Surf Sports

Surf sports is one of the cornerstones of the surf lifesaving movement, allowing competitors to pursue a healthy lifestyle and gain recognition for their sporting efforts at the same time.

HBSLSC offers a variety of surf sports events and development programs for our members. These events cater for under 8’s right through to 70+ years including disciplines such as surf swimming, board paddling, surf ski, beach flags, beach sprint, Ironman, surf boat, pool rescue and Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRB’s).

Surf Sports provides an environment for athletes, coaches, team managers and officials to develop and progress through a variety of pathways while having a whole lot of fun along the way.

There are many disciplines to cater for everyone’s interest

  • Beach events – sprints, relay, flags and runs
  • Water events – board, swim, ski
  • Lifesaving events – champion lifesaver, patrol competition, first aid competition, R & R
  • March Past
  • Multi-discipline events – Ironman/Ironwoman, taplin relay, surf board rescue race
  • Pool rescue
  • Surf boats
  • IRB racing

Annual Surf Events

There are a range of international, national, state and local surf events held during the year including:

  • State Surf Life Saving Championships
  • Australian Surf Life Saving Championships (Aussies)
  • International Life Saving Championships
  • Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series
  • Fastest Man on Sand
  • Ocean Classic
  • Coolangatta Gold
Nomination Forms

DOWNLOAD THE 2023/24 SLSQ SURF SPORTS CALENDER HERE