O’Neill Unveils Big Wave Awards
O’Neill Rewards Big Wave Bravery in Inaugural Courage Awards South Africa is home to some of the planet’s finest big wave surfers and O’Neill South Africa has set out to honour them by launching a new and unique event – the O’Neill South African Big Wave Raw Courage Awards.
Rosy Qualifies for ASP World Tour
Rosanne Hodge (19) of East London is one of 16 surfers world-wide to qualify for the elite 1007 ASP World Championship Tour.
Life’s Rosy for Bronze Medal Hodge
An elated South African surfing team collected two gold medals, two bronze and a copper while finishing fourth out of 33 nations at the 2006 ISA World Surfing Games at Huntington Beach in California on Sunday.
Hodge Through to Last 8
Rosanne Hodge continued her good form in round three of the Open Women’s Division at the ISA World Surfing Games, progressing with ease to the Women’s Open fourth round in Huntington Beach, California.
SA Into Last 16 Surfing
The strength of women’s surfing in South Africa was evident at the ISA World Surfing Games in California yesterday when Rosanne Hodge (East London) and Tammy-Lee Smith (Salt Rock, KZN) both progressed through two rounds of competition, to reach the last 16 in the qualifying stream of the biennial event.
Surfing Games in California
The 21st ISA World Surfing Games (WSG) started at Huntington Beach in California on Sunday with Matthew Moir recording an impressive start in the men’s longboard division. South Africa’s women will see their first action later today in the California event regarded as the ‘Olympics of Surfing’.
Surfing Colours at Awards
Granville West of Port Elizabeth was named captain of the 2006 SA Surfing Team at the Colours Awards evening in Cape Town Monday night.
SA Surf Team for ISA World Games
The 2006 SA Surfing Team will leave Cape Town for the United States tomorrow (Tuesday October 10) to compete in the ISA World Surfing Games which gets under way in Huntington Beach California on Saturday October 14.