Wāhine Waves is in the news!

Oakura Boardriders Wāhine Waves has been interviewed by NZ Women's Surf Magazine 'Betty Zine'! Check out our four-page spread.

Thank you to our incredible sponsors and volunteers whose generosity and commitment to enabling women in the water, caught the eye of Betty 'Zine!

Summer '23/24 Sponsors:

-Toi Foundation

-The Virtue

-Craigs Investment Partners

-Taranaki Realty

-Deken Motors

-Down To Earth Organics

-Cracker and Graze

-Mint Home Loan Finance-Mortgage Advisers

-Wella Professionals

-Vertigo

-Black Sand Pizzeria and Bistro

NZ Boardrider Club Championships 2024

This team event opportunity has proved as a massively positive & progressive weekend for our top surfers & ‘up & coming’ groms.

From the road trip, the banter, the laughs, the encouragement & insights from seasoned salty comp-heads it’s all priceless…

The camaraderie is EPIC & strengthens our unity as a club hugely.

It’s an opportunity where our crew are not battling amongst each other but instead uniting with their arsenal of skills to boost each others performance and experience.

It’s about encouraging & congratulating our surfers win or ‘just missed out’ & offering the positives to better themselves has humans and competitors…what the OBC does has to be in the name of FUN..and all the other clubs know this!

Who else takes a boom box cranking down to the tag team arena?

Here’s to more goodtimes and progression as a club!

Words by Simon Deken

Team standings

• Bay Boardriders, 7628 points

• Tairua Boardriders, 6615 points

• Point Boardriders, 6245 points

• Keyhole Boardriders, 6230 points

• Whangamatā Boardriders, 5795 points

• Oakura Boardriders, 5530 points

• Waihi Beach Boardriders, 5343 points

• North Coast Boardriders, 4933 points

• Lion Rock Boardriders, 4610 points

• Māori Bay Boardriders, 4591 points

OBC Clubrooms Facelift

During late autumn the exterior of the club was prepped and painted, thanks to:

• OBC sponsor Shaun Churchill Painters who painted the club at a heavily discounted rate.

• Luke Florence Builders who donated time and resources to support any required painting prep work, including fixing areas of rot.

• The NZ Community Trust for generously provided the funding to paint the club!

As the club is on the sea front and exposed to the elements, maintaining our building ensures it is enjoyed by future generations.

Before: The paintwork was a tad tired. There was also quite a bit of rust and concerns around rot in the windowsills.

During: Shaun and his team busy at work

After: So fresh and so clean.