The first Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were held at Bondi Beach, New South Wales in March 1915.
[1] The first Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) Masters Championships took place in 1987.
It has since become an annual event, providing a platform for experienced surf life savers to showcase their skills and compete at a high level.
The format is the same as for typical surf carnivals, a 10-to-20-minute race with a field of 150 competitors, which over several rounds of will be reduced to a final of 16 athletes.
These are the blue ribbon events the Championships, and also the ones that attracts the most attention in terms of television and spectators on the beach.