Fédération Française de Surf

About Fédération Française de Surf

The French Federation of Surfing was created in 1964 in Biarritz. It received power from the State to direct, regulate, organize and promote surfing. It has some 80,000 members, one third of whom are women. Nearly 200 clubs are affiliated with the Federation. They are located in the Basque Country, Landes, Gironde, Charentes, Pays de Loire, Brittany, Manche, Normandy, Nord, Mediterranean, Guadeloupe, Martinique, La Reunion, New Caledonia. 150 structures have the French Surf School Label. They are spread across the entire Atlantic coast, the Mediterranean and overseas. The French Federation of Surfing is solely authorized to award titles of French champions in surfing and its associated disciplines: longboard, bodyboard, stand up paddle, stand up paddle race, kneeboard, bodysurf, tandem, para surf and adapted para surf. Every year, it organizes 1 Open and youth French championship (500 competitors for 40 national titles); 30 stages of the French Cup; 2 Stand Up Paddle race French championships; 1 masters surf, longboard, SUP, bodyboard, bodysurf French championship (+28 years to 70 years). The Federation's organizational chart here. The Federation's history here.