Phillip Island Boardriders Club claimed victory at their home break today to progress through to the National Final of the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle.

After multiple postponements in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event went ahead at Cape Woolamai as the final qualifier in the national series. With a wind-swept swell increasing throughout the day, conditions were challenging for all competitors.

Torquay Boardriders and Phillip Island claimed dominant victories in the opening rounds to progress automatically through to the final.

The final saw traditional rivals Torquay, Phillip Island and Peninsula Surf Riders alongside relatively newly formed club Jan Juc.

Local young-gun Codie Jeffery was the steadying force in the final for Phillip Island locking in a 7.93 to ensure Phillip Island took home the top spot and the $2,000 prize money.

Phillip Island finished with a team total of 32.97 points. Jeffery also walked away as the Oakley Prizm Performer of the Weekend.

“It’s an amazing feeling to get the win,” said Jeffery.

“We worked our asses off for this and got the job done. To do it in front of all our mates at home makes the win that much better.

“The team probably won’t change too much between now and the final. We will just get up there and give it a crack.”

Finishing in second place and claiming the second spot in the National Final was Peninsula Surfriders on 30.53 points, just .23 of a point ahead of third-place team Torquay on 30.30 points.

Jan Juc finished in fourth place on 25.96 points.

The National Final is scheduled to take place in Newcastle, NSW on May 15 and 16 and will be broadcast via www.australianboardridersbattle.com

Full results of today’s event can be found online via www.liveheats.com/surfingvictoria

Now in its eighth season, the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle is the country’s biggest grassroots boardriders event, involving more than 60 of Australia’s best boardrider clubs and $112,700 in prize money across the series.