Tweed Heads to host 2024 Australian Longboard Titles

SURFING Australia has announced the 2024 Australian Longboard Titles will be held on the Tweed Coast.

The longboard divisions of the 2024 Australian Surf Championships will run as a stand-alone event from September 12 to September 17.

Possible event locations include Cabarita Beach, Hastings Point, Kingscliff Beach, Fingal Beach, and Duranbah Beach.

Surfing Australia event director Rohan Fell said he was pleased with the new location.

“We’re looking forward to seeing the longboard divisions of the Australian Surf Championships at a new location that is suited to their style of surfing.

“The Tweed Coast offers a range of point breaks and back beaches that are not only ideal for longboarding but it is also close to the Hyundai Surfing Australia High Performance Centre, which offers world-class training facilities, function rooms, accommodation, and other support services such as coaching and physio that will be made available to athletes during the event window.”

Multiple Australian champion Landen Smales, from Noosa Heads won his first Australian Logger Title at 12-years-old when the Australian Titles were held on the Tweed Coast in 2019.

Smales is thrilled the event returning to the region.

“I’m really looking forward to the Aussie Longboard Titles. It’s great to have the event moving to the Tweed Coast, Bundjalung Country this year,” Mr Smales said.

“There are so many different breaks to choose from. Last year I won the Junior and Open Men’s Logger and I’m keen to compete in the new longboard division with the criteria change this year.

“The changes suit my surfing and I’ll be trying to lock in a spot in team Australia to compete at Worlds later in the year.”

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, from July 31 to August 8, and the Australian SUP Titles on Phillip Island, Victoria, from October 22 to October 26.