A dedicated group of 46 Western Province long-board surfers and SUP'pers invaded the tropical waters of New Pier in Durban this past weekend and surfed away with a 11 of the 16 trophies.
Top of the pops was our very own Justin Bing, who completed the first ever double of becoming the SA Stand Up Paddling Champion, following on from his victory in the Open Long-Boarding division a few weeks ago in Victoria Bay. Justin almost grabbed the Long-boarding title at the Durban event too, but just could not find that 2nd winning wave.
Chris Bertish came oh so close with his mechanical type wave selection and execution of his maneuvers. Dylan Frick will have to be patient with his 3rd place and wait another year, while Pete Petersen made both the Open and Legends finals.
Silver medalist at the World Champs, Penny Stemmet proved too good for her sister Tammy and Melkbos lady Michelle Fourie as well as Chelsea who did us proud with her 4th in the Ladies SUP final, as did Raylin who came 3rd in the Ladies Long-Boarding.
The old man of the sea (Green Ninja) sneaked the Legends SUP division as well as the Long-boarding titles, but that was mostly due to the opposition having wheel-chair and zimmer-frame difficulties in the sand. Youngster, Matthew van de Linde showed future promise and swooped the Junior SUP title from Dylan, Ozzy and Matthew Maxwell.
A superb event that was put together by Paul and Pat from Nerve Events – well done folks!
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