Whangamata surfer Grace Spiers has been named in the New Zealand Surfing Team to compete at the 2014 International Surfing Association's World Surfing Games starting in October.

Whangamata surfer Grace Spiers will has been named in the New Zealand Surfing Team for the 50th ISA World Surfing Games held in Peru starting in October.

This week Surfing New Zealand named six surfers who will travel to Punta Negra in Peru to compete in the event which marks the 50th anniversary of the International Surfing Association.

Surfing alongside Grace will be Mount Maunganui's Matt Hewitt, who has had success at previous ISA events after placing third in the Under 16 Boys Division at the 2007 World Junior Championships.

The other four surfers in the team are JC Susan, Tane Wallis and Zen Wallis in the Open Men, and Sarah Mason in the Open Women.

Grace took out the open women's division at the 2014 National Surfing Championships in January and currently ranked first in the Open Women's Division. Matt is ranked 8th in the Open Men's Division of the 2014 New Zealand Pro Series.

If the Kiwis can finish in the top seven they will qualify for the 2015 ISA China Cup held next year in January.

The Cup is an invitational event where the top seven nations, plus the hosts, battle it out on the waves. It would be the first time New Zealand would be represented at the event in the last two years.