Surfing

One of the main attractions at the World Surf League’s Championship Tour event in Jeffrey’s Bay, the Corona J-Bay Open, is top South African professional surfer Jordy Smith. Originally from Durban, Jordy has been on the Championship for 12 years already. His rookie year was 2008. It’s hard to believe that he has been charging on the Championship Tour since ...

Three new champions were crowned on the final day of competition at the Vans Surf Pro Classic in the clean, glassy conditions at YoYo’s, Lamberts Bay. After taking the runner-up at Lambert’s Bay last year, Dylan Lightfoot arrived in town a week before the event to practice and the time spent in the waves paid as he took the win ...

Dylan Lightfoot and Ariane Ochoa took out the Men’s and Women’s Qualifying Series titles at the Royal St Andrews Hotel Port Alfred Surf Classic in Port Alfred, with Thomas Lindhorst and Ceara Knight crowned the Junior Men’s Junior Women’s champions respectively. Finals Day Highlights: Dylan Lightfoot revelled in the powerful surf and won the Men’s quarter-final, semi-final and final encounters ...

After a year or so of filming, Beyrick De Vries has finally released his 16 minute surfing video, Higher Light. Filmed by Steven Michelsen in between stops on the World Surf League’s Qualifying Series, De Vries ventured around the wave-rich African coastline alongside fellow shredders Brendon Gibbens, Shane Sykes and Dale Staples. Apart from travelling around South Africa, they ventured ...

Joshe Faulkner and Minami Nonaka clinched the Men’s and Women’s titles respectively at the Nelson Mandela Surf Pro on Sunday, with Nonaka completing a rare double by also taking out the Junior Women’s event while Eli Beukes was crowned the Junior Men’s champion. Finals Day Highlights: The final day‘s action was held in solid head high waves and gusty offshore ...