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With one or more events every weekend of summer you will find all the info you need to know right here. There are five different series of events to choose from. Check them out, download entry forms to enter and check out the results from each event that Surfing New Zealand run.
Please note: The following information is not the full "Events Calendar". It is a brief description about each series and the dates that each event from a series is being held. However you can click here for the full Events Calendar. The first Export Gold Series event begins in November (the series is based on a summer calendar. The 2009/10 calendar features a number of 3 day events. These are indicated on the downloaded version with *** in the month column next to the date.
 The Export Gold Series comprises key events around the country. The series offers up the best New Zealand surfers at the best surf locations around New Zealand. Check out the likes of Maz Quinn, Jay Quinn, Bobby Hansen and others as they fight it out for national honours. Each event is open for anyone to enter. Three divisions (Open Men and Women and Under 20 Men) share up to $12,000 in cash that is at stake at the major events. A lot rides on the results of this series.
2009/10 Export Gold Series
Event 1 - 7 - 8 November, O'Neill Sequence Surf Shop Pro (4 star), Gisborne
Event 2 - 30 Jan - 1 Feb, Billabong Pro (6 star), Whangamata
Event 3 - 26 - 28 February, Rip Curl Pro (6 star), Raglan
Event 4 - 1 - 5 April, Hyundai National Surfing Championships (5 star), Gisborne
Event 5 - 10 - 11 April, TSB Women's Surf Festival - NZ Women's Open (6 star), Taranaki
Event 5 - 23 - 24 April, Export Gold Super 16 (6 star), Piha Beach
23 - 24 April, Interclub Championships, Piha Beach
23 - 24 April, North Island South Island Challenge, Piha Beach
 The Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour is where it is at for New Zealand longboarders. Contested over six divisions (Open Men and Women, Junior Men, Over 40s, Over 50s and SUP), this tour has created its own style and atmosphere. Check out one of the events scattered throughout the country. All events are open for anyone to enter with heaps of spot prizes and giveaways for everyone.
2010 Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour
Event 1, 2 - 3 Jan, Tay St, Mount Maunganui, $3,050, SNZ LB 4 star
Event 2, 5 - 7 Feb, Sandy Bay / Whangarei, $4,575, SNZ LB 5 star
Event 3, 20 - 21 Feb, Saint Clair Beach, Dunedin, $3,050, SNZ LB 4 star
Event 4, 6 - 7 March, Whangamata, $3,050, SNZ LB 5 star (4 star prize money only) - National Longboard Championships
Event 5, 26 - 27 March, Port Waikato, $4,575, SNZ LB 5 star
 The Surfing New Zealand Grom Series is the proving ground for all young surfers. Breeding the likes of Bobby Hansen and more recently Matt Hewitt, Tim O'Connor, Richard Christie, Alex Dive, Johnny Hicks, Paige Hareb and Airini Mason these events are solely for surfers under the age of 16. With divisions for boys and girls everyone gets a fair chance up against surfers of their own age. Long gone are the days when every young surfer waited all year to contest the Nationals or the Scholastics, this series comprises their own events for the grommets to hone their skills.
Surfing New Zealand Grom Series
Event 1, 5 - 7 Feb, Mount Maunganui, SNZ Grom 4 star
Event 2, 12 - 14 Feb, Whangamata, SNZ Grom 4 star
Event 3, 13 - 14 March, Piha, SNZ Grom 4 star
Event 4, 20 - 21 March. Maz Quinn's Quiksilver King of the Groms, Gisborne, SNZ Grom 4 star (Under 16 Boys and Girls, Under 14 and 12 Boys only)
Event 5, 1 - 5 April, Hyundai National Championships, Gisborne, SNZ Grom 5 star (Under 16 Boys and Girls and 14 Boys only)
Event 6, Rip Curl GromSearch, TBC
Event 7, Rip Curl GromSearch, TBC
The Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge provides first hand opportunity for many youngsters to surf competitively. Along with this experience, each competitor gets to meet other surfers from around New Zealand making friendships and becoming familiar with what it takes to make it to the top of their sport. In 2010 the events are also sponsored by Sony. Each event will feature a stack of giveaways from these sponsors as well as games for the competitors and spectators.
Billabong Grom Series in association with Oceanbridge
Event 1, 5 - 7 Feb, Mount Maunganui, SNZ Grom 4 star
Event 2, 12 - 14 Feb, Whangamata, SNZ Grom 4 star
Event 3, 13 - 14 March, Piha, SNZ Grom 4 star
 The Rip Curl GromSearch is the longest running grommet series in New Zealand. Rip Curl GromSearch events focus on participation in the sport of surfing and are held worldwide. The events offer an excellent opportunity for youngsters to meet other surfers and compete against each other many for the first time in their lives.
Rip Curl GromSearch
Dates TBC
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