Senior Surf Sports

Our Senior Surf Sport Programme is broken into summer and winter seasons to keep our lifeguards fit year-round.

The Pāpāmoa SLSC offers professional coaching by our Senior Coach Jake Cowdrey in all surf sports disciplines including swimming, board or ski paddling, canoe (four person) racing and the beach events of sprints and beach flags.

Surf Sports training and competition provides our members with the opportunity to refine and practice their lifesaving skills in the competition arena at local, regional, national and international level. Surf Sports forms a significant component of the surf lifesaving movement and helps Pāpāmoa SLSC recruit and retain quality lifeguards.

Refining lifesaving skills is an important part of surf lifesaving sport and competitions such as inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) racing, tube rescues and board rescues are specifically designed to hone a surf lifesaver’s knowledge and skills that they would use in an everyday patrol situation.

Costs & Requirements

Programme cost: $180 per season

Additional costs:

Uniform
Gear allocation
Carnival fees

Requirements:

Surf Lifeguard Award
20 hours minimum patrol through the season
Current member of Pāpāmoa SLSC (click REGISTER NOW link above to become a member)

Summer Training Programme

Block 2

18th October - 25th December 2021

Monday Ski 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Tuesday Board 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Wednesday Iron 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Thursday Board 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Friday Ski 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Saturday Iron 9:00am -10:30am

Block 3

5th January - 15th January 2022

Monday Ski 9am - 10.30am

Tuesday Board 9am - 10.30am

Wednesday Iron 9am - 10.30am

Thursday Board 9am - 10.30am

Friday Ski 9am - 10.30am

Saturday Iron 9am - 10.30am

Block 4

17th January - 13th March 2022

Same as Block 2 with the addition of:

Friday Club Nights 5.30pm - 6.30pm

Gear Allocation

There will be an allocation process which will be determined by: age, ability, experience, commitment to training, commitment to racing at carnivals, growing in line with the club values.

If you would like to be considered for a club board or ski please complete the gear allocation form and return it to Jake. A Craft Damage and Etiquette Agreement needs to be signed by every athlete regardless of whether they will be using personal or club gear.

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