Bondi Boardriders have claimed event seven of the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle Series, taking the win ahead of a dozen other boardriders’ clubs.
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The event took place at Bombo Beach on Saturday.
Spearheaded by Perth Standlick and Chris Friend, Bondi consistently claimed heat wins over the Teams, Skins and Girls divisions to take the win ahead of Illawarra/South Coast clubs Scarborough, Culburra and Werri who claimed second, third and fourth respectively.
“We came second here two years ago and we were unfortunate to not make it to the national final last year, so we’re over the moon to win this year,” Bondi Boardriders member Chris Friend said.
“The Bondi team is an incredibly patriotic club and we want to bring that spirit to the final next year in Newcastle. We can’t wait.”
Jordi Watson (Culburra) claimed the Milwaukee Heavy Duty Hack award.
The nudie Australian Boardriders Battle Series will involve more than 60 of Australia’s best boardriders’ clubs in eight state qualifying rounds, which will culminate in a national final in Newcastle in February for a bolstered 24 clubs.
The Australian Boardriders Battle is officially sanctioned by the World Surf League (WSL).
It allows Australian WSL Championship Tour surfers (men and women) the opportunity to represent their local boardriders’ club at respective state qualifying events and the national final.
The purpose of the Australian Boardriders Battle program is to build the profile and capacity of community boardriders’ clubs Australia-wide.
Event seven results were as follows: 1 – Bondi Boardriders 5525 points; 2 – Scarborough Boardriders 4850 points; 3 – Culburra Beach Boardriders 4800 points; 4 – Werri Boardriders 4250 points; 5 – Maroubra Boardriders 4074 points; 6 – Ulladulla Boardriders 3850 points; 7 – Southbridge Boardriders 3674 points; 8 – Elouera Boardriders 3662 points; 9 – Cronulla Sharks Boardriders 3662 points; 10 – Woonona Boardriders 3650 points; 11 – Sandon Point Boardriders 3562 points; 12 – Cronulla Point Boardriders 2862 points; 13 – Jones Beach Boardriders 2462 points.