A summer series of high profile professional Surf Boat events, restricted to 24 Elite Open Men’s Crews and 12 Elite Women’s Crews, created especially for television viewing with a format that is extreme, impactive and entertaining. Racing off the beach, through the elements of the surf break, return back for a beach run finish. Short course designed outside the boundaries of traditional surf life saving events for the benefit of sponsorship branding and exposures.

Unique, iconic Australian sport with a strong international development program. A comprehensive sports program highlighting the athletes, the sport, and its attraction will be produced and available for worldwide distribution.

The event profile will showcase our “Elite Bronzed Aussie” athletes in a fresh setting of Sun / Surf /Sand. The events will run entirely in a natural Australian setting environment. TV viewing will be spectacular, highlighting Australia’s unique surfing culture, a value add product for television. An outstanding advertising opportunity for our commercial partners.

Ocean Thunder Professional Surf Boat Series offers their sponsors unparalleled National and International Exposure via a variety of advertising mediums: 

• Four one hour television programs on FOXTEL

• Two one hour series highlights programs on the NINE NETWORK

• Each boat crew is known by an individual advertiser’s product

• Proven concept – Ocean Thunder Pro Surf Boat is successfully going into their third series

• Show casing elite bronzed life savers and a healthy setting of sun/surf/sand

• A genuine advertising opportunity with a unique Australian iconic sport.

• An exciting series that appeals to both men and women

• Elite athletes battling for a share of over $100,000 in prizemoney

Each crew races off the beach, through the elements of the surf break and return back towards the beach, catching waves to end the race with an exciting sprint up the beachwith one person from each crew hitting a touch pad to record their place.  

This adrenalin packed surfboat racing series has been designed outside the boundaries of traditional surf life saving events specifically for the benefit of advertisers.

Click on the 'Play' button to watch some of the 08/09 highlights

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