The Jim Beam Surftag National Series was created in 2001 and provides national competition for boardriding clubs in Australia to compete against each other and determine Australia's No.1 Club. The Jim Beam Surftag is Australia's largest team surfing competition and offers a prize pool of over $100,000 in cash and prizes.

The Series is run under the popular tag team format with each club represented by five surfers. In relay style each surfer catches three waves and then returns to the beach to tag their team's next surfer. Heat duration is one hour with four teams contesting each heat, bonus points are on offer for each team's fifth surfer returning to the tag area on the beach. The top two teams from each heat progress to the next round.

The series in 2009 expanded to 7 events with the introduction of the Jim Beam Women's Surftag that was won by North Narrabeen (NSW). The North Narrabeen girls continued the clubs Surftag dominance with the mens team winning the 2008 Jim Beam Surftag National title and the junior mens team claiming the 2008 O'Neill Gromtag title.

Past winner's of the Jim Beam Surftag National Series are 2001 – Queenscliff, 2002 – Snapper Rocks, 2003 – North Steyne, 2004/05 – Umina, 2006 – Snapper Rocks, 2007 - North Narrabeen, 2008 – North Narrabeen, 2009 - Werri Beach.

Global Surftag is expanding the series to the U.S. this September.