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KG Longboard Classic At Jongensfontein

Posted by surfer on Jun 19, 2010 in Longboarding, Surfing Events | 0 comments

South Africa’s top longboard surfers are descending on Jongensfontein, near Stilbaai in the Southern Cape, to participate in the KG Longboard Classic this weekend, 19 and 20 June 2010. The event is part of international World Surfing Day celebrations.

The Classic is the first of five events that form the South African Longboard Surfing Association (SALSA) Longboard Tour, of which the last event will be at next year’s SA Championships in Durban. More than 80 surfers are expected to compete in the Open division’s Ladies, Juniors, Over 50’s and Divas (Ladies over 35) categories.

Competitors for this weekend’s event include big names such as Brad Weare from KwaZulu-Natal, Justin Bing from Western Province, Michael Grendon and Port Elizabeth competitor Dylan McLeod. Last year’s winner, Ludi du Toit from Jeffreys Bay, will be returning to defend his title.

SA Names Team For ISA World Surfing Games

Posted by surfer on Jun 10, 2009 in Surfing Events | 0 comments

The South African team who will be competing in the 2009 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games has been announced by the Surfing South Africa (SSA) Board of Directors.

The Games will take place in Playa Hermosa near San Jose in Costa Rica in August.

The 2009 South African Surfing Team consists of four men, two women, two male longboarders, three coaches and a manager. The surfers in the men’s team are Brandon Jackson and Damien Fahrenfort, who are both from Durban, Rudy Palmboom from Bluff, and 2008′s SA team captain, Ryan Payne from Cape St Francis. Llewellyn Whittaker from Mossel Bay is the non-travelling reserve.

The Women’s team members are East London chick surfers Rosanne Hodge and Nikita Robb. Tarryn Chudleigh of Kommetjie will be the non-travelling reserve.

The longboarders are South Africa’s current Longboard champion Justin Bing from Noordhoek, and his runner-up Michael Hill from Cape St Francis.

Mike Sheppard will be the team’s manager. Graham Hynes will be head coach, Ant Brodwicz will be deputy coach and Kevin Olsen will be the assistant/technical coach.

Cyril Nel from East London has been appointed by the ISA as one of two head judges for the event. Another Saffa, Sandile Mqadi, will be part of the international judging panel.

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Oxbow South African Longboard Championships 2009

Posted by surfer on Apr 20, 2009 in Surfing Events | 0 comments

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)