Hurley SA champs Warm Up sessions

 

Hurley SA Champs kicks off with a bang:

With school holidays in full swing a few kids made there way to Jeffery’s Bay well before the contest was due to start. This was a prime opportunity to fine tune their skills and get them prepared and amped for the 2012 Hurley SA junior surfing championships.

Many of these kids have been spending the whole year focused and prepared on this event, the pinnacle of the junior contest circuit. A few of the kids are still coming off a high after their brilliant results at the Billabong Pro Junior which was held at Seal point over a month ago.

The pre contest training has gone very well and the kids are ripping, this is by far going to be the highest level of surfing you will witness at the SA junior Champs.  

In this video you will see a couple of the names you should watch out for.

The waves so far have varied between 2-4 feet; the week ahead looks like very similar conditions. With good forecast and brilliant young, talented surfers we are in for an epic event.

ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END!

We have had a couple of really interesting days, looking for surf and trying to surf as much as possible with this last bit of swell.

We got really lucky on the Pukit peninsula and scored perfect 3-5ft Uluwatu, 3 people hit the reef and got some grazes, this wave is not for the faint hearted.

We then checked Bingin, which was too small we decided to miss the peak hour traffic and head back to Canggu. The rest of the day was spent at Canggu beach enjoying the surf, atmosphere and lifestyle.

Yesterday we woke up to another glorious morning with no wind and sunny skies, so we headed to a low tide beach break that had offered us nothing thus far. We were amazed to find a perfect 2-4ft right hand peak!

We jumped on it quickly and scored for about half an hour before the low tide seemed to kill it, although there were still super fun waves.

We had a solid session and then headed home for breakfast, our plan was to go to Canggu after breakfast and spend the day down there.

When we got to reliable Canggu we surfed all over, the left out from the restaurant, the A frame left and right on the beach break and also the right hand reef break.

We based ourselves at one of the local restaurants and the kids were in an out of the water all day! There is such a cool vibe and atmosphere down at the beach for the kids to enjoy.

We spoiled ourselves with Pizza last night, everyone was really happy about that!

Today there is not much swell forecasted, so we going to take it pretty easy, have breakfast in the morning then go down to Canggu for a surf. Afterwards we are going to go do a bit of shopping for the family and some sight seeing.

It’s been amazing to watch how each individual has improved in his her own capacity. It really is so rewarding when the results are so evident.

This will be the last blog before everyone heads home, it has been an amazing trip and we have learned a lot. Although more than half of us got sick we sure did work hard and make the most of the experience.

Banger of a day Day 5 in Bali;

We getting into a really good routine and rhythm now up early for light breakfast. Its an absolutely beautiful day today, the wind chimes are quite so we know there in no wind. There is a clear sky and the swell has picked up, we know it’s going to be a banger of a day!

The only one now that cant join us for the days surfing in young Donovan Wichmann, he is down with a serious case of Bali Belly!

The others have recovered enough to make the most of this epic day, first light we head 30min up the coast. It’s a semi secret spot and for the first time we drive a bit off the beaten track and it feels like were in Indonesia.

When we rock up only a couple guys in the water and a few waiting for the tide to come in. The potential for some serious barrels was evident as each wave just exploded onto the beach. Unfortunately it was just closing out and not really rippable, a couple of the boys went out to body surf and came back stoked.

We wanted patiently but the waves did not improve before the trade winds came up and started ruining it.

We packed up and headed back to trusty old Canggu beach, we headed straight to the right where the kids performed and could work on their technique. We spent a good couple hours out there had lunch at the warung. After lunch they headed straight out in front for a session on the left.

What an amazing day surfing and coaching we are all very happy, ready to have another cracker day tomorrow.

Canggu Bali Day 4

We woke up this morning with high expectation of some really fun waves but were disappointed by 1-2ft waves. Perfect timing in the trip for a lay day as there are now 4 people who are really ill with serious fever.

Jono McGillivray was the first victim, then Emma Smith went down yesterday and today Donovan Wichmann was the next casualty. Steff Burrows has been on the verge of getting the same thing, but has managed to fight it off so to had Rigard.

We got back to the Villa, which is now more like a hospital, for a solid breakfast, plenty to go around as the sick kids are not coping with food at this stage.

After breakfast we went back to Canggu and were pleasantly surprised with super fun 2-3ft waves. The kids rushed out there and I decided to coach from in the water with the Go Pro. It worked very well and I was able to give them immediate feedback after their wave

Gerhard was sitting down the beach with his huge lens snapping off some epic pics. 

