South Africa’s Michael February (ZAF) made full use of an injury-replacement spot in the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast by causing a major upset when he defeated 2016 event winner Matt Wilkinson (AUS) in Round 2 at the first stop on the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT).
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Monday, February 26, 2018) – The World Surf League (WSL) today announced the Founders’ Cup of Surfing presented by Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold, a historic region-versus-region teams event featuring a cross-section of the world’s best surfers to be held at Surf Ranch in Lemoore, CA from May 5 - 6, 2018.
The rights to any audio/visual content attached or accessed by link within this email are provided strictly on the terms and conditions described under the “License Terms” below. Reigning World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Tour (BWT) Champion Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker battled through three rounds of daunting six to nine metre (20-30 foot) waves to finish fifth in the Nazare Challenge at Praia de Norte in Portugal on Sunday.
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Wednesday, January 24, 2018) – World Surf League (WSL) and Facebook announced a historic partnership today that makes the social media platform the exclusive digital home for the top live events in surfing in 2018 and 2019. This includes all elite men’s and women’s Championship Tour events, the Qualifying Series 10,000 and Big Wave Tour events, as well as the World Junior Championships.
KONTIKI BEACH, Netanya / Israel (Saturday, January 20, 2018) - Matthew McGillivray (ZAF) has won the SEAT Pro Netanya pres. by Reef today in shifty 1.0 to 1.5 metre surf, defeating Charly Martin (FRA) in the event’s final. The last day of competition resumed in solid surf from the storm that hit the Israeli coast yesterday and conditions cleaned up to deliver great conditions for the finals.
The Pelican Single Fin Ladies Invitational held on 18 of November 2017, was a well organised contest with some fantastic sponsors. This event boasts being the first ‘lady sliders only’ event to be held in South Africa. 16 ladies from around the country, some from as far as Cape Town and all very varied in ages, came out to have a whole heap of fun and win some decent prizes too.
Adin Masencamp (Strand) delivered the best result of the seven South Africans in the world’s premier event for surfers aged 18-and-under when he finished ninth at the Jeep World Junior Championship which ended in wind affected one metre waves at Bombo Beach in Kiama, NSW, Australia on Wednesday.
Durban – The event organisers of the 2018 Cell C Goodwave have announced the invited surfers for the upcoming tournament. The one year waiting period for this contest officially starts on 20 January 2018, and only one day of surfing is required to run the event to completion. The Cell C Goodwave enjoys support from Sun International, as well as Oakley, and the event will be hosted by California Dreaming.
New Pier, Durban – The prestigious Cell C Goodwave surf tournament will feature an increase in the first place prize for their 2018 event, with a massive R120k going to the winner of this invite-only contest. The event is presented by the South African Surfing Legends, and will take place at New Pier next year when conditions are suitable.
Newly crowned World Surf League (WSL) Africa junior champions Jake Elkington and Sophie Bell will be the top seeds in the regional squad invited to compete in the prestigious World Junior Championship (WJC) in Australia in January 2018.