Surfing took a step in its maturity in 1963 when Surfing NSW was established to administer the sport.

Since then we have produced a roll call of world champions from Midget Farrelly – who was the founding president of Surfing NSW in 1964, through to multiple world champion title winners including:

• Mark Richards (1979,1980,1981 and 1982)

• Tom Carroll (1983 and 1984)

• Damien Hardman (1987 and 1991)

• Mick Fanning (2007, 2009 and 2013)

• Layne Beachley (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006)

• Tyler Wright (2016 and 2017)

• Stephanie Gilmore (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2022)

Surfing NSW would also like to honour our life time members, the following people have received life time membership for their commitment and service to Surfing in New South Wales :

• Midget Farrelly

• Ken Williams

• Bluey Mayes

• Ron Morris

• Dave Gyngell

• Mark Windon

• Rob Nedwich

• Phil Courtney

• Matt Grainger

• Wayne Pack

• Sandra Enligsh

• John ‘Headbutt’ Rixon

• Nick Pearson

• Shane Stalker

• Matt Lawson

• Brenda Miley

• George Leslie

• John Harvey

Today our organisation is a leader in a network of aligned surfing organisations spanning Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. Together we have also formed a national body, Surfing Australia.