The NK Surftour is a leading event within Dutch surfing, bringing together the country's best surfers to compete for the title of Dutch Surfing Champion. This annual competition, organised by the Holland Surfing Association, takes place at various locations in the Netherlands and ends with a final in the South of France.
The tour starts in September at Texel, a venue that returns to the calendar after a four-year absence. Here, the competition will compete for qualification to the next rounds. After Texel, the competition moves to Scheveningen in October, a fixture on the NK Surftour, In Scheveningen, the best 16 surfers of each category will meet to compete for a place in the grand final in southern France.
The NK Surftour has several categories in which participants can register: grommets (up to 16 years), juniors (up to 18 years), open men and open women. There is a maximum number of entries for each category, and if this is exceeded, participants will be placed on a reserve list. The competitions will be held in a waiting period, with decisions on which days the competition will continue based on the best surf conditions.
Those waiting periods are on 5 and 6 October, 12 and 13 October, 19 and 20 October and 26 and 27 October. Please note that the NK Surf Tour will take place on Scheveningen's Noorderstrand.
Want to know when the NK Surftour starts?
One of these weekends during the waiting period, the event will take place. Keep an eye on instagram @nksurftour to see when the event will take place.
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After the qualifying rounds in the Netherlands, the top four in each category will receive an invitation to the finals in Seignosse, France where they will compete for the national title for a week. This final takes place in early November and is the highlight of the tour .