​Raglan surfers Billy Stairmand and Maya Mateja claimed the premier divisions of the 2026 National Surfing Championships presented by Trust Tairawhiti on Saturday (17th January) taking the trophies north from Gisborne.

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The New Zealand Junior Surfing Team have finished tenth at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship completed in Peru at the start of the week.

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Three of our youngest surfers in the New Zealand Junior Surfing Team fought hard for a clean slate in the Under 16 Girls Division at the ISA World Surfing Championships held in Peru today, all three advancing to the third round.

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The New Zealand Junior Surfing Team has confidently commenced their campaign at the 2025 International Surfing Association World Junior Championships being held in Peru this week.

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Whangamata — It was a tough outing at Whangamata this weekend for the second three events on the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge with the forecasted swell getting pushed out, leaving New Zealand’s top junior talent battling it out in small 0.5m waves.

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Two days of action at the 2025 National Surfing Championships presented by Toi Foundation has seen several divisions contested through to the finals stage setting up an important third day of action.

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New Zealand’s coastline is a paradise for surf enthusiasts.

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Dunedin — An explosive final day of the 2024 National Surfing Championships has seen Taranaki surfer Daniel Farr claim his second national title by the closest margin in the history of the event.  Another young star has emerged in the Women’s Division with 15-year-old Maya Mateja stunning the field to win the Open Women’s Division.

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The New Zealand Junior Surfing Team heads into the final day of the World Junior Championships with one team member vying for a podium finish amongst the best young surfers in the world.

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The New Zealand Longboard Team has had an excellent start to their campaign at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Longboard Championship held in Surf City, El Salvador.

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Gisborne

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Dunedin — Raglan surfer Taylor Hutchison, has claimed his first win for the season.  The committed regular foot surfer won the Te Kaika South Island Surfing Championships held at St Clair Beach and Blackhead, Dunedin over Easter Weekend.

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Christchurch — Jack Tyro (Chch) and Mia Waite (Aus) claimed the premier longboard divisions at the Ray White Duke Festival of Surfing completed at New Brighton Beach, Christchurch today (Sunday 26th March).  They were joined by Tao Mouldey (Mnt) and Chloe Groube (Pau) who won the premier junior divisions at the event.

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Raglan — Mount Maunganui’s Tim O’Connor and Christchurch surfer Ava Henderson claimed titles at the Rip Curl Pro Raglan today (Sunday 19th March) cleaning up in perfect waves at Manu Bay.

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Whangamata — Mount Maunganui’s Bay Boardriders Club surfed to victory at the Hurley New Zealand Boardrider Club Championships presented by Volkswagen completed at Whangamata Saturday, topping the best clubs in the country.

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Gisborne — It’s been ten years since a New Zealand Grom Series event has been held in Gisborne, but in May (14th – 15th) the drought will be broken with groms from around the country descending on Tairawhiti, Gisborne for the Sequence Surf Shop Gisborne Junior Pro.

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Whangamata — New Zealand’s top boardrider clubs will battle it out early this May with the winning team earning the right to represent New Zealand on the world stage come January 2023.

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Hamilton — Few homes in New Zealand are currently built to standards beyond the minimum performance criteria.

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Backdoor are happy to announce their all new winter apparel from RPM, ilabb, Rip Curl, Volcom, Rusty and more. For those who don’t know much about Volcom, the company   continues to run off the same philosophy it started with.

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The iconic Backdoor Surf Shop has an awesome promotion running from the beginning of June (Queen’s Birthday Weekend) through until June 16th, where customers paying by Laybuy will go in the draw to win their spend back.

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