Nikita Aims for WQS Top10
Rookie ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) campaigner East Londoner Nikita Robb was a top South African surfer at the Rip Curl Boardmasters in Newquay, England on the weekend.
World Junior Surf Champs
The 2007 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships got off to a colourful and noisy start in the city of Almada outside Lisbon in sunny Portugal on Saturday, as surfers and officials representing 28 nations took part in the traditional Parade of Nations and Sands of the World ceremony.
Champs to Defend World Title
The 2007 South African Junior Surfing team leaves for the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Championships in Costa Da Caparica, Portugal, and are ready to take on the best when the event gets under way on May 6.
Robb Rides on in Australia
Rookie pro Nikita Robb kept the South African flag flying as her seeded compatriots all fell by the wayside, in epic surf at Margaret River in Western Australia on Thursday.
Rosie’s 1st World Surfing Ranking
East Londoner Rosanne Hodge was defeated in round three of the opening event of the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour, the R580 000 Roxy Pro Gold Coast, after losing to the world number two, Australian Melanie Redman-Carr.
Rosanne Dumps Champ on Debut
East London’s Rosanne Hodge marked her debut on surfing’s 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour by defeating 2004 World Champ Sofia Mulanovich (Peru) to move into the third round of the US $80 000 (approx R565 000) Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Samsung in Australia on Tuesday.
Nikita’s World Champs Delayed
Tiny waves dribbling into North Narrabeen beach in Sydney and forecasts of better swell tomorrow (Friday) decided organisers of the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships to call a lay day for today.
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.
Roxy Wahine Comes to Durban
South Africa’s best and most competitive female surfers will battle it out with a host of rookies in the waters of Suncoast Beach, Durban next weekend, as the eighth edition of the Roxy Wahine Cup returns to town in style.
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 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.