Mount Maunganui's Jessica Miller will captain the New Zealand team at next month's Sanyo Cup in Japan.
The 21-year-old, who is now based on the Gold Coast, has a good understanding of the event, having represented New Zealand at last year's Sanyo Cup where she took gold in the Ironwoman and bronze in the women's ski. She also raced in Japan at the 2013 International Surf Rescue Challenge.
The Sanyo Cup is an annual beach competition hosted by the Japan Lifesaving Association and this year it will be held at the Momochihama Seaside Park in Fukuoka from June 24-25.
This year, Jessica will be racing alongside her brother Hamish, who has his own experience leading a New Zealand side. He captained the Junior Black Fins at the 2016 Lifesaving World Championships in the Netherlands.
Alongside Jessica and Hamish Miller in the team of 10 (five male and five female) is their second cousin Casie Fyall (Waikanae), who also represented New Zealand at last year's Sanyo Cup, 2016 Junior Black Fins Libby Bradley (Mount Maunganui) and Javon McCallum (Fitzroy) plus Bayden Botha (Mairangi Bay) who was part of the New Zealand Youth team for the 2015 International Surf Rescue Challenge.