Exciting New Location for the 2024 Australian Longboard Titles
Major Shakeup to the 2024 Australian Surf Championships
The Australian Longboard Titles will be held as a stand-alone event for the first time, with the Tweed Coast offering a variety of waves suited to the longboarding style of surfing.
Event Dates: September 12th – 17th, 2024
Location: Tweed Coast, NSW
CASUARINA, NSW (June 21, 2024) – Surfing Australia is thrilled to announce a new location for the 2024 Australian Longboard Titles. This year, for the first time, the longboard divisions of the 2024 Australian Surf Championships will run as a stand-alone event on Bundjalung Country on the Tweed Coast in northern New South Wales.
The event will span six days, from Thursday, September 12, 2024, to Tuesday, September 17, 2024. Potential event locations include Cabarita Beach, Hastings Point, Kingscliff Beach, Fingal Beach, and Duranbah Beach.
This announcement follows Surfing Australia’s decision to host the Australian Shortboard Titles, the Australian Para Surfing Titles, and the Australian Bodyboard Titles in Port Macquarie, NSW (July 31st – August 8th), and the Australian SUP Titles on Phillip Island in Victoria (October 22nd – October 26th).
Surfing Australia Event Director Rohan Fell stated, “We’re looking forward to seeing the longboard divisions of the Australian Surf Championships at a new location that is suited to their style of surfing. The Tweed Coast offers a range of point breaks and back beaches that are not only ideal for longboarding but are also close to the Hyundai Surfing Australia High Performance Centre. This centre offers world-class training facilities, function rooms, accommodation, and support services such as coaching and physio that will be available to athletes during the event window.”
Multiple-Australian Champion Landen Smales (Noosa Heads, QLD), who won his first Australian Logger Title at 12 years old when the Australian Titles were held on the Tweed Coast in 2019, expressed his enthusiasm for the event’s return to the region.
“I’m really looking forward to the Aussie Longboard Titles. It’s great to have the event moving to the Tweed Coast, Bundjalung Country this year. There are so many different breaks to choose from. Last year, I won the Junior and Open Men’s Logger, and I’m keen to compete in the new longboard division with the criteria change this year. The changes suit my surfing, and I’ll be trying to lock in a spot in Team Australia to compete at Worlds later in the year,” Smales said.
Australian Longboard Titles – Divisions:
- Under 18 Junior Men
- Under 18 Junior Women
- Open Men
- Open Women
- Grand Masters Women O40
- Grand Masters Men O40
- Kahunas Men O45
- Grand Kahunas Men O50
- Women O50
- Dukes Men O55
- Grand Dukes O60
- O60 Women
- Legends Men O65
- Grand Legends Men O70
- O70 Women
For the most up-to-date longboard criteria, please refer to the 2024 Surfing Australia Rule Book.
Schedule:
Opening Ceremony:
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Competition Windows:
Window 1: Friday, September 13, 2024 – Saturday, September 14, 2024
Divisions: Open Men & Women, U18 Junior Men & Women
Presentation: To be held after competition on Saturday, September 14, 2024
Window 2: Saturday, September 14, 2024 – Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Divisions: Over 40 Men & Women, Over 45 Men & Over 50 Men & Women, Over 55 Men, Over 60 Men & Women, Over 65 Men & Over 70 Men & Women
Presentation: To be held after the competition on Tuesday, September 17, 2024
For more information, please visit Australian Surf Championships.
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