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Is there something we have missed out on the website that you wish to know? Then this is the place to find it. All your questions answered in one somewhat huge list. If you still can’t find what you are looking for then perhaps you should make contact with us and your question may get added to this list.
What is Surfing New Zealand’s legal status?
Surfing New Zealand is an incorporated society non profit sporting organization.
What is Surfing New Zealand’s Mission Statement?
Surfing New Zealand’s mission is “To positively promote the sport of surfing within New Zealand, and achieve the highest results attainable at an international sporting level”.
Who is the Executive Officer of Surfing New Zealand and who are the top level managers?
Surfing New Zealand has three full time paid staff of an Executive Officer, Operations Manager and Administration Manager. See our staff profile here.
Why did you stop calling yourself the New Zealand Surfing Association and why are you called Surfing New Zealand?
In 1997 Surfing New Zealand took on the task of creating a brand around the organisation. This involved making the organisation’s name punchy and developing a logo that represented surfing and the culture of New Zealand. For information on the Surfing New Zealand logo, click here.
Who is Surfing New Zealand accountable to?
Surfing New Zealand is an incorporated society. We are accountable to SPARC as the government agency for sport in New Zealand. We are monitored by SPARC in achieving our goals set out in our strategic plan. Surfing New Zealand has a committee of eight that governs the organisation.
How can I contact the New Zealand Secondary School Sports Council?
Online at www.nzsssc.org.nz. By email nzsssc@xtra.co.nz.
Where can I get information about the Sports Disputes Tribunal?
The New Zealand Sports Disputes Tribunal has its own web site at: www.sportstribunal.org.nz.
How can I contact a regional sports organisation?
The South Island Surfing Association (SISA) is the only regional surfing organization in New Zealand. SISA are affiliated to Surfing New Zealand and you can contact them through the link on our home page. Surfing New Zealand predominantly deals directly with boardriders clubs at a region level. You can view an up to date list of affiliated boardriders clubs through the link on the home page.
How do I start a boardriders club in my area?
Information about starting a club is available through our resources page under About SNZ. In this section there are a number of useful documents about the following programmes:
The Running Sport 1 programme is aimed at club level administrative activity - primarily the club committee, which is generally responsible for both the policymaking and operational aspects of the club.
Running Sport 2 is the second level of SPARC's sports leadership programme - targeted at regional and national sports organisations.
Who are the 17 Regional Sports Trusts in New Zealand?
A list of 17 Regional Sports Trusts can be viewed on SPACS website.
How do I become an accredited surfing coach?
Surfing New Zealand runs coaching courses throughout New Zealand. The courses are internationally recognized meaning that passing the courses gives you the opportunity to coach surfers anywhere in the word.
The level one course concentrates on teaching coaches the basics in surfing and getting people to their feet. The level two courses focus on high performance and competition surfing as the business side of setting up surf schools.
Does Surfing New Zealand have an anti-doping policy?
Yes. Surfing New Zealand has an anti doping policy that can be found in the resources section of about SNZ.
How is Surfing New Zealand funded?
Surfing New Zealand has several sources of funding. Predominantly the organization is funded by its family of sponsors including DB Breweries, Hyundai Motors NZ, SPARC, Smokefree and Te Puni Kokiri. Surfing New Zealand generates income through the sanctioning and management of events. Surfing New Zealand also applies for funding through a number of gaming machine trusts.
How can clubs/surfers get funding for local initiatives?
Surfing New Zealand does not provide funding to boardriders clubs or individual surfers, but please see below for some suggestions on how you can find funding.
The Department of Internal Affairs website lists gaming machine societies which distribute grants to community groups, generally for charitable or amateur sporting purposes.
The surfing community has a huge industry that can be approached for sponsorship for your club or individual events or surfers. Check out list of affiliated industry that Surfing New Zealand work with to promote surfing in New Zealand.
Where can I find information on the Maori Surfing?
Surfing New Zealand works with Te Puni Kokiri to promote surfing within the Maori community. Surfing New Zealand have run the Maori Surfing Titles since 1997 as well as send a Maori team to the World Indigenous Titles/Oceania Cup since 1994. The promotion of Maori participation from within the national sporting organisation ensures that all initiatives are well resourced and have a long term future.
Relevant websites include www.tpk.co.nz and www.maorisportsawards.co.nz.
What is the relationship between the NZ Academy of Sport and Surfing New Zealand?
