J-Bay To Host First Contest For Locals Only
Globally, Jeffrey’s Bay is regarded to be South Africa’s Mecca for surfing. And now, for the first time ever, it will host a contest that will see locals competing (by inviation only) against each other.
The inaugural Xcel Supertubes Showdown will take part from 5 – 21 June 2009 and will feature sixteen locals and Supers experts who will battle it out for a first-place prize entry into the Von Zipper Wildcard Trials.
The final selection of invitees and heat draws will be announced tonight (June 3, 2009) at the opening function to take place at The Mexican Restaurant in Jeffrey’s Bay.
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Oxbow South African Longboard Championships 2009
The Oxbow 2009 South African Longboard Championships ended on a literal high point this past weekend.
Excellent head high waves marked the finals which took place at The Point at Jeffrey’s Bay on Saturday.
The home team from the host province, Eastern Province, clinched the coveted team title by beating defending champions Western Province by quite a large margin. Newcomers Southern Cape took the impressive third place and KwaZulu-Natal came fourth overall.
On the individual side, the premier Open Men’s division saw a new champion being crowned when Justin Bing from the Western Province – who was the junior champion last year, beat a trio of Eastern Province competitors: Michael Hill, 2006 Open champion Dylan McLeod and Ludie du Toit.
Despite suffering a serious and shockingly unexpected stroke earlier this year – which almost cost him his life – defending champion and two-time ISA World Longboard champion Matthew Moir (Southern Cape), remarkably managed to reach the semi-finals before being eliminated. The 31-year old Moir has astonished everyone with his swift recovery and return to the surf.
Eastern Province’s Steven Sawyer and Phillipa Hill managed to successfully defend their 2008 titles (boys’ and senior women’s respectively). Other Eastern Province riders who won are Greg Smith (Senior Men) and John McLeod (Super Legends).
Apart from Justin Bing’s victory, the Western Province also produced 2009 SA champions in Simone Robb (Open Women), her husband Alan Robb (Grandmasters) and Mark Hoyle (Veterans), while KwaZulu-Natal delivered SA champions in Scott Lefevre (Juniors), Brad Weare (Masters), Hugh Thompson (Super Vets) and Mike Larmont (Legends).
The Southern Cape’s sole individual title went to Bianca Buitendag in the Girls division.
The full results are:
Team Standings
1. Eastern Province 137 780
2. Western Province 121 200
3. Southern Cape 109 290
4. Kwazulu-Natal 93 400
Open Men
1. Justin Bing (WP)
2. Michael Hill (EP)
3. Dylan McLeod (EP)
4. Ludie du Toit (EP)
Open Women
1. Simone Robb (WP)
2. Michelle Hill (EP)
3. Bianca Buitendag (SC)
4. Roxy Towill (SC)
Junior Men (16-18 years)
1. Scott Lefevre (KZN)
2. Saul Bernstein (EP)
3. Grant Beck (EP)
4. Aaran Simmons (EP)
Masters (31-35)
1. Brad Weare (KZN)
2. Greg Heasley (EP)
3. Ryan Anderson (EP)
4. Michael Grendon (WP)
Grandmasters (36-40)
1. Alan Robb (WP)
2. Craig Cuff (EP)
3. Glen Thompson (SC)
4. Tim Ball (WP)
Senior Men (41-45)
1. Greg Smith (EP)
2. David Stubbs (WP)
3. Craig van Greunen (EP)
4. Deon Bing (WP)
Veterans (46-50)
1. Mark Hoyle (WP)
2. Steven Hair (SC)
3. Fred Le Roux (KZN)
4. Andrew Lenton (EP)
Super Vets (51-55)
1. Hugh Thompson (KZN)
2. Des Sawyer (EP)
3. G.Byram (WP)
4. Gavin Seaman (EP)
Legends (56-60)
1. Mike Larmont (KZN)
2. Greg Stokes (WP)
3. Ken Saddington (KZN)
4. Mush Hide (EP)
Super Legends (61 and over)
1. John McLeod (EP)
2. Mike Patterson (KZN)
3. Mike Hornsey (SC)
4. Terry Dean (SC)
Boys (15 and younger)
1. Steven Sawyer (EP)
2. Daniel Buitendag (SC)
3. Chaim Simmons (EP)
4. Galad Smith (EP)
Girls (15 and younger)
1. Bianca Buitendag (SC
2. Faye Zoetmulder (EP)
3. Jessie Goodman (WP)
4. Tess Saunders (SC)
Senior Women (35 and over)
1. Phillipa Hill (EP)
2. Bernie Shelley (WP)
3. Margot Sanders (EP)
4. Therese Russell (WP)
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Surfin’ SA: Some Sweet Spots
With South Africa’s summer vacation looming just around the corner, Travel iAfrica
compiled a helpful list of some of South Africa’s best beaches, including those where only surfers dare to tread.
