Finn Hill and Jaz McCorquodale have stamped themselves as among the country’s best Aboriginal surfers after winning back-to-back titles.

The pair claimed the respective mens and womens division events at the Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles at Bells Beach / Djarrk on Wadawurrung Country. 

Perfect conditions greeted competitors on the final day of competition with a clean two-to-three- foot swell wrapping into the culturally significant beach. 

McCorquodale also claimed the Open women’s longboard title but not without a scare toward the end. Summer Simon made a late push in the final two minutes of the event and briefly took the lead. But McCorquodale found a final wave on the siren to re-take the lead with an 8.27- point ride. She finished on a heat total of 17.27 points (out of a possible 20) to Simon’s 16.20 heat total. 

“I’m so stoked. I’m so glad we got some waves to showcase how amazing we surf as a culture and as a group,” McCorquodale said…