VIRTUAL FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025

The registration window opens on 1st August and you have until 29th August to submit your entry via a form which will be available here. We incentivise you to get your entry in early!

Get your 2 min routine (4 MINS FOR FREERIDE) and also a Best Trick, filmed on a good quality camera. Also film a short introduction about yourself,  max 30s.

Send us your footage as 3 separate video clips, as raw footage off the camera, no edits allowed.

The judging panel get to work and score your routines across 5 categories.

Olympian Media get to work and pull the whole event together, including sponsor contributions.

The event is screened as if live on Saturday 27th September, followed by the live results presentation where we interview the winners. Prizes and trophies are sent out within 2 weeks of the event. 

 The judging criteria will be the same as for Virtual Freestyle, with riders judged on Number of tricks, Difficulty, Variety, Execution and Flow.  One judge to look after one category

 Surf riding will be considered as part of each judge’s category score, for example as part of the overall trick count, how well the surf riding is executed etc, and local wave conditions will be taken into account.

For Virtual Freeride the filming window will extend over four weekends (compared to three weekends for Virtual Freestyle) and will run between 23 August and 14 September. All routines, whether freestyle or freeride, will need to be submitted by end of day on the 14 September.

Freeride competitors are permitted to use drones. In case you need help finding someone who can support please let us know. We are happy also to provide written credits / logos within the overall production to all supporting camera crew.

(Note: Drones are not permitted for the freestyle classes)..

Freeride competitors will be required to submit their best 4 minute competition run (freestyle runs are 2 minutes).