MOTHER NATURE DAY 4 BALI 2012

Up at the crack of dawn, with the roosters!

The girls dominated on day 4 and were ripping although Mother Nature decided to share with us smaller waves. Our now local spot, Canguu, delivered small 2 ft. A frame peaks on the sand bar.

During the session we moved over to the right hand reef break, it improved with the pushing tide, fun 2-3ft waves with the odd cooking set.  After a couple hours surf the kids called it a day, we headed back to the Villa for breakfast.

After breakie we did video analysis of the last few days, which really opened the kids eye to what they need to be working on.

With the deceasing swell and afternoon trade winds, which are onshore on this coast, we decided to take the afternoon off. We headed to town to sample some of the local quisine and stock up on some essentials.

The next 3 days day’s forecast is looking very promising for some epic super fun waves. Lots od surfing, shooting and coaching!!!

new website, hot fresh with plenty to see

www.wavesschoolofsurfing.com

S.A junior surfing champs

OMG! What an event!The biggest junior surfing event in the country. Very tricky surf ranging from 1ft to 6ft offshore and onshore trust East London to give the kids such challenging surf. The kids were amazing and were well up for the challenge and did exceptionally well in the difficult surf the standard of the surfing was at an all time high and my kids did me very proud in my absence. The next generation of surfers emerging from these great events are amazing finally South Africa in getting some depth in its junior surfing.

Once again my under 12 boys did an amazing job and made me so proud, all four of the finalist I coach on a regular basis. These guys are going to be competing with each other for many years to come and are going to be pushing the limits watch these guys closely in the future. In a very tightly contest heat, only 1 point separating top three positions it was young Matt McGillavray that took the honours. Congratulation's to the four boys for an outstanding performance, the results were as follows:

1st Matt McGillavray
2nd Jordan Maree
3rd Steff Burrows
4th Adin Masencamp

Adin Masencamp is only just turned 10 and is turning heads, the young kids is surfing superbly and is so focused and determined. He still has two more years in u/12 so i believe there are some titles coming his was soon.

As well as finishing 2nd Jordan Maree only 11yrs old, was nominated surfer of the contest, a great achievement at such a young age. Its great that his superb surfing is been recognised and appreciated

Equal 5th place went to little ripper Donavan Wichman who has improved leaps and bounds this year and is currently ripping hard and therefore worth of a mention, well done kido.

In the u/14
Diran Zakarian walked away with the finals with a massive 17.75 heat total clearly the winner of the division. hats how you win a contest surf so well that you can be denied a win, well done bru!

Young natural born ripper Benji Brand was living up to his reputation and surfing solid throughout the event, he was the man to beat. He finished 3rd overall although his surfing ability totally warrants a title.

In the u/16 division
David Van Zyle took the win over Mikey February congratulations boys.Reubin Lammers,the dark hoarse, finished 4th overall an awesome result for you my friend. Equal 5th went to Vincent Withers, he has come along way this year and backed up his improvement with some solid results this year. Well done boys you did Southern Cape proud. The ever consistent Daniel Wilson finished 5th with Vincent, the kid is an exceptional surfer, I am really looking forward to watching his progress in 2010

U/16 girls
As usual it was a Sarah Baum vs Bianca Buitendag clash. This time Bianca came out tops and took the win over Sarah, you two girls are exceptional surfers and both have a bright future in surfing keep it up girls and continue pushing each other and girls surfing in South Africa.
Amy Bosworth and Roxy Giles made it to the quarter finals well done more preparation equals stronger results. Never give up.

The main manne U/18 division
Matt Bromley was on form from heat one, in the final he left it to the last 6min to catch his two scoring rides and take out the win. A great example of total focus and a never give up attitude. The results have not gone his way this year as he has been focusing on Matric so to end off the year been S.A u/18 champ is a well deserved result, stoked for you brother.
Berrick De Vries was hot on his heals and finished 2nd overall, what a great year Berrick has had. He has really impressed me and has made it clear that he is going to be serious title contender in the years to come.

