Jake Elkington and Sophie Bell took the Junior Mens and Womens titles at the BOS Cape Crown presented by Billabong over the weekend. Idyllic 1 to 1.3 metre waves at Long Beach in Kommetjie produced good surfing conditions for the finals. Local surfers dominated the results with all four Mens finalists coming from Kommetjie along with two of the four ...
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BOS Cape Crown Returns to Cape Town
The second edition of the popular BOS Cape Crown presented by Billabong surfing contest returns to Long Beach in Kommetjie this weekend (21-22 May). 110 surfers will be competing in the event, which features a WSL QS1000 for Pro Junior Boys and Girls and a 3A rated South African Surf Tour event for the U12 Boys, U14 Boys & Girls ...
Read More »Koby Oberholzer at the Billabong SA Junior Champs
Many years ago Australian journalist and raconteur Derek Hynd popped in at Warner Beach, after he had heard of a good little surfer enjoying the waves at Baggies Beach. He saw that guy surfing, and immediately signed him up for the Rip Curl Search program – a marketing campaign wrapped up in a free surfing adventure and wave discovery mission. ...
Read More »2016 Billabong Junior Series Champions Crowned
As forecast, the wind was pumping straight onshore and the waves were not very good for the final day of the Billabong Junior Series at Seal Point. Highly contestable is what the term is when the there is a possibility of getting good scores but the waves are terrible. Luckily, or maybe due to good planning, there were only a ...
Read More »2016 Billabong Junior Series Final Stop Day 1
An excellent swell was on tap at Seal Point, Cape St Francis for day 1 of the Billabong Junior Series Finals, and with a guaranteed afternoon spring tide and offshore winds prevailing all day the stage was set of an amazing day of surfing. We weren’t disappointed. The first heat if the U18 Boys in the WSL Junior Championships saw ...
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