Sunday, August 31 was a big day for everyone with our first official pointscore at Urbnsurf wave pool at Sydney Olympic Park. The weather was balmy, so the water had warmed up to 13°C, which was much better than just a few weeks prior.

We mixed the seniors with the juniors in the first hour and had A grade etc in the second hour with a more challenging wave setting. It was great to see the seniors encouraging the juniors.

We also had a Squad rush over to the Surf Tag Series on the Northern Beaches, where we came away with 4th place in epic six-foot-plus conditions at South Curl Curl. Huge effort and congratulations to our team: Fin McLaren, Will Clarke, Flynn Gale, Cooper Smoley and Kyan Windeyer.

2025 Australian Shortboard Titles

This six-day event was held in Wollongong and finished with a bang on August 31 at pumping Sandon Point. Well done to Talina Wilson on taking out 3rd in the Over 30’s Women’s division and making the semi-finals in Over 40’s. Big congratulations to Jed Ashton from Sandon Point Boardriders for winning the Australian title.

On September 5-7, we were lucky to have eight of the club’s junior boys and eight of our top girls head to the Gold Coast for the Kirra Junior Teams Challenge. Thanks to our team manager, Dave Crossley, and congratulations to our heat winners Ashton, Noah, Shyla and Zhalia. Overall all the kids (and their parents) had a great time.

Surfing NSW Heavyweight Rumble, Urbnsurf

On 14 September our squad headed back to the wave pool for a special event run by Surfing NSW and attended by 27 boardriding clubs from all over the state. Well done to our team on finishing 17th and congratulations to Woonona Boardriders, who were 6th, and Sandon Point Boardriders 7th.