Their list isn’t too much of a revelation – no surprises or major secret spots are revealed – containing just the usual suspects, like national surfing Mecca Jeffrey’s Bay and the hotspots along this stretch of coastline like Supertubes, Kitchen Windows, Boneyards and Bruce’s Beauties(actually at St. Francis). But it’s still a good and helpful primer, especially for foreigners or those new to the sport and the local surfing scene.
For the full list (which also includes best kid friendly beaches and the name of SA’s most trendy beach), surf to this link.
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See South Africa’s Best Junior Surfers on SuperSport
Fans of the South African junior surfing circuit with access to DStv are in for a treat.
Various SuperSport channels are screening recordings of South Africa’s best junior surfers in action at the fifth and final event in the Billabong Junior Series in Jeffreys Bay.
See the action packed, high scoring, man-on-man final between eventual winner Dale Staples and defending series and event champion Rudy Palmboom in the R35 000 Grade 1 ASP Pro Junior (U20) event. Watch as two of the country’s hottest junior girl surfers Sarah Baum and Bianca Buitendag fight out an intense duel for the sole invitation to the prestigious Billabong ASP World Junior Championships in Australia in January.
Jacob Mellish takes the biggest win of his career in the U16’s while the Jeffreys Bay pair of Dylan Lightfoot and Steve Sawyer battle for supremacy in the U14’s and Max Armstrong trumps the field in the U12’s.
And there is a feast of aerial manoeuvres as Casey Grant flies away with the Von Zipper Air Show title. All recorded and packaged by Silver Bullet Productions with a wide range of repeat broadcasts.
BILLABONG JUNIOR SERIES 2008 JEFFREYS BAY
Thu 30 October 3.00pm SS2
Fri 31 October 4.00pm SS1
Sat 1 November 8.30am SS1
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Billabong SA Has Big Plans for Girl Surfers
Billabong South Africa has announced exciting new developments for girls’ surfing. These include plans for hosting the first ASP Grade 1 Pro Junior event here in South Africa.
The internationally rated event will be third of the three Pro Junior girls contests forming part of the 2009 Billabong Junior Series. It will take place at local surfing Mecca Jeffreys Bay. The winner will receive an invitation to compete in the annual Billabong ASP World Junior Championships in Sydney, Australia.
The first two Pro Junior girls’ events on the Billabong Junior Series will be sanctioned by Surfing South Africa (SSA) and will form part of the SSA Pro Surf Tour (PST) with the ratings points earned counting towards the 2009 PST Pro Junior girls’ title. The top three finishers in the Billabong Junior Series ratings will also qualify for a share of the annual series prize-pool sponsored jointly by Billabong and First National Bank.
This upgrade in contest status for the fast growing girls’ surfing community in South Africa enables Billabong to align the annual Billabong Girls Get Out There series of events with the objectives of similar series around the world by focusing on beach lifestyle instead of on the competitive side of girls’ surfing.
The Girls Get Out There series will in future be aimed at getting girls down to the beach, learning to surf, having fun and enjoying themselves amongst their friends and peers.
These changes mean that the previously scheduled dates for the Billabong Girls Get Out There contests in Margate (29 & 30 November) and Jeffreys Bay (13 & 14 December) will therefore fall away. Watch the media for details of when the exciting new series of all female beach festivals visits a town near you.
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