Surfing is regarded as a participation sport. This combined with the fact that we do not have highly ranked athletes worldwide means that Surfing New Zealand is not funded by the NZ Academy of Sport.
What processes have been put in place to ID talent?
We have established a consultative working party involving stakeholders with a vested interest in talent ID who have over the years developed their own localised approach to the issue. What we need is a nationally coordinated strategy that is driven by sport and assisted via the New Zealand Academy of Sport and other regional sporting organisations. We will look at best practice both domestically and internationally and develop a unique programme that meets the needs of the New Zealand sporting community.
What sporting scholarships are available to individuals?
ISA Scholarships
Does New Zealand have an official representative team?
Surfing New Zealand sends teams to all international events. These include the annual World Surfing Games, the annual World Junior Championships and the biennial World Kneeboard Championships. All three of these events are sanctioned by the International Surfing Association.
Check out the History page to have a look at New Zealand teams past and present.
As well as the official New Zealand teams, individual athletes compete on the Association of Surfing Professionals Tours.
Where does New Zealand rank in the world of surfing?
Check out the history page for a list of current and past world rankings.
Where can I get information about training and employment opportunities within the Surfing New Zealand?
Surfing New Zealand employee a number of staff during summer. All event management at sanctioned events are paid for their services. Areas of employment include event management positions, judges, coaches and team managers. Contact Surfing New Zealand for employment opportunities.
How do I join a boardriders club in my area?
Please contact the Boardriders club in your area. All contact details are on the Boardriders clubs page.
How can I contact Surfing New Zealand?
A full list of contacts is provided on the contact us page.
How do I become an accredited judge?
Surfing New Zealand run internationally accredited judging courses around New Zealand. The courses are open to everyone. All judges must be accredited before judging at sanctioned events.
Who can I contact to find out about Surfing New Zealand’s Maori strategy?
Please contact the Surfing New Zealand Kaiwhakahaere for details about the organisation’s Maori policies.
Where can I find publications regarding sport management?
Check out the resources on the about SNZ page or go to SPARC's website for a comprehensive list of downloadable publications.
How many New Zealanders surf?
SPARC estimates that over 140,000 New Zealanders surf.
Where can I find out about the unwritten rules of surfing?
Where can I find the rules for competing in surfing events?
Surfing New Zealand have rule books for sale for $15.00. Contact Surfing New Zealand to purchase a rule book.
Website queries
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If the information we hold about your Boardriders club is out of date, we can easily update that for you. Just send us an email.
Do you have to qualify to compete in national surfing events?
No. Events are open entry. There are limits to the number of entries due to time constraints but generally the entry numbers to not exceed this limitation. The only event that has limited entry is the Export Gold Super 16.
Who qualifies for the Export Gold Super 16?
The top 16 rated Men's surfers and top 4 rated Women's surfers at the end of the ‘open entry’ events on the Export Gold Series.
How do ratings work?
The rating of events differs according to the amount of prize money on offer but range between 1 – 6 stars. The rating points used is the same as the World Qualifying Series. A surfer's year-end rating is determined by his/her combined scores for the season. Depending on the number of events in each series, surfers are allowed throwaway events when tallying the cumulative scores. That means they are able to drop one or two of their lowest scoring results or not count events that they don’t attend.
What is the judging criteria?
Waves are scored on a 1 to 10 scale with 1 being the lowest and 10 being a perfect ride.
Surfers are judged according to a single criteria.
0 – 2 - Poor
2 – 4 - Fair
4 – 6 - Average
6 – 8 - Good
8 – 10 - Excellent
"A surfer must perform radical controlled manoeuvres in the critical section of a wave with Speed, Power and Flow to maximize scoring potential. Innovative / Progressive surfing as well as Variety of Repertoire (manoeuvres), will be taken into consideration when rewarding points for waves ridden.
The surfer who executes this criteria with the maximum Degree of Difficulty and Commitment on the waves shall be rewarded with the higher scores."
How many waves are scored?
All surfers' scores are the total of their two highest-scored waves. This does not change regardless of which discipline they compete in. By scoring surfers on only two waves (formerly it was three); the level of performance is pushed as surfers attempt for bigger scores. In all events, the maximum number of waves scored is 10 except for finals where surfers get to ride up to 12 waves.
Does wave scoring differ between the Men’s, Women’s Bodyboard and Longboard events?
No. Wave scoring does not differ between the various disciplines. They are all judged from the same criteria.
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