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 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]

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]
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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]

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
  • D-Bah Boardriders (QLD) 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

See also

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. "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.
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