Annette Gonzalez Etxabarri Wins the Ballito Open as Sarah Baum Tops Regional Rankings
Basque Country’s Annette Gonzalez Etxabarri beat Portugal’s Teresa Bonvalot to win the WSL QS 2,000 Ballito Open in two-to-three foot surf while South Africa’s Sarah Baum retains the rankings lead in KwaDukuza on Sunday
Heather Clark Wins Grand Masters Silver at ISA World Masters Surf Champs
Two-times masters champ Heather Clark’s powerful backhand was good enough to inspire hopes of another ISA World Masters Surfing title win, but Hawaii’s Rochelle Ballard emerged the standout in the Grand Masters division in El Salvador
Louise Lepront Out of World Surf League World Junior Champs at the Round of 16
South African’s last woman Louise Lepront was knocked of the World Surf League World Junior Championships in California by championship favourite, the USA’s Bella Kenworthy, who was then herself eliminated by good friend Talia Swindal, on Friday’s competition
Louise Lepront Up Against Home Favourite in WSL Round of 16 in California
Africa Junior Surf Champ Louise Lepront takes on home favourite Bella Kenworthy in Thursday’s Round of 16 match ups, after Anastasia Venter’s participation World Junior Champs came to an end when she didn’t make it past the elimination round in California
Louise Lepront and Anastasia Venter lead SA Charge at World Junior Surf Champs
South African junior surfers Louise Lepront and Anastasia Venter will be hoping to come back with good results from The World Surf League 2023 World Junior Champs, surfed at Oceanside Pier in California, USA from 9 – 14 January, 2023
Early Elimination for SA Women at Taiwan Open of Surfing
South African surfers, Zoe Steyn and Ceara Knight, were eliminated in round two of the 2019 WSL World Junior Championships at the Jinzun Harbour on Wednesday
2020 WSL Championship Tour Calendar Released
The World Surf League has released its 2020 Championship Tour calendar that will see the event return to the iconic right-hand point break in Jeffreys Bay
Hodge Reclaims WCT Spot
Top South African surfer Rosanne Hodge has reclaimed a spot on the Elite World Championship Tour after she initially failed to qualify, falling one place short, after the last WCT event of 2007.
Rosy Saves Her Best for Last
Rosy Hodge’s stellar surfing qualities have seen her end a solid rookie season on the world’s premier surfing ASP Women’s World Tour stage with a morale-boosting life-time best third place. Picture ASP Towner © Covered Images Rosanne Hodge ended her rookie ASP World Tour at the season-ending Billabong Pro Maui at Honolua Bay in Hawaii […]
Robb and Hodge in Hawaiian Heat
Hawaiian Alana Blanchard gives an interview after winning the women’s Surf Off qualification round for the 2007 Reef Hawaiian Pro ASP Women’s World Qualifying Series event. Picture ASP Rowland © Covered Images The ASP’s Women’s World Qualifying Series stepped out in brilliant form on Tuesday with smooth wave faces of five- to eight-feet and famous […]
Do or Die for Rosie
Australian 2007 ASP World Tour rookie Stephanie Gilmore defeated national favourite, former world champ Sofia Mulanovch in the semi-finals, before defeating seven-time world champ Layne Beachley in the Finals. Picture ASP Towner © Covered Images Australian rookie sensation Stephanie Gilmore extended her lead at the top of the ASP Women’s World Tour rankings by beating […]
Top Performers Slip in Rankings
South Africa’s highest internationally ranked female surfers slipped down the ratings after the completion of women’s WQS and World Tour events in Brazil during the past week.