Surfing

Last weekend the inaugural Cape Town Pro surfing contest presented by Quiksilver took place at Big Bay in Bloubergstrand and saw Peru’s Joaquin Del Castillo take the man’s title and South Africa’s Tanika Hoffman the women’s title. In the semi finals Joaquin Del Castillo beat Beyrick de Vries and Dylan Lightfoot beat Michael February to move into the final. Del Castillo ...

The Vans Surf Pro Classic is taking place at YoYo’s in Lambert’s Bay, Bloubergstrand this weekend, 14 – 15 May, and introduces a new venue to the World Surf League Qualifying Series. The event will feature the cream of the country’s surfers with a QS1,000 rated men’s event and QS1,000 junior event. R30 000 is up for grabs for the ...

Skeleton Bay / Donkey Bay in Namibia has become renowned for having the world’s best wave. A perfect left hand that breaks for around 1.5km and has the perfect shape with a never ending barrel. A surfers paradise! Chris Rogers recently visited this surfing mecca and produced this killer edit. Featured surfers include Bianca Buitendag, Benji Brand, Alex Smith, Jonathan Gubbins, Niklas Martin, Dane Beales, Matt Bromley ...

Omncane (Zulu) – The young one. Another surfing banger from Steven Michelsen featuring 11 year of James Ribbink. Enjoy. JAMES RIBBINK ( 11 YRS OLD ) IN OMNCANE ( ZULU ) – THE LITTLE ONE from steven michelsen on Vimeo.

The 2016 Billabong SA Grommet Games took place at Pollock Beach in Port Elizabeth over the weekend seeing the country’s best your surfers competing in 2-foot offshore conditions. The Cape Town Surfriders Team made it five wins in a row as they beat the hosts, Nelson Mandela Bay, to take top honours and the Mandela Bay Trophy. The Cape Winelands ...