Australian Boardriders Battle

Australian Boardriders Battle is an annual event held by Surfing Australia. Since 2017 the national competition finals have been hosted at Newcastle, New South Wales, generally in February each year. Fox Sports also airs the Australian Boardriders Battle live.^[1] The national finals of the first three series were held at Cronulla Beach in Sydney on the Australia Day weekend in late January.^[2][3]

Series

Year	Series	Final venue	Naming sponsor	Prize money	Ref
2014	I	Cronulla Beach	Be the Influence	$100,000+	[4]
2015	II	Cronulla Beach	Original Source	$120,000	[5]
2016	III	Cronulla Beach	Original Source	$110,000	[6]
2017	IV	Newcastle Beach	Original Source		[7]
2018	V	Newcastle Beach	Nudie		[8]
2019	VI	Newcastle Beach	Nudie		[9]
2020	VII	Newcastle Beach	Nudie	$112,500	[10]
2021	VIII	Newcastle Beach	Nudie	$112,700	[11]
2022	IX	Newcastle Beach	Hyundai	$112,700	[12]
2023	X	Newcastle Beach	Hyundai		[13]
2024	XI	Burleigh Heads	Hyundai

Results

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score	Ref
2014	Snapper Rocks Surfriders Club	3780	Elouera Boardriders Club	3250	[4]
2015	Snapper Rocks Surfriders Club	5525	Coffs Harbour Boardriders Club	4800	[5]
2016	North Narrabeen Boardriders	35.67	Point Lookout Boardriders	30.37	[6] [14]
2017	Avoca Boardriders	35.40	Snapper Rocks Surfriders Club	31.95	[7]
2018	Culburra Beach Boardriders Club	31.05	Merewether Surfboard Club	30.10	[8]
2019	Merewether Surfboard Club	36.00	North Shelly Boardriders Club	32.00	[9]
2020	North Shore Boardriders Club	38.70	North Shelly Boardriders Club	36.75	[10]
2021	North Narrabeen Boardriders	35.05	Snapper Rocks Surfriders Club	30.79	[15]
2022	North Shelly Boardriders Club	31.21	Snapper Rocks Surfriders Club	21.91	[16]
2023	Byron Bay Boardriders Club	31.83	Snapper Rocks Surfriders Club	31.21	[17]
2024	Burleigh Heads Boardriders Club	41.25	North Shelly Boardriders Club	33.17

Results by year (top clubs)

2014

• Snapper Rocks Surfriders (QLD) 3780
• Elouera Boardriders (NSW) 3250
• Merewether Surfboard Club (NSW) 3020
• Queenscliff Boardriders (NSW) 2870
• Yallingup Boardriders (WA) 2860
• North Narrabeen Boardriders (NSW) 2660
• Seaford Boardriders (SA) 2650
• Kirra Surfriders (QLD) 2550
• Werri Boardriders (NSW) 2490
• Avoca Boardriders (NSW) 2470
• Cronulla Sharks Boardriders (NSW) 2450
• Torquay Boardriders (VIC) 2350
• 13th Beach Boardriders (VIC) 2150
• Dbah Boardriders (NSW) 2150
• Margaret River Boardriders (WA) 2150
• South Arm Boardriders (TAS) 2050

2015

• 1. Snapper Rocks Boardriders, 5525
• 2. Coffs Harbour Boardriders, 4800
• 3. Culburra Boardriders, 4262
• 4. North Narrabeen, 4250
• 5. Avoca Boardriders, 4174
• 6. Merewether Surfboard Club, 4062
• 7. Point Lookout Boardriders, 4050
• 8. Bondi Boardriders, 3862
• 9. Byron Bay Boardriders, 3851
• 10. Le Ba Boardriders, 3850
• 11. Scarborough Boardriders, 3762
• 12. Margaret River Boardriders, 3750
• 13. Kirra Surfriders, 3674
• 14. South Coast Boardriders, 3550
• 15. Cronulla Sharks Boardriders, 3362
• 16. Philip Island Boardriders, 3162
• 17. Peninsula Surfriders, 3063
• 18. Burleigh Boardriders, 3062
• 19. Coolum Boardriders, 2750
• 20. South Arm Boardriders, 2550

Media coverage

See also

• Australia portal
• Sports portal

• Surfing in Australia

References

1. Patterson, Robbie (27 January 2015). "Bondi Boardriders chant the loudest to take out coveted team spirit award at Australian Boardriders Battle final in Cronulla". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
2. "Illawarra boardriders clubs battles in the big league". ABC News. 26 January 2015.
3. Lulham, Amanda (25 January 2015). "World No. 2 Tyler Wright beaten and bruised after hitting pool wall at Cronulla beach". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
4. "Snapper Rocks reigns at Be the Influence Australian Boardriders Battle – 2014". snapperrockssurfridersclub.com. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014.
5. "Snapper Rocks Surfriders win the 2015 Australian Boardriders Battle". surfertoday.com.
6. "North Narrabeen Wins 2016 Original Source Australian Boardriders Battle". Surfing Life. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
7. Kerry, Craig (19 February 2017). "Penalty no barrier for Avoca in march to Australian Boardriders Battle national final crown". Newcastle Herald.
8. Kerry, Craig (18 February 2018). "Australian Boardriders Battle: Mikey Wright inspires Culburra to thrilling grand final win over Merewether". Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020.
9. Woodham, Blainey (17 February 2019). "Hometown Heroes Merewether Surfboard Club Win 2019 nudie Australian Boardriders Battle Series National Final In Newcastle". Australian Board Riders Battle.
10. "Epic Conclusion At Nudie Aust Boardriders Battle". World Surf League. 16 February 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020.
11. "DAY ONE OF THE NUDIE AUSTRALIAN BOARDRIDERS BATTLE NATIONAL FINAL". Surfing NSW. 15 May 2021.
12. "Hyundai Australian Boardriders Battle - NATIONAL FINAL - Newcastle, NSW 2022". boardriding.com. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
13. "Byron Bay Boardriders pull off massive upset beating powerhouse clubs to win Hyundai Australian Boardriders Battle Grand Final". Surfing Australia. 5 February 2023.
14. "North Narrabeen Boardriders Win Original Source Australian Boardriders Battle Series III Final at Cronulla". Surfing Australia. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
15. "Nudie Australian Boardriders Battle - Grand Final - 2021". Live Heats. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
16. "Hyundai Australian Boardriders Battle - Grand Final - 2022". Live Heats. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
17. "Hyundai Australian Boardriders Battle - Grand Final - 2023". Live Heats. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links

• Official website