For full results visit www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za

Gromz Go Crazy 4

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Victoria Bay Billabong Junior

The contest was scheduled to run at Vic bay which it did on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday unfortunately the surf dropped and the contest had to be finished off in Herolds bay. A few people made the most of the cooking waves at Vic such as Jordan Maree, Casey Grant, Bianca Buitendag and goofy foot power house Benji Brand

Wow I could not believe my eyes when i looked at the u/12 results I was so proud to see 6 of the 8 semi finalists, that i coach on a regular basis, in there giving it a go. In the final, 3 of the 4 kids were representing Waves S'Cool' of surfing. Big shout out must going to the following rippers for putting in so much effort this year and achieving great things with their surfing:

Matt McGillavray
Jordan Maree
Adin Masencamp
Jonah Paarman
Donavan Wichman
Steff Burrows

Matt, Steff and Jordan all made it to the finals and finished 4th, 3rd and 1st respectively. By winning the contest Jordan also went on to win the series, congratulations young man you deserve it. You have all made me very proud and well done on a sterling performance.
Each and every single one of them showing that South Africa's next generation will be a threat on the world surfing scene and that finely South Africa is gaining some depth in its surfing.

In the U/14 division it was clear that Benji Brand was the man to beat, Steff Burrows competing in an older age group managed a semi final and an =7th place. Benji Brand used his back hand to his advantage and tore the living day lights out of a fun Vic Bay and was comboing his fellow competitors on the way to the final. He backed up his solid performance on the rights and surfed excellently on the lefts at Herold bay and won the event hands down, congrats you little ripper.

Other stand outs in the U/14 were Dyllan Lightfoot and Brandon Benjamin well done kids i am very happy for you.

In the U/16 final it was young J-Bay Ripper Steven Sawyer that took out the win over Dale Staples, Benji Brand and Jared Veldhuis. In a very low scoring final it was Steven that came out tops, Benji Brand was also in the mix in a division that he will only be joining in 2yrs time. Local kid Forrest Hair did exceptionally well by making the semi finals and finishing 7th overall.

In the Woman pro Junior it was a Bianca Buitendag affair from the beginning posting some of the highest heats cores in the event. When the contest moved to Herolds it would be to her favoure now that she is calling Herold home! Well done also to Sarah Baum who is also surfing excellently, keep it up girls.

Last but not least it was the main manne, the U/20 pro junior. Berrick de Vries was on fire from the beginning of the contest and has been on fire pretty much the whole year. In his first year in the division he has won almost every event he has competed in, good work bro keep it up. Hats off must go to Eastern Caper Bertie Stuurman who blazed a trail all the way to the semi finals and finished 3rd overall.

Well done kids a great performance from all of you i wish i was there to witness it all go down how exciting it must have been. For all the final results please check out www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za

Waves school of surfing “news flash”

Well the fun just does not stop, 29th/30th I had a camp with 8 Kids in Still Bay the best thing was that we scored cooking 3f waves for two days totally uncrowded.
The 8 youngsters included,
Jordan Maree
Dave Burrows (out with an injury, stitches on his first day)
Steff Burrows
Ford Van Jaarsveld
Max Elkington
Jake Elkington
Matt McGillavray
Chaarl De Waal

We stayed in the beautiful thatch roof houses at Bosbokduin located in a nature reserve. The weather was fine with off shore wind morning to night. The general feel of the camp was very positive and the cherry on the cake were the waves, I believe every one of them learnt some valuable lessons.

GromZ go Crazy 3 is finally here if you’ve been ripping it up you’ll be on it. Shaun Joubert has a major section, once you seen it you’ll understand why. We also got some undergrounds and some super groms all ripping it up.

You can check it out on www.magicseaweed.com or www.zigzag.co.za . Zigzag have just launched their new and improved user friendly website. If you enjoyed the zag website before you’re going to love the new one,so hurry and go check it out.

You can also see the movie on all other major sites www.youtube.com, www.dailymotion.com, www.yahoo.com, www.metacafe.com, www.blip.tv . If you missed GromZ Go Crazy 2 check it out on www.wavesschoolofsurfing.blogspot.com

Davey Brand after winning the Quiksilver King of the Groms series has earned himself a spot in the King of the Groms Grand final in France from the 20th September to the 4th October. This is a momentous occasion for this young man and a great opportunity in his career to make a name for himself. After much consideration I decided that I will be accompanying Davey to the event.
If the contest finishes early I will be sure to get in touch and inform you of availability to coach and assist at Billabong Junior and S.A junior Championships.

The Freestyle Surfabout was held at Table View beach both days. The first saw nice clean 4ft conditions with a serious shore break on high tide with some of the competitors floating the section and landing on dry sand. The second day started with light NW wind that picked up through the day with the finals being held in strong side shore wind.

