Events
Surfer: Kauai Rahui
Club Days:
This year, we’re working on making Club Days more family-friendly and adding some fresh new events, so whether you love competing, just want to have fun in the waves, or are keen to be part of our awesome community, there’s something for everyone.
Our Club Days have traditionally featured small comps at Sandy Bay on the first Sunday of each month. This year, we’re focusing on being more inclusive and running a mix of fun activities, social days, and competitions.
Here’s what’s locked in for the first few months:
📅 February 9th – Beach Hang, BBQ & Grom Workshops
A relaxed beach day to kick off the year! We’ll have summer sports like volleyball and cricket, plus a BBQ will be cranking. A great chance to catch up, meet new members, and enjoy the beach together.
We’ll also be running a Grom Squad Workshop for young surfers wanting to refine their technique and a Little Rippers Workshop for those just starting out. If your groms want some tips, this is the perfect day for it!
📅 March 2nd – NCB Club Day & Surfboard Swap
Empty the shed, dust off the quiver, and bring your boards along for our March Club Day Board Swap!
All surf craft are welcome—sell, swap, or try something different. Whether you’re looking to offload old gear, find something that fits better, or test out a new board, this is the perfect chance. Maybe even take Uncle’s old twinny for a spin!
📅 April 6th – Fullers Cup Trial & Practice
We’re bringing back the Fullers Cup, an interclub competition where Northland boardrider clubs battle it out for bragging rights. We’re hoping to host Ocean Beach, Ahipara, and Mangawhai Boardriders this year.
On this day, we’ll look at team selection and run a few practice heats. Not into comps? No worries—Little Rippers and Grom Squad will still be running, and it’s a great chance to watch some top surfers in action or just hang out.
📅 April 19th/20th – Fullers Cup!
(Yes, technically this is our May Club Day!)
Come along to watch four Northland boardrider clubs battle it out for the Fullers Cup! Expect epic surfing, good-natured rivalries, and a tag team event to top it all off—always a crowd favourite!
We might even convince Shane from Journey Mobile Saunas to come along for a post-surf sweat session…
We’re looking forward to another fantastic year together—hope to see you in the waves!
Surfboard/gear Swap and Sell Day
Empty the shed, dust off the quiver, and bring your boards along to sell, swap, or try something new. Whether you’re looking to offload old gear, find something that fits better, or just test out a different board, this is the perfect chance!
Fullers Cup Trial and Practice
A prep day for the Fullers Cup, an interclub competition where Northland boardrider clubs battle for the trophy. We’ll run team selection and practice heats, but Little Rippers and Grom Squad will still be running for those not competing. A great day to watch some top surfing or just hang out!
Fullers Cup!
Come along to watch four Northland boardrider clubs battle it out for the Fullers Cup! Expect epic surfing, good-natured rivalries, and a tag team event to top it all off—always a crowd favourite!
We’ve even convinced Shane from Journey Mobile Saunas to come along for a post-surf sweat session…
Beach Bash & BBQ
A relaxed beach day to kick off the year! We’ll have summer sports like volleyball and cricket, plus a BBQ will be cranking. A great chance to catch up, meet new members, and enjoy the beach together.
TAOS training weekend
The Art Of Surfing training weekend with Matt Scorringe at Sandy bay
Polar Bear Surf Classic
Our annual event will be on the last weekend of July, of course, waves dependant!
Fullers Cup & Team tag event
A team of NCB’s competitive surfers have been selected to take on Ahipara Boardriders, Ocean Beach Boardriders and Mangawhai Boardriders in a clash of the surf clubs. With the Fullers Cup up for grabs and NCB the defending champs, we will be looking to keep the cup on home turf. Keep an eye on social media for the venue and date.
Save the date: AGM and dress up Surf Comp
December is time for AGM and Christmas fun! We’ll be running a dress up surf comp after our AGM. All welcome and we are looking for new faces for the committee so come along if you want to be part of a fun and easy club to run!
Club day
Club day is a great opportunity to catch up with other surfers and practice your competition skills.
40th Polar Bear Surf Classic
This year we celebrate 40 years of the Mammonth Insulation Polar Bear Classic
July Club Day
One of our passions as a club is to develop our young up and coming surfers and give them experiences in multiple facets of competitive surfing when possible, and Club Day is an awesome opportunity to do that!
June Club Day
The maps are showing swell and lots of wind this Sunday, so we will make the call Friday for this months Club Comp. Please note that our Northland Scholastics Squad will be running the Club Day Comp this weekend as part of a one off training exercise, so make double sure you come along to support that, and them. One of our passions as a club is to develop our young up and coming surfers and give them experiences in multiple facets of competitive surfing when possible, and Club Day is an awesome opportunity to do that!
May Club Day
Kia ora NCB whānau!
It's that time again, come to our club day on Sunday at Sandy Bay!
This Sunday we have a Mothers Day theme - with thanks to local gin legends, Papaka Road Gin - Come along to be in to win a bottle of Gin for one lucky mum. (R18 obviously! mums and dads can win, but if a dad wins, a waiver must be signed that the gin will be gifted to the nearest mum )
The ladder comp is rolling, but don't be stressed if you haven't entered any comps yet, there's still plenty of time to start piling up those points.
Don't forget, if you register before 9.00am you go in the draw to win 50 bucks cold hard cash!
Little Rippers will be up around 9am, with help from our big groms, this is really cool for the littles - getting tips, advice and help from their tuakana in the surf -and it's great for the big groms to impart their skills and time over to their teina.
Look forward to seeing you there! Stay tuned for any updates or postponements.
April Club Day
This months club day….
The draw to win $50 cold hard cash each Club Day for those who are out at the beach and registered between 8.30am and 9.00am. You can still be in the comp and compete if you arrive and register after that, you just won't be eligible for the $$.
The fun Tag Team event held at the end of the day - this turned out to be awesome and we're looking forward to making this a permanent feature at club days.
Incorporating Little Rippers and Grom development into our Club Day. This proved hugely successful and so we are going to continue with it.
GEAR EXCHANGE AND SWAP
We are going to incorporate this into our Club Days to help offload some of that excess surf and surf related gear we all have lying around. It's all pretty straight forward, with some simple guidelines.
All and any gear MUST be clearly labelled with the owners contact details, "exchange details" and any other relevant info.
There will be a designated area for the Gear and Exchange Swap, however the property and any interactions with prospective new owners are the sole responsibility of the owner and not any of the NCB crew.
NB - If you have any queries or require further clarification about this, please email the secretary.
This is what the day will look like:-
8.00am rock up to help set up and register.
8.30am - 9.00am registration - Names of everyone entering to be written on whiteboard.
9.00am registration cut off to be eligible for the $50 cash draw - Draw will be done up for each division based on entries. Divisions and running time depending on registration.
9.00am Little Rippers session.
9.30am comp starts.
Tag Team event.
NOTE - We will be running the BBQ this time with snags and bread and feel free to bring your own kai as well.
