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- Chocolate Barrels For Easter In DurbanSome days are more than sessions — they’re rituals. Easter weekend in Durban was kind of like that. The Indian Ocean laid out her finest offering: warm water, golden light, and lines so perfect they looked drawn by memory. Clean, hollow barrels stacked to the horizon, rolling in like clockwork.… Read more »
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The 2026 season will mark the 50th year of professional surfing, a milestone that comes alongside a significant evolution of the Championship Tour (CT) calendar and competitive format. Today, the World Surf League (WSL) is announcing major schedule and format changes to the CT for the 2026 season and beyond.… Read more » - The Royal St Andrews SA Open Championships Presented by Rip Curl
East Beach, Port Alfred – Louise Lepront and Hayden Mc Nicol are the 2025 SA Open Surfing Champions. Not as big as the day before, with a fair share of onshore on it, the conditions were tricky but very contestable today, with big scores pouring through for the loaded final heats… Read more » - Rip Curl GromSearch Pres. By The Royal St Andrews Hotel
East Beach, Port Alfred – Good, contestable surf conditions off the pier at East Beach saw high-performance surfing on the final day of The Rip Curl GromSearch, presented by The Royal St Andrews Hotel and supported by Sea Harvest. The Rip Curl GromSearch Port Alfred is an anchor event for the Port… Read more » - The Rip Curl Cup Winners Crowned
East Beach – Luc Lepront and Tasha Van Greunen are your 2025 Rip Curl Cup Champions, and both banked R22k for their first prizes. The contest featured many of the country’s top surfers, a selection of young crew members, and a few old-guard surfers. In the Women’s Final, Tasha Van Greunen was… Read more » - REPORT: SA Open Of Surfing at Pollock Beach
Louise Lepront and Connor Slijpen won their respective divisions in the SA Open of Surfing (Stop No.4 of the 2024/2025 WSL Africa regional season) in contestable three-to-four-foot surf and strong offshore wind at Pollock Beach on Sunday 16 March. Natasha van Greunen and Luc Lepront finished runners-up respectively. It was… Read more » - The Grind | Pro Taghazout Bay
WSL Africa has been putting in the hard work over the last couple of years, making up for the vacuum it had become by chasing sponsors and working tirelessly to have the finest events with the best staff and exemplary processes and procedures. Sponsors are hard to find. After the… Read more » - WATCH: The Shape Of Things (S1 EP3) – Cobus Joubert of Wawa Surfboards
Season 1 of The Shape of Things culminates in Cape Town, as Rick hops a flight to meet Cobus Joubert of Wawa Surfboards —a man who’s redefining the way we think about surfboard construction. From reclaimed materials to hydrophobic wood, Wawa’s boards aren’t just sustainable — they’re pieces of art.… Read more » - WATCH: The Shape Of Things (S1 EP2) – Christy Gilmore
The Shape of Things returns with Episode 2, and this time, Rick heads to Durban to meet Christy Gilmore—one of Mzansi’s best longboarders and an emerging force in surfboard shaping. From multiple SA titles to shaping some of the most exciting boards coming out of Durban, Christy is breaking boundaries… Read more » - WATCH: The Shape Of Things (S1 EP1)A Celebration of South African Surfboard Shapers Behind every wave ridden, there’s a craftsman—a surfboard shaper. In his new web series, The Shape of Things, our friend and yours Ricky ‘Badness’ Basnett takes us through the veil of foam dust to highlight the unsung heroes of the surf industry: the… Read more »
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