The Dets:

• Date: Sunday, 14 September 2025
• Location: URBNSURF Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2127
• Event style: First in, best dressed

The Heavyweight Rumble returns in 2025, hosted by Surfing NSW at URBNSURF Sydney. Get ready for a rematch as NSW’s shortboard clubs go head-to-head in a teams showdown.

Only one club will walk away with:

• The Champion’s Belt

• A share in $12,000 prize money

• Ultimate bragging rights

Schedule

• First heat starts at 8:00 AM
• Full heat draw and schedule available Wednesday 10th September 
• All teams must check in 20 minutes before their heat. 

Prize Money 

Total Purse: $12,000 AUD

1. $6,500
2. $3,250
3. $1,750
4. $500

The Ultimate Surf-worthy steals

Warm up before the event

The competition wave has been introduced to all Advanced and Advanced Turns settings on weekdays for your club to practice. To sweeten the deal, we’ve partnered with URBNSURF who is offering a 20% mid week discount so you can train on tap. 

Use the code: SNSWRUMBLE to score (Offer available exclusively for URBNSURF Sydney). 

Boardriders Club Private Hire at URBNSURF 

Book a private session to get the team ready to RUMBLE. If you book both sides of the pool Monday – Thursday in August, September or October, you’ll score 10% off your club booking. Book the entire lagoon and run the Rumble wave for the entire hour. Think, just you and your club taking over the in lineup. Enquire today. 

At URBNSURF you can host a club round, online club comps or social events

Heavyweight Rumble Competition Overview

Each club submits:

• 2x Open surfers (any gender)
• 1x Open Female
• 1x Junior (Under 18 as of 31 Dec 2025, any gender)
• 1x Master (35+ as of 1 Jan 2025, any gender)

Of the five team members, each club must determine one (P)ower surfer each heat. Power surfers must surf last in the teams order.

Reserves (optional):

• 1 per division
• Max squad size = 9 surfers (5 starters + 4 reserves)

Format

• 5x surfers per team, 4x Teams per heat.
• Only two waves will be ridden per set. Only wave #2 and wave #5 of each set will be ridden.
• Seeding will be based on results from the 2024 URBNSURF Rumble. Any teams that did not compete in the 2024 event will be seeded according to the timestamp of their entry.

Progression:
Straight knockout, with minimum 50% of teams progressing per round.

The URBNSURF Rumble Wave

Custom-designed for this event, competitors will surf the Rumble wave on wave #2 and #5 of the set.

• The wave offers a clean, fast entry into a steep first section, ideal for setting up vertical manoeuvres right off the take-off.
• Midway through the wave, surfers can choose to drive around the section for powerful rail turns or slot into a compact inside barrel, depending on positioning and line choice.
• Precision, timing, and flow will be key to maximizing each ride.
• Competition rule book (subject to change) 

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Save the date. Bring the heat. Leave it all in the water.