Season Schedule:
1st Stop: Fregene, Lazio, Italy (March 2025)
2nd Stop: Costa Da Caparica, Portugal (April 7-9, 2025)
3rd Stop: Somo, Spain (May 2-4, 2025)
4th Stop: Croyde Bay, United Kingdom (June 7-8, 2025)
5th Stop: Lacanau, France (August 28-31, 2025)
European Final: Somewhere | TBC
Searching the Planet for the Ultimate Groms
04/10/2025
03/21/2025
11/18/2024
11/15/2024
The series is designed to provide fun events for groms to enjoy themselves and meet crew from around the country, whilst developing their competitive game. As athletes progress to finals the elite level of competition comes into play, with many previous GromSearch competitors going on to the WSL world tour.
Men's WSL athletes that were former GromSearch finalists include: Gabriel Medina, Owen Wright, Italo Ferreira, Jordy Smith, Kolohe Andino, Filipe Toledo, Kanoa Igarashi, Ryan Callinan, Leonardo Fioravanti, Connor O’Leary & Morgan Cibilic. (Note that 4 of the top 5 surfers in the 2021 WSL Finals are all former GromSearch finalists, as well as 20 of the 34 athletes on the men’s WT)
Women's WSL athletes - Tyler Wright, Carissa Moore, Steph Gilmore, Sally Fitgibbons, Malia Manuel, Nikki Van Dijk, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Bronte McCaulay, Caroline Marks, Macy Callaghan, Brisa Hennessy, Isabella Nichols & Bethany Hamilton. (Note: GromSearch competitors have won the last 13 WSL women’s World Titles & compile 12 of the current 18 athletes on the women’s WT).
BOYS
GIRLS
2024 - Bali, Indonesia - Lukas Skinner (GB) & Eden Walla (USA)
The first GromSearch International final was held as part of the 2005 Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach. Mason Ho won the boys ahead of Jordy Smith and Matt Wilkinson.
The prestigious Rip Curl GromSearch International Final presented by Sun Bum took place on the tropical island of Bali, from November 13 to 17, 2024.
The winners were Lukas Skinner (UK) and Eden Walla (USA) — huge congrats to both!
