Exciting new venue for the 2024 Australian Longboard titles

Surfing Australia is pleased to announce a new venue for the 2024 Australian Longboard titles.

This year, the longboard divisions of the 2024 Australian Surfing Championships will take place as a standalone event in Bundjalung Country on the Tweed Coast of northern New South Wales.

The event will be held over six days from Thursday 12 September 2024 to Tuesday 17 September 2024, with possible event locations including Cabarita Beach, Hastings Point, Kingscliff Beach, Fingal Beach and Duranbah Beach.

The announcement follows Surfing Australia’s decision to hold the Australian Shortboard Titles, the Australian Para Surfing Titles and the Australian Bodyboard Titles in Port Macquarie, NSW (July 31^st – August the 8th^e) and the Australian SUP titles at Phillip Island in Victoria (October 22^NL – 26th of October^e).

Events Director of Surfing Australia Rohan fell said: “We look forward to seeing the longboard divisions of the Australian Surfing Championships in a new venue that suits their surfing style. The Tweed Coast offers a range of point breaks and beaches that are not only ideal for longboarding, but is also close to the Hyundai Surfing Australia High Performance Centre, which offers training facilities, function rooms, accommodation and other world-class support services such as coaching and physio available during will be made available to athletes during the event period.”

Multiple Australian champion Landen Smales (Noosa Heads, QLD) won his first Australian Lumberjack title at the age of 12 when the 2019 Australian Titles were held on the Tweed Coast.

Smales said he was looking forward to the return of the Australian Longboard titles to the region.

“I’m really looking forward to the Aussie Longboard titles. It’s great that the event is 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 am keen to compete in the new longboard division as the criteria changes this year. The changes suit my surfing and I will try to get a spot on team Australia to compete in the World Cup later this year.”

Australian Longboard Titles – Divisions:
Under 18 Junior Men
Under 18 Junior Women
Open men
Open women
Grandmasters Women O40
Grandmasters Men O40
Kahuna’s Men O45
Big Kahuna’s Men O50
Women O50
Dukes Men O55
Grand Dukes O60
O60 Women
Legends Men O65
Grand Legends Men O70
O70 Women

Please refer to the Surfing Australia Rule Book 2024 for the most current longboard criteria.

Scheme:

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 the competition on Saturday September 14, 2024
- Window 2: Saturday, September 14, 2024 – Tuesday, September 17, 2024Divisions: More than 40 men and women, more than 45 men and more than 50 men and women, more than 55 men, more than 60 men and women, more than 65 men and more than 70 men and women
  Presentation: Will be held after the competition on Tuesday, September 17, 2024