Sports Photo of the Week: Airborne Surfer

An unidentified surfer is thrown from his board during day three of the National Surfing Championships at Piha Beach in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Sports Photo of the Week: Airborne Surfer
An unidentified surfer is thrown from his board during day three of the National Surfing Championships at Piha Beach in Auckland, New Zealand. (Sandra Mu/Getty Images)
Kristen Meriwether
1/27/2012
Updated:
10/1/2015
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National Surfing Championships - Day 3

The Hyundai National Surfing Championships were first held in 1963 in Mount Maunganui with only three divisions. Today there are 25 divisions over several disciplines. The 2012 edition will crown New Zealand’s 500th national champion. Veteran Kiwi surfer Michael Fitzharris described the event in a YouTube video on Surf.co.nz.com, “Nationals are about who lasts the longest and trying to stay fresh. You are surfing maybe three or four different days in three or four different types of conditions.” Fitzharris won the Over 40 Men’s Longboard division.