This May, let's show the world how cool Whāingaroa surf life is!Have access to a camera or your parent's phone? Are you between 8 yrs and 18yrs old? Then you're set!Send through a pic taken by you, and you will see your pic amongst your mates' on a giant photo wall in the middle of Raglan. Plus there will be cool prizes, so get creative!Entries close 30 April 5pm.

Get creative!

It might be a pic of your favourite post-surf feed, a pre-surf ritual or your best knotted up sandy hair look.There will be prizes to be won too! So think outside the boxTo enter, check the criteria and complete the form below. This is where you'll attach your photo too.

Criteria and application form

You live west of Hamilton
Photo is taken in Whāingaroa
You are between 8yrs old and 18 years old
Theme: Surfing/surf life
Image: JPEG file only
Only one entry per person
You have permission from anyone in your photo, to be on the photo wall.
Your photo may be used to promote this project
Inside the barrel application form: https://forms.gle/VoPjTfC8qvNscAfk6
Entries close 30 April 5pm.

Any questions?

Email Claire at [email protected] for any questions or if you're unsure about anything.

Have fun!

About the organiser

Claire Noble is an event coordinator and project coordinator who loves organising fun and meaningful community based projects that bring people together. She has twenty years of experience, working with festivals and communities here and abroad.Inside the Barrel' is a passion project of hers. She is excited at the idea of thousands of visitors in May, experiencing Raglan's surfing obsession through the eyes of our rangitahi. Although she is new to Whāingaroa, she is enjoying connecting with the Whāingaroa community, learning about its proud surfing history and seeing the surfing legacy flowing through one generation to the next.