Photo: Mark Stevenson
Zest Riding a wave of school sport change
C ollege surfers are hitting the waves up and down the coast, buoyed by a swell in the popularity of the school’s summer Surfing programme. Launched over the 2020–2021 season, the recreational sport
now attracts more than 20 committed surfers, with up to 70 boys also taking to the water outside the school sessions. For surfing tutor Nolan Hungerford, the surge in interest highlights the importance of being
open to new opportunities within the school sports programme. “Parents had been driving demand for the sport and Executive Principal Garth Wynne opened the gates for the introduction of surfing as
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