Scarborough Boardriders: 'Pretty awesome'

Plenty to report on this month in the world of Scarborough Boardriders.

Kalani Ball completed his overseas venture on the World Challenger Series across US, Europe and Hawaii. In the final event in Haleiwa, Hawaii Kalani achieved an amazing result making it through to the semi-finals. Along the way he came up against some of the best surfers in the world including Griffin Colapinto, Kanoa Igarashi and Wiggolly Dantas. Kalani placed an incredible 5th in the event which was won by John John Florence. Well done, Kalani!

Then the Australian Boardriders Battle Regional Qualifier (Southern Clubs) was held at Jones Beach, Kiama on Saturday, 11 December 2021. It was an extremely exciting and tense day for those who made the trip down the coast to watch the event but it was worthwhile with the club taking out the title again for the second year in a row!

Nic Squiers – with just moments left in the final, neck and neck with Jones Beach after their surfer had just fallen – picked off a wave and pummelled all the way to the beach with multiple top-to-bottom turns to clinch the win.

“As soon as I saw it I knew I had to go,” he said. “I came home strong pretty much every time I surfed so it was really good to get the chance to get that done.”

Ethan Smith from Surfing NSW described the win by Scarborough as “pretty awesome” in the testing conditions.

“We saw pretty much playful surf in the morning but it just increased in size throughout the day and became pretty horrendous,” Ethan said.

Well done to our team – Nic Squiers, Fin McLaren, Will Clarke, Zahlia Short and Mannix Squiers – and big thanks to all our supporters who attended to cheer them on. The win sees the club qualify for the national finals in Newcastle in 2022.

The final pointscore of the year which was due to be held on 12 December was postponed to 19 December and our presentation will be sometime in early 2022, date and venue to be confirmed.