The U/14 final was made up by some talented groms with Steffen Burrows taking the win with Jordy Maree 2nd, Dylan Wichmann 3rd and Ben Alheit 4th.

The Ladies was contested by the usual suspects, but it was Freestyle team rider Stacey Guy (Melkbos) who came out tops with Penny Stemmet (Strand) close 2nd, Tanika Hoffman was 3rd and Chantelle Reutenbach (Melkbos) 4th.Tanika has been showing some real focus a dedication in our coaching sessions and its great to see her reap the rewards.

In the U/18 final it was almost an all West Coast/Melkbos affair except for Michael February (Kommetjie) who took the win from Justin Torode (Melkbos), 3rd was Leon Du Preez (Melkbos) with Jeandre Blignault (Melkbos) 4th.

The Open men was an exciting heat between old and young. Ian Armstrong showed the youngsters how it’s done and took 1st place and a R6000 cheque, second was Dave Richards (R2500), 3rd went to Wes Grey (R1000) with the U/18 Jordan Alexander (R500) in 4th.

The Freestyle Surfabout was a great success with more than 85 entries in total and good waves.

Terrible news about the shark attack in Glentana, our condolences to the Van Zyl family off Mossel Bay, Gerhad you will be missed in the lineup. This is now a good time to raise awareness of shark attacks and how to treat them if you ever found yourself in that situation.
Four things you must do for a bite to the leg:
1. Call 082911
2. Indirect pressure (if the leg is bitten put direct pressure on the femoral artery, use force)
3. Torne quay (use a leash and wrap it around as many times as you can)
4. Direct pressure (use sand free towels and shirts and apply pressure to the wound site)

Good luck to all the Metric’s for the exams study hard and ace them. All the best for the events to come.

Gromz Go Crazy 3

Davey Brand Pulls It Off

The surf forecast was spot on, big and onshore and without exaggerating it was 8ft plus and 40km an hour winds from the North East, it was going to be one of the toughest events these young men were going to take part in. Day two we woke up to an sweet offshore and cooking waves but like clockwork the onshore came busting through right on time and dashed anyone hopes of getting anymore barrels.

However that morning saw three epic barrels go down, Kacey Grant blowing up with two barrels on one wave scoring himself a 10 point ride. Right behind him on barrel skill was Slad Prestwhich finding a deep clean sick barrel, clearly these two guys from the same area surf some really good waves.

In these very testing conditions it the titles and contest wins would go to the person prepared to work the hardest, in these condition it was about getting the job done. Two waves, if you lucky, your first wave had to count with at least two turns on it and within the first 5 min. This would hopefully give you enough time to paddle back out and find another wave amongst all the chaos. That's only if you could get out at back line on your first jump in time for your heat.

In the premier Under 16 division, Brand went into the Southbroom leg of the Quiksilver King of the Groms as joint ratings leader with fellow Kommetjie local and close friend Michael February, and it literally came down to the wire with the first surfer being eliminated effectively losing the series title. And with a trip to France to contest the world finals of the Quiksilver King of the Groms up for grabs, as well as the overall honour of such a prestigious win, both surfers were focused and committed to the task at hand.

Once again Brand used his mechanical backhand attack to muster up the points, while Prestwich found a bank in the middle of the bay to snag two high scores, and with the heat slowly drawing to a close February found himself in third place and facing elimination. Realising that a loss would see his hopes of a repeat of his 2008 Quiksilver King of the Groms Series win, the defending champion stroked into a frothy wall just seconds before the siren signaling the end of the heat. February tried to pull into the barrel but the wave refused to co-operate, and even the close-out turn February executed wasn't enough to pull him through and save his title dreams. As February bowed out, Brand left the water with the 2009 Quiksilver King of the Groms series title and a ticket to France securely in his belt.

With the seeding the way they were it allowed for Kane Bennewith to claw his way through the opposite side of the draw to Brand to the final, hats must go off to this kids sterling performance.

With the minutes ticking past Bennewith took two smaller insiders and posted low scores to take the heat lead, while Brand sat and waited.Bennewith had just pulled out of a smaller inside wave and ended up getting caught by the rogue sets and dragged into the middle of the Southbroom Bay.
As Bennewith struggled against the surging current, Brand quickly made his way back to the lineup to await a second wave which he eventually picked off and again bashed relentlessly with his stylish backhand.

In the Under 20 division, 16 year old Beyrick de Vries from Umhlanga Rocks made it clear that his is a name to look out for in future years.

