Melkbos for Groms Back in Action
Anna Notten (right) placed second in last year’s KSS U16 first round, as well as third in the U14 division. Pictured here with Melissa Oosthuizen, Notten is a 2007 U16 Girls Finalist. Picture courtesy KSS The second of three events in the 2007 Kahuna Surf Series (KSS) will be run at Melkbosstrand on Saturday and […]
Junior Champs Great Success
The ChemSpec Durban Surfing Junior Provincial Championships, which was completed in difficult surf at Durban’s New Pier Sunday (October 14), has been hailed as a remarkable success by organisers and the host province, KwaZulu-Natal.
Rosie’s Up and Down Under
SA’s Roseanne Hodge in sparkling form in the first round of the NAB Beachley Classic in Sydney, Australia, before coming unstuck against Brazil’s Silvana Lima in the tournament’s third round. Picture courtesy ASP Robertson © Covered Images Despite dumping current World No. 2 Silvana Lima into the reseeded second round, and pipping Australia’s Amee Donohoe […]
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.
Rosie Looks to Rise in Rankings
Roseanne Hodge works the white-water at the Rip Curl Girls Festival in Spain, for a tour-best finish in the lead-up to the ASP Women’s World Tour NAB Beachley Classic, in Australia. Picture ASP Cestari © Covered Images The ASP Women’s World Tour NAB Beachley Classic gets underway in Australia on Tuesday, and South Africa is […]
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.
Heather Makes Masters Team
Heather Clark is the sole women included in the SA Masters Team for the 2008 ISA World Champs. Former ASP World Championship Tour surfer Heather Clark (Southern KwaZulu-Natal) has been included in the 2008 SA Masters Team, Surfing South Africa announced on Wednesday.
SA Junior Surfing Squad Announced
The girls who made it into the 2008 South African Junior Squad include (back row, fltr) Tanika Hoffman, Tarryn Chudleigh, Kirsty Delport, Alice McGregor, and (front row) Faye Zoetmulder, Sarah Baum, Bianca Buitendag, while Chantelle Rautenbach and Adele Nortje don’t appear in this picture, taken at the conclusion of the 2007 SA Junior Surfing Champs, […]
WP Stars Shine Bright with Tarryn
U14 Champion Bianca Buitendag recorded a huge 17,25 score to win her age-group division in the 2007 O’Neill SA Junior Championships in Port Elizabeth on Sunday, good enough to win her the Surfer of the Contest trophy too. Picture: Isaac February Western Province reclaimed the Freedom Cup in fine style on the final day of […]
Nikita Defends Crown in PE
At stake for the girls on Day Four of the O’Neill SA Junior Championships in Port Elizabeth are three national titles, and a contribution to the winning of the coveted Freedom Cup, which goes to the combined team which scores the highest combined points.
WP, Border & EP Chase KZN Title
Surf, sun, offshore winds and nearly 12 hours of surfing on Day Three of the 2007 O’Neill SA Junior Surfing Championships at Pollock Beach in Port Elizabeth, as organisers took full advantage of ideal conditions on what is probably the longest day of competition in any event this year.
Tarryn Takes Billabong Series Title
Tarryn Chudleigh (Kommetjie) has clinched the season’s Billabong Pro Junior Girls series title in Jeffreys Bay on Monday. Picture courtesy Billabong. Despite finishing second to current WQS No. 15 Nikita Robb in the fifth- and final event of the 2007 Billabong Junior Series in Jeffreys Bay, Tarryn Chudleigh clinched the Pro Junior Girls’ Series Title […]