NewsBlast Off in Bali – Round 1 completed at Oakley Pro by zigzag / posted on 1 day ago
The Oakley Pro Bali kicked off this morning in some fun, but average-looking waves at the famed Keramas in Bali. Thankfully for surf fans glued to the webcast, however, what looks average on screen and what the competitors have to say about it is a completely different story, and Jordy attested to this in his [...] Read More...Final Day No Say for Team SA by zigzag / posted on 3 days ago
The SA Junior Surfing Team would have no say as to where they would finish on the team standings on the final day of the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Champs in Nicaragua. That’s because their final team member Jordan Maree lost out on the penultimate day of competition, meaning their fates would be decided [...] Read More...Shark Encounter at Queensberry Bay, East London by zigzag / posted on 3 days ago
Unconfirmed reports of a shark encounter with a surfer at Queensberry Bay came in earlier today from sources in East London. According to the source the surfer’s board came off second best, with a big chunk taken from its tail, but thankfully, apart from a grazed thigh the surfer was mostly unharmed. Queensberry Bay was [...] Read More...Lone Saffa Standing at ISA World Junior Champs by zigzag / posted on 5 days ago
After the last heat of Day 6, with every punt thrown, every tube ducked into, and every roundhouse carved, just one member of team SA is left to fight it out at the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Champs in Nicaragua. The fight goes on for Cape Town’s Jordy Maree, who’s still in the competition [...] Read More...Testing Thursday for Team SA at ISA World Junior Champs by zigzag / posted on 5 days ago
It was a tough Day 5 of the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championships for the SA Juniors, as four more surfers were relegated to the cheer squad, with only Benji Brand, Diran Zakarian, Matt Mcgillivray and Jordy Maree still left in the competition to fight for gold. Team captain Dylan Lightfoot was utterly disappointed [...] Read More...Hot Action, Cold Weather at the Durban Surf Carnival by zigzag / posted on 6 days ago
Contested over three days, the Durban Surf Carnival presented by Jeep took place in perfect conditions on Day 1, followed by some of the coldest (and windiest) weather Durban has experienced all winter for the last two. But the water was warm, and the wind offshore, so the waves were very contestable at New Pier [...] Read More...Team SA Lose Three In Battle for ISA World Junior Champs Gold by zigzag / posted on 7 days ago
The first SA casualties of the seven day battle for an ISA World Junior Surfing Champs gold medal were registered on Day 4, with three of the 12-strong SA Team failing to advance out of their repercharge heats. Anoush Zakarian (U16 Girls) from Melkbos was the first to fall, when she failed to advance from [...] Read More...Kelly Wins in Fiji, Claims World Rankings Lead by zigzag / posted on 12 June, 2013
Kelly Slater has claimed the 2013 Volcom Fiji Pro at P-U-M-P-I-N-G Cloudbreak, making it back-to-back titles at the perfect left. Not only did Kelly grab the win in Fiji, he also snatched the ASP World Tour ratings lead from Jordy Smith, who despite surfing like a man possessed, could not get past John John Florence [...] Read More...SA Juniors Stay in Contention at ISA World Junior Champs by zigzag / posted on 12 June, 2013
The third day of the 2013 DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championships have come and gone, with all 12 of the SA Junior team members still in the event and with a shot at making the finals. Unfortunately the team did see two more surfers drop into the do-or-die repercharge rounds, as Chanelle Botha finished [...] Read More...Help the Nahoon Surfers Foundation To Help Dean by zigzag / posted on 11 June, 2013
The backline at Nahoon Reef is like a second home for most of the Slummies surfing community, so when one of their surfing brothers need some help (whether asked for or not), the helping hands are quick to come to their assistance. That’s why, as the news filtered through the lineup that long-time Nahoon local [...] Read More... |
