Tag Archives: Luke Thompson

Hawaii’s Bettylou Sakura Johnson and Brazils’ Ryan Kainalo won the Ballito Pro Junior over the weekend in two-to-three foot surf at Willard Beach. As one of the lead-up events ahead of the Ballito Pro presented by O’Neill Challenger Series, this JQS1,000 competition featured a fantastic international field for the first time since 2019. The Women’s Final saw Bettylou Sakura Johnson and Sophia Medina making their presence ...

One week in JBay with 16 year old surfer, Luke Thompson…

Home-grown heroine Bianca Buitendag and Slade Prestwich won the inaugural Vic Bay Classic Women’s and Men’s QS 1000 titles at the final stop on the 2019 City Surf Series. It was a beautiful finals day with fun 1 to 1.5 meter waves on offer from start to finish, providing the perfect canvas for high performance surfing. Slade Prestwich controlled the ...

The cream rose to the top at the Volkswagen SA Open of Surfing presented by Hurley when Barbados surfer Chelsea Tuach won the Women’s Qualifying Series 3000 and South African Adin Masencamp won the Men’s QS 1000. The fourth City Surf Series event of five offered five days of great surfing for competitors and spectators alike. It was a challenging Women’s Final ...

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 ...