Club Wyndham Corporate Surf Challenge 2025

Trade the Boardroom for the Beach

Friday, 28 November 2025 | Gold Coast

Ready to swap spreadsheets for surf breaks? This November 28, dive into the ultimate corporate adventure at the stunning Gold Coast. The Club Wyndham Corporate Surf Challenge isn’t just about riding waves – it’s about riding the momentum of team spirit, healthy competition, and unforgettable memories, while making a meaningful difference.

Trade your suit for the wetsuit and ride the waves for a cause—help us fight FSHD while soaking up the sun and good vibes!

Major Sponsor & Host

We are hitting the waves again for the Club Wyndham Corporate Surf Challenge

We invite you to join us as we and the Gold Coast business community unite to
wipe out Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).

Your annual support for the Club Wyndham Surf challenge helps the FSHD Global
Research Foundation in its vital work developing a cure for the condition.

Let’s come together for a day of fun and friendship, and create a brighter future
for Australians with FSHD.

Sponsorship Package

This package includes:

• 4 surfers at the event
• Welcome gifts for 4 surfers
• Breakfast for 4 surfers
• Lunch for 4 surfers
• Beer, wine and soft drink for the 4 surfers for the duration of the event
• A marquee for your guests

Investment $4,000 incl. GST
*$100 per head for additional spectators

Rules

The Club Wyndham Corporate Surf Challenge is a tag team surfing competition run under the popular Surftag format with each team represented by four surfers. In relay style, each surfer catches a maximum ten waves and then returns to the beach to tag their team’s next surfer. Every surfer’s top two waves are scored. Round One Heat duration is one-hour with up to five teams contesting each heat. Bonus points are on offer for each team’s fourth surfer returning to the tag area on the beach within the one-hour period. The top two teams from each Round One Heat progress straight to the semi-final round. Teams who finish 3rd, 4th and 5th in the Round One Heats stand the chance to requalify by battling it out in the repechage round. Bonus Points: 1st team home = 4 Points, 2nd team = 3 Points, 3rd team = 2 Points, 4th team = 1 Point, 5th team = 0 Points. No bonus points for the repechage rounds.

Interference

Five points will be deducted from the offending surfer’s total score for an interference call.

Count Backs

If two or more teams are tied at the completion of a heat, each team’s five top scoring waves will be tabulated. If still tied, a twelve-minute surf-off involving one surfer from each team will take place. Beach start with top two waves scored. If still tied, surf-offs will be repeated until a result is established.

Draw

Round One Heats: Four heats with up to five teams per heat. Top two finishers in each heat advance to the semi-final.

Repechage Rounds: Teams who finish 3rd, 4th and 5th in Round One Heats will nominate their best two surfers to battle it out in the repechage round (two x 10-minute surfs per team). Only one team from each repechage will advance to the semi-final.

Semi-final Round: Top two teams in each five-team heat advance to the finals.

Final: One four-team heat.

Format

Surfers are scored using standard event criteria. Depending on the number of teams entered, qualifying events may feature a second chance bracket for teams that do not advance out of the first round. Team members’ scores are combined at the conclusion of the heat (scores are cumulative and each surfer’s top two waves are counted). Tag team – each team enters four surfers into each heat. Once a surfer rides ten waves maximum, he/she comes in and tags his/her teammate. His/her teammate rides maximum ten waves, and so on. Teams receive bonus points if all surfers ride a minimum two waves and the fourth surfer returns to the tag area before the allotted heat time.

7.00 am - Registration, Commences, Breakfast on arrival
7.30 am - Competitor briefing
8.00 am - Heat 1
9.00 am - Heat 2
10.00 am - Heat 3
11.00 am - Heat 4
12.00 pm - Lunch
12.30 pm - Repechage Round 1
12.50 pm - Repechage Round 12
1.10 pm - Semi-Final 1
2.10 pm - Semi-Final 2
3.10 pm - Final
4.10 pm - Presentation
5.00 pm - Closure

2025

Not from the Gold Coast or don’t have surfers on your team?

No problem! We’ll connect you with local talent through our partners at Surfing Queensland. Their surfers will hit the waves on your behalf, chasing wins for your business, one wave at a time.