Sadly for Leppan faulty equipment was to see his title hopes dashed in a dramatic moment in the quarter-finals. With de Vries having advanced through the previous quarter-final heat, Leppan knew he had to get through his quarter-final against Casey Grant (Scottburgh), Matt Bromley (Kommetjie) and Davey van Zyl (Durban) to keep his title dreams alive. But tragedy struck about seven minutes into the heat when the Umhlanga surfer was steam-rolled by a three metre wall of water that snapped his leash and washed his surfboard to the shore. With another three huge waves behind it Leppan found himself floundering in the middle of the Southbroom bay at the mercy of the sea as the other three surfers in his heat continued to surf and build their heat scores.

In the final between Casey Grant and Berryick De Vries with the minutes ticking away de Vries turned and paddled into the smaller wave, and pulled two polished off-the-lips to post a 4.5 and push his lead further out of Grant's reach. With the ocean refusing to play ball, Grant took off on one last wave in an attempt to attain the points he needed to take the title, but the wave closed out on Grant along with his title hopes.

De Vries left the water victorious, collecting the R5,000 winner's cheque for today, a further R5,000 for his series win, and a return air ticket to surfing's most hallowed ground - Hawaii - for the 2009 winter season.

Awsome contest with an awsome result well done to everyone that competed and took on the very testing conditions

Camp Dates

Cape Town 27^th July- 2^nd August,

This is my bi-monthly trip to Cape Town; this year has picked up momentum with the Cape Town visits which has allowed me to work with the kids on a much more regular basis. This is great for them to have regular training and feedback on their improvement each time. There is a really young hot contingent coming out of Cape Town which is great to see.

I am now also introducing an added service to my Cape Town trips, all video footage will be captured and edited, with the footage I will produce a short DVD and coaching C.D which will be posted to each student.

Mossel Bay Camp 8^th-9th August:

This camp will be more “Boot Camp” style with all the bells and whistles, this is where I will give the kids a taste of what kind of commitment, dedication, and focus a professional surfer needs to put in to reap the rewards. Each student will leave the camp with a mini portfolio including photos and a short DVD which can be presented to your sponsor .This will also demonstrate how a person can present himself to a company when looking for sponsorship as well as getting used to being interviewed. We will be utilizing the wide variety of waves in the area including Diaz beach for training and heat drills and the Point for technical surfing. This camp will include accommodation, meals and coaching. The camp will be run in a very similar way as to the National team camp SSA held here, in preparation for the World Games in March.

Still Bay/Jongensfontein 29^th-30th August

This is my “family” camp, last year was such a great success I thought I would make it an annual event. This camp will have more of a family vibe to it where the parents, brothers and sisters are all welcome. The idea is spending quality time with each other whilst getting your kids profesional coaching in an area with great waves and breathe taking nature. We’ll surf till we drop and then at night retire to our homes or get together for a lekker braai. I want to incorporate fun into the camp and have the main focus on surfing and surfing good waves. Each family gets their own beautiful thatch house in the Bosbokduin Nature reserve, check out

http://www.roomsforafrica.com/establishment.do?id=2807 for more information on accommadation.

I am now also introducing an added service to my coaching, all video footage will be captured and edited, with the footage I will produce a short DVD and coaching C.D which will be posted to each

Student.

For a short video of the camp we had last year check out:

http://magicseaweed.com/Mossel-Bay-Surf-Report/713/

Victoria Bay 5^th-6^th September:

This camp will be more like a rough it “camp”, we will be bringing the tents and sleeping bags and camping at Vic Bay camp site. This training weekend will be in preparation for the Billabong Vic Bay junior event, this will be the “fun” camp where all the friends come along we surf all day, under super vision, enjoy ourselves and familiarize ourselves with the wave.

Jeffery's Bay Camp

I could not have asked for a more successful camp, everything ran perfectly and what made it so amazing was the epic surf we were fortunate enough to get during the waiting period. This meant we had the pleasure of watching this years Billabong WCT live.

The camp ran the duration of the Occy Grom junior contest the 9th to the 15th of July. We had an amazing group of kids consisting of all ages from all over the country they were, Logan Eales and Jordan Alexander from Cape Town, Steff Burrows and Adin Masencamp, Charl de Waal and Rigard Smit from Strand, Licoln Logie from East London and Dylan Lightfoot from J-Bay.

