Storms Postpone Novice Finals
Onshore winds gusting at over 40kph combined with intermittent showers and temperatures that plummeted to 9 degrees turned the waves at Muizenberg into a swirling mass of whitewater, and forced organisers to postpone the finals of the first Kahuna Surf Series event on Sunday.
CT Series Shows Junior Talent
Cape Town and South Africa’s future surf stars posted excellent scores in the solid one-metre offshore waves at Muizenberg, as the opening day of the Kahuna Surf Series showcased the depth of junior talent available in the country.
Kirsten Clinches Kahuna Title
Kirsten Kingma (Hout Bay) was crowned the Kahuna Surf Series champion in the premier U16 girls divisions at an awards ceremony in Kommetjie on Sunday, after the completion of the third and final event of the 2006 series.
Kahuna comes to Kommetjie
Kommetjie, the epicentre of surfing on the Cape Peninsula, will be the venue for the third- and final event of the 2006 Kahuna Surf Series, where the top up-and-coming young guns of Western Province surfing will be crowned this weekend.
Champs Defend ‘Out There’ Titles
All the champions from the inaugural event in the 2006 Billabong ‘Girls Get Out There’ Surf Series will be back to defend their titles when the second all girls festival of surf is staged in the holiday paradise of Margate on Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 & 6 December.
Scott Stars in Melkbosstrand
Sabrina Scott (Glencairn) produced an outstanding performance at the second event in the Kahuna Surf Series on the weekend, after racking up the highest scores in the Girls divisions in good one metre surf at Melkbosstrand.
False Bay Surfers Rule Kahuna
False Bay surfers used their local knowledge to good effect by capturing five of the seven 2006-10-16titles in the first event of the 2006 Kahuna Surf Series for novices, when the final day of the event was completed in testing half-metre onshore waves at Muizenberg Corner on Saturday.