A new league. A new format. The sport a nation was built on: fast, team-based and engineered for live television.
A tier-one sport without a tier-one stage.
Surfing has world titles, millions of fans and a country built around it, but never a league worthy of the talent. The Surfing Super League changes that: eight teams, a running clock, and a guaranteed finish, every weekend of summer.
A full 90-minute game, locked to a Saturday & Sunday 4pm summer slot. Predictable, schedulable, appointment viewing.
Four surfers per team, three men and one woman, relay in and out of the water. Real rivalries, regional pride, a ladder across the season.
Eight weekends down the East Coast's most iconic surf towns, each a beach-stadium festival of sport, music and culture.
Two 40-minute halves. A running clock. Four surfers a team, relaying through the water, and a Power Surfer finale that lands a knockout in every single game. No flat spells. No dead air. Tap a phase to play it through.
Four surf each game: three men and one woman. The first surfer sprints from the start line, paddles out and races to score before tagging the next teammate.
Teams cycle through all four surfers in relay format: unlimited waves each, quick transitions, constant motion and real-time lead changes.
In the first half the woman is the Power Surfer. She starts and finishes the half, riding one final scoring wave to close it. A guaranteed climax, every game.
A 10-minute reset: music, analysis, beach-stadium energy. Then the teams flip and do it all again.
The teams flip. This half a male surfer is the Power Surfer. He starts and finishes it. Finish in time or lose five points: the sprint that makes or breaks the game.
Team versus team. Highest team score wins, and a ladder runs all season to a single Grand Final. Easy to follow in seconds.
Eight teams. Eight tribes. Eight sets of colours to live and die by, including a Gold Coast cross-town derby. The home coasts are locked in; team names and crests are revealed soon.
All summer, the league rolls down the East Coast, turning the country's most iconic beaches into stadiums, one weekend at a time, until a single Grand Final crowns the first champion.
Eight teams · round-robin season · one Grand Final.
Two games every weekend across the tour markets: 15 games in all, 30 hours of live television.
Grandstands on the sand, fan zones, music and the local surf community. Every event a summer party.
The top teams meet in a single, winner-takes-all Grand Final to crown the first SSL champion.
Every squad is built from four tiers of talent: the legends who built the sport, today's elite competitors, Australia's most exciting free surfers and wildcard icons. All drafted, all paid the same, men and women alike.
Australian surfing royalty: the icons and household names who built the sport. e.g. Owen Wright
The country's best WSL/ISA-ranked competitive surfers at the peak of their powers. e.g. Sophie McCulloch
One out-of-market or non-Australian surfer per team, bringing world-class star power to the league. e.g. Jacob Wilcox
Australia's most exciting free-surfers, given a professional stage. e.g. Soli Bailey
Illustrative examples of each tier. Final squads are confirmed at the annual SSL draft.
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The short version of how the league works.
Australia's first professional surfing league: a fast, team-based, broadcast-ready competition. Eight city and region-based teams play a 90-minute tag-team format across an eight-weekend summer season, live on TV.
Four teams compete in each game. Each fields four surfers — three men and one woman — who relay in and out of the water. A true sports clock runs two 40-minute halves with a 10-minute half-time, and each half closes with a Power Surfer for a guaranteed dramatic finish. Highest team score wins.
Season 1 kicks off in Summer 2028, touring the East Coast all summer long. Sign up above to be the first to hear team reveals, player signings, the schedule and ticket releases.
The format adapts in real time. It's about winning the match, not scoring a perfect 10. The four-team relay delivers non-stop action in any conditions, with adjustable course length, wave targets and scoring.