The camps main focus was preparation for the Occy grom:

Day 1:The waves were super fun 2-3 foot at the point with a light NW wind. We had heats in the morning and after lunch we had a free surf at Magna tubes beach break and then video analysis that evening

Day 2: The contest ran in very difficult small North westerly conditions at Bone Yards,

Day 3: Day 2 of the contest ran in perfect offshore 2-3 foot point. The level of surfing was incredible and all the kids in all the age groups especially the u/12 stepped it up in the near perfect conditions. Stand outs at the event were Donavan Wichman who won the U/12 division having spent some time coaching with me in Mossel Bay in preperation of the event, Jordan Maree was ripping on his back hand, surfing smoothly with his polished and mature style. He was definitely looking like the man to beat and finished 2nd overall. Ethen Flether fulfilled his potential and ripped it up posting some big scores along the way. The depth and level surfing of the under 12 division had everyone on the beach, including Occy, totally blown away.

The U14 division produced a new winner in Daniel Buitendag from Victoria Bay who clinched his first Billabong Junior Series event title.

Mikey Feb was owning the point throughout the event, the wave suiting his unique style right down to the ground, he took the win over Steven Sawyer a new comer to the u/16 division showing he has got what it takes to win.

Day 4: The ocean went flat. I arranged with my good friend and big wave surfer Duncan Scott to have a jet ski/tow in, orientation day. The kids were introduced to the Jet ski and all the safety features needed to run such a craft. All of them had equal opportunity to get towed behind the ski at Kabeljouws beach break and bust some airs.

Day 5/6/7: The swell kicks in and the Billabong WCT starts. These three days would be all about surfing, watching the WCT and video analysis. Watching the pro's then watching yourself after being videoed and analysed then trying to apply what you have learnt in the surf under supervision.

The camps went down great with the fact that we had great surf for the junior contest we had heaps of fun on the jet ski and were lucky enough to have the contest run during the 7 days we were there. We also got see and surf J-bay the worlds most perfect right hander as good as it gets.

I would like to thank Hurley for sponsoring some prizes, "Ripper" of the camp went to Rigard Smit and "most improved" went to little power house Steff Burrows. Big congratulations to all the kids for putting in so much effort the reward were clearly visible in there surfing.

Quiksilver KOG Mossel Bay

Mossel bay had cooking surf all week leading up to the contest with medium swell, great tides and favourable winds allowing for some super warm up sessions before the contest.

Saturday 13th saw the annual Quiksilver king of the groms kick off in Mossel bay in cooking 2-3ft surf. The tides were neaps and the wind light which would therefor have little effect on the wave. The waves by the afternoon were cooking breaking right from ze back back.

Saturday evening I had a premier of my new short movie called Gromz Go Crazy 01 at the Waves surf shop. It was a great success and all the kids loved it, there is some amazing surfing and waves on the video so be sure to look out for it. I hope to have sequels to the movie, so any hot groms who want to feature be sure to get in touch.

Sunday 14th contestant and organisers woke up to a disappointing sight of flat wave at the Point. It was a last minute decision and with absolutely no other option of a venue the contest had to be moved to Herolds bay.Having not made prior arrangement to host the event at Herolds bay did cause some hassles with the local law enforcement, nothing like a little morning drama to start the day.

With that sorted the contest ran in super fun 3ft waves with plenty of ripping going on. Davey Brand won the U/16 final by opening up with a 7.25 busting a huge signature first turn on his first wave, Mickey and Davey were in fact in the last KOG finals in Kommetjie were Mickey got the upper hand. However this time round it was Davey who took the honours after dominating every heat, he walked away with the win convicingly.

Other Stand Outs in the U/16 was Daniel Wilson from Kommetjie, this result surely proving what this young mans surfing ability is cabable of finishing equal 3rd. Dark Hoarse Vincent Withers showed some local local knowledge by taking down some big names on his way to a semi final birth and an equal 3rd, pocketing himself some cash and proving hard work does pay off.

The U/20 final was amazing to watch, Brendon Gibbens continued his good form by winning the event in a hard contested final. Chris Lappan looked good from the beginning of the contest and was the man to beat. Both started off with some good scores but it was Chris who took it too the next level by busting out an air 360, Brendon saw this and stepped up to the plate and also busted a bigger and better air 360.

After all was said and done the event ran very well and as usual all parents and kids were stoked after a great weekend in Mossel Bay town of the year.

Next up is the O'neil Cold Water Classic in Cape Town a 4 star WQS followed by the Rip Curl Grom search also held in Cape Town, so be sure to watch this space.