Surf Sports at Cudgen Headland SLSC

Welcome to the Surf Sports section of the Cudgen Headland SLSC website. Here you will find information relating to the various aspects of Surf Sports within our Club and the State/Region.

Surf Sports has a long and proud history within Surf Life Saving. The Surf Sports aspect of Surf Life Saving plays a significant role in ensuring that our members have the ability and passion to meet the changing environment within which we deliver our essential lifesaving service.

Whether you love racing against your club mates or aspire to be a part of a NSW representative team or even an Australian team in future years, we encourage you to get out and enjoy this summer of surf sport.   

Our club coaching program & structure caters for all abilities from the novice to the elite. To find out more about surf sports please contact Adam Mills Director of Surf Sports dir.surfsports@cudgenslsc.org.au

The Cudgen Headland SLSC Season Calendar of carnivals can be found here.

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SWIM

Swimming ability is a prime factor in surf lifesaving. SLSA Swimming events have been designed to encourage members to keep fit for lifesaving duties. Events include:

Surf Race – the Surf Race involves swimmers starting on the beach and then running, wading and swimming about 170metres to sea to round a set of buoys and then return to the beach. The event concludes with a run finish to the flags placed on the beach.

Rescue Tube Race – the rescue tube race is contested on the same course as the surf belt race. When the race commences the competitors must run up the beach to collect their rescue tube, turn and race to the water and swim to their allocated buoy to signal their finish of the race

Surf Boat

Our club has a proud history in surf boat rowing and our crews are known throughout Australia for their achievements. Since the 1950’s our surf boat crews have enjoyed exceptional success at all levels of competition. In marathon surf boat rowing our results is unequalled for consistency in the major events Australia wide. Boat crews compete in local carnivals, boat series carnivals which ultimately lead to the State, National & World Championship events.

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Pool Rescue

Pool Rescue take us into aquatic centres around the country to test surf life savers and showcase a variety of skills involving swimming under obstacles, rescuing manikins in towing & carrying events, team relays. State & National Pool Rescue Championships are held in the winter months as key qualifying events for our national lifesaving teams. It is also an opportunity for our lifesavers to display the skills that keep them rescue ready for the start of the patrol season.

Beach

Beach Sprints – Sprints is an individual event where competitors sprint in lanes marked on flat, soft sand towards the finish line. The track is 70 metres for U8 – U14 and Masters and 90 metres for U15 – Open age.

Beach Relay – Teams of four run with a rubber hose as a baton. The baton is passed from member to member. The race is run on the same length course as the beach sprint, with the first team home with the baton the winner.

Beach Flags – Flags competitors lie face down in the sand and on the whistle jump to their feet, turn and sprint before diving for a rubber baton (the ‘flag’) in the sand. There is one flag less the number of competitors so one person is eliminated each round, and the last per­son is the winner. The track length is 15m for U8-U14 and Masters, and 20m for U15-Open

BOARD

Board Paddling is a very strong discipline within our club. Many new Bronze Medallion/Surf Rescue Certificate holders turn to board paddling as a natural progression from the skills they acquire during their award training. We have had board paddlers compete all over Australia and in all age groups from juniors to masters.

Ski

Indi­vid­ual com­peti­tors pad­dle a ski around a course of at least 300m from knee-deep water. Dou­ble ski com­peti­tors pad­dle approx­i­mately 50m fur­ther. Divi­sions for the sin­gle and dou­ble ski include Men’s and Women’s in Open, U19, U17 and Mas­ters. The dou­ble ski is also con­ducted as a mixed men and women event in the Open division.

SWIM

Swimming ability is a prime factor in surf lifesaving. SLSA Swimming events have been designed to encourage members to keep fit for lifesaving duties. Events include:

Surf Race – the Surf Race involves swimmers starting on the beach and then running, wading and swimming about 170metres to sea to round a set of buoys and then return to the beach. The event concludes with a run finish to the flags placed on the beach.

Rescue Tube Race – the rescue tube race is contested on the same course as the surf belt race. When the race commences the competitors must run up the beach to collect their rescue tube, turn and race to the water and swim to their allocated buoy to signal their finish of the race

Competition Eligibility

Please read Cudgen SLSC Surf Sports Guidelines **** INSERT LINK HERE ****

In order to compete in SLSA carnivals you must meet the following criteria:

  • Be financial and proficient for the current season SRC / Bronze Medallion
  • Meet the minimum patrol hours required for the competition season (January to December) minimum 25 hours for Active Members & minimum 12 hours for Reserve Active.
  • Read the full SLSA Competition and Patrol hours Policy here
  • ***please note Cudgen Headland SLSC has not endorsed any members for Option B. “Other Service Hours” in 2021/22. All members must meet requirements set out in Option A *******

All U15 & above competition entries are managed by the Surf Sports. For more information on Carnivals and entries please email: dir.surfsports@cudgenslsc.org.au