Kiama’s Bruce Flint has brought home the trophy for the Men’s Over 65 age group in the NSW Surfmasters State Titles, held at Boomerang Beach on the Central Coast last week.

Bruce, who was in the over 65 age group for the first time, has competed in the Surfmasters for 12 years but this is his first title.

“I’m pretty chuffed,” he says.

“It feels really good, mainly because I’ve been trying for so long and putting a lot of time and effort into it.

“The guys that came second and third normally win the event so I was pretty pleased to get a result.”

Held by Surfing NSW, the Surfmasters State Titles is an annual event where surfers aged 35 and over compete for the titles.

Bruce is unsure whether he will compete in next year’s State Titles but is now getting ready for the NSW Tradies Surfmasters set to be held in October. He says a big part of competing in these events is seeing how other people are surfing.

“There’s a whole range of surfing abilities that go from the over 35s to over 65s, so it’s great to see the standard of surfing across NSW,” he says.