by Caroline Gill
| Nov 22, 2019 | El Salvador World Championships, ISA, South African Surfing Championships, Stand Up Paddle, SUP Events, SUP Racing, SUP Surfing, Uncategorized
We found paradise. Beachfront room views, fun breaks, fresh coconut water and burritos. We found paradise.
Our last flight was a quick one. Hoping, praying and trusting that our boards had a safe flight, we met them 6/7 alive. Evette’s Surf SUP experienced a nose and tail trimming on the last flight. We strapped 7 boards on top of an 11-seater Toyato, and there we went.
Closer to El Tunco, San Salvador, meant closer to the ocean, and you can be sure that we are really close to the ocean.
See here the schedule for the next few days and enjoy some more photos.
by Caroline Gill
| Nov 21, 2019 | El Salvador World Championships, ISA, Prone, South African Surfing Championships, Stand Up Paddle, SUP Events, SUP Racing, SUP Surfing, Surfing South Africa, Uncategorized
Tired eyes, bottoms and necks. 12 hours from Cape Town to London and 10 hours from London to Miami. After running around between terminals and passport controls, we made it to the Miami International Airport Hotel and after a shower and new set of clothes, we made our way to South Beach… well we tried making two not-so-English, Spanish uber drivers understand where we’d like to go, which ended up making 4 of us parade up-and-down and up-and-down along Lincoln Road and the other 5 visit the brightly lit up Ocean Drive with crowds of tourists.
We eventually made it all to the top of Lincoln Road and like a hungry pride of lions stalking a little springbokkie in the Kruger, we hunted down Mexican Restaurant, a (you guessed it) Mexican restaurant in Lincoln Road, Miami. Veggie tacos, steak tacos and chicken burrito’s made a bunch of hungry South Africans very happy.
We are departing for El Salvador at 10:45 am (17:45 pm, South African time) and looking forward to meeting up with Dylan and Camila. See you on that side.
Have a great day!
SA SUP Team
by Caroline Gill
| Nov 19, 2019 | El Salvador World Championships, ISA, Prone, South African Surfing Championships, Stand Up Paddle, SUP Events, SUP Racing, SUP Surfing, Uncategorized
The day has come that the SA SUP Team will be traveling 12495 km to El Salvador. Boards, paddles, boardies and bikinis are packed for a two-week Central American trip to compete against countries all around the world. Dylan Frick has been checking out the waves for the last two days and the rest of the team will meet them in El Salvador on Thursday.
You can stay in touch with the team by following them on Instagram (@supsouthafrica and @sasupteam), Facebook (@Stand Up Paddling South Africa) and the news page on the SUPSA website for daily updates. There will also be a live video share on all the action on the official ISA event page.
by Chris Couve | Jun 8, 2018 | ISA, Stand Up Paddle, SUP Events
SUPDURBS PRO 2018
SUPSA is excited to announce the following arrangements for the weekend of 13- 15 July in Durban:
RACE TO BRAZIL ~ ISA WORLD CHAMPS
The results of the SUPDurbs Pro Long Distance Race will be used as the basis for selecting one Male and one Female Long Distance Racer for the South African Team to compete at the ISA World Standup Paddleboard and Paddleboard Championships to be held in Brazil from 23 November to 1 December 2018. Prone Paddlers interested in representing South Africa during this event are also encouraged to enter this race to make themselves eligible for selection.
SA SURF CHAMPS
The SUPDurbs Pro Surfing contest will be the South African SUP Surfing Championships for 2018, and the SA SUP Surfing Champion trophies will be awarded to the winners of each of the six competitive divisions.
ANNUAL SUPSA PRIZE GIVING
The Annual SUPSA Prize giving for the 2017 Season will be held on Saturday evening at a venue to be announced. Please join us in celebrating some outstanding performances by our athletes
Annual Rankings 2017
The final Surf, Race and Overall rankings for 2017 have been posted on our website
Nominations are requested for the following Awards:
Outstanding Performance during 2017
Service to the Sport during 2017
Please email your nomination along with a short motivation to Sharon Sutherland sharon.sutherland@momentum.co.za
SUPSA AGM
The annual SUPSA AGM will be held during August 2018 at a date and venue to be announced during July.
~ Dave Maxwell
SUPSA President
by Mandy Scanlen | Aug 31, 2017 | Denmark World Champs, ISA, Stand Up Paddle
“Today the team got on the water for the first team since arriving yesterday. We had a window period from 2pm where we were allowed to paddle the course with a lot of the buoys already laid out it was great to get a feel for where we will be racing. The team all commented on the beauty of the city from the water it’s a truly beautiful place to paddle . The team are in high spirits and are adjusting well to life in Copenhagen dodging cyclists and taking in the culture of the city.” – Jackie LeCourt De Billot – Captain
To watch the event live streaming go to www.isaworlds.com #Denmark #isaworlds #surfingaouthafrica.
by Chris Couve | Jul 24, 2017 | Denmark World Champs, ISA, Stand Up Paddle, SUP Events, SUP Racing, Surfing South Africa
Denmark will be the host nation for the upcoming ISA SUP & Prone World Champs. Credit: copenhagenmediacenter.com
Surfing South Africa is proud to announce that the Board of Directors has ratified the selection of the members of the national SUP team which will represent South Africa at the 6th ISA World Stand-Up Paddle and Paddleboard Championships to be held in Denmark from 31st of August to the 10th September 2017.
The national team to represent South Africa at the ISA World Championships is made up of athletes, coaches and management from Kwazulu – Natal, Gauteng and the Western Cape.
Dylan Frick, Gary Van Rooyen, Tamsyn Foster and Khara Doyle (All Western Cape) will compete in the SUP Surfing discipline, Dylan Frick, Kimon Dos Santos (Western Cape), Chris Couve (Gauteng), Team Captain Jacqueline De Billot (Kwazulu-Natal), Rolande Williamson (Kwazulu-Natal) will participate in the SUP Racing discipline while Candice Murray (Western Cape) and Kit Beaton (Western Cape) will compete in the Prone Paddleboard racing division.
The Team Manager is Jarryd Doyle (Western Cape) and the team Coach is Shayne Chips (Kwazulu-Natal).
Cape Town’s Dylan Frick going head to head