City-based teams
Athletes per team
Race weekends
Championship
SEASON ONE | The Oceania Tour
Australia and New Zealand in 2027. Then the world.
Season One runs across four three-day race weekends, starting November 2027. From 2028, the league will expand into key global markets including North America and Europe, bringing surf racing to new audiences on iconic beaches around the world.
Guardians League
How it works
The League
SIX CITY-BASED TEAMS.
Six teams representing six different cities, each competing at every Race Weekend for event victories and the tour championship. Which cities will be represented? All will be revealed ahead of Season One.
TEAM 01
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TEAM 02
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TEAM 03
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TEAM 04
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TEAM 05
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TEAM 06
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Four women and four men, with one specialist of each gender in swimming, running, paddleboarding and kayaking. World-class athletes, doing only what they do best.
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MALE
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ATHLETES REVEALED AT AUCTION
The Racing
THREE DAYS, three ways TO WIN.
Each day brings a different race format. Sprint, Pursuit and Battle each test different strengths, with points from all three determining the Race Weekend winner.
Friday · Evening
Sprint
All eight athletes race in their disciplines, with runners linking the swim, board and kayak legs. Teams complete the relay three times, with points from each round determining the Sprint winner.
Saturday · Afternoon
Pursuit
Eight individual races determine each team's starting advantage in the Pursuit Relay Finale. Teams then set off at staggered intervals, with the leaders starting first and the rest chasing them down.
Sunday · Afternoon
Battle
Teams are seeded by their Sprint and Pursuit results, then face off in three head-to-head races. The winners advance to the Final Battle, where the first team across the line takes the win.
Race Weekends
From sunrise to sundown.
Four Race Weekends, each a three-day festival on the host coastline. The racing is the centrepiece, with plenty more happening around it.
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