale’s Kirk Watson, 2026 Men’s No Vision World Champion.

Four different divisions. Four different journeys. Four World Champions.

A huge congratulations to Mono, Finn, Lee and Kirk, and to everyone who represented NSW and Australia throughout the season.

The titles are something to celebrate. But the people behind them are what make this community so special.

Credit: Surf Chaser Photography

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