Damien Stander- pic Nerve Events/Paul Godwin

SOUTH AFRICAN LONGBOARD SURFING ASSOCIATION

28/11/2011

KZN crew do business at this years

JEEP SOUTH COAST SURF CARNIVAL.

Well another year of the Jeep south coast surf carnival, the 9^th edition is done and dusted. A massive shout out to Nerve Events , Jeep Apparel , Independent newspapers , Hughie Thompson , Thule and many many more. It’s the involvement and support of brands like these that has made this event one of the best events on our calendar.

Paul and Pat from Nerve events have been at this for 9years now and are already planning the 10^th edition just one day after the event finished. I would like to say thanks on behalf of every longboarder out there for the work you guys put into this event although at times may feel a little thankless all your effort is very much appreciated by all of us and we hope this event is still running 9years from now. It is certainly one of the most professional and well run contests all year, and it’s no wonder that year in and year out it attracts the best longboarders from around the country.

Wade Brodowicz- pic Nerve Events/Paul Godwin

This year saw near perfect conditions on day one of the event with clean 4ft waves peeling down the lineup for almost the entire Saturday. Sunday on the other hand was …..Well….. I’m not sure they have invented words to describe the waves yet, BUT hey it certainly brought out all the skills of every surfer and in the end the best of the best came out on top.

Hughie Thompson put in another stellar display of what longboarding is all about and made the most difficult of waves look smooth and graceful and thus taking out this years over 50’s title ahead of Colin Whitmore, Bushy Greef, and Dave Hanson, respectively.

In the over 35’s , Local boy Justin Maisch dominated the entire event winning every heat and including the one that mattered the most earning himself 1^st place. Craig Daniel finished in 2^nd followed closely by Marcel Hoffman and Grant Gilmore.

The Open ladies was won by Nix Trickett, with Heather Klug finishing runner up, Traci Lee Phillips in 3thd and Penny Stemment from WP in 4^th.

The Open Mens was cleaned up by Josh Schmeltzer, he absolutely smoked every heat he surfed in and was a clear favorite from round one. Dylan Macleod (EP) in 2^nd followed home closely by Brandon Jackson and Ross Lahana (EP).

Well done to all the finalists, and cannot wait for SA Champs in Vic Bay early next year.

Jeep South Coast Surf Carnival – LONGBOARD

Open - Longboard

1st Josch Schmeltzer
2nd Dylan Macleod (EP)
3rd Brandon Jackson
4th Ross Lahana (WP)

Over 50 - Longboard

1st Hugh Thompson
2nd Colin Whitmore
3rd Bushy Greef (Zulu)
4th Dave Hansen

Over 35 – Longboard

1st Justin Maisch (SKZN)
2nd Craig Daniel
3rd Marcel Hoffman
4th Grant Gilmour

Ladies - Longboard

1st Nix Trickett
2nd Heather Klug
3rd Traci Lee Phillips
4th Penny Stemmet (WP)

Juniors - Longboard

1st Damien Stander
2nd Brad Gilmour

Take it easy

Brad Trickett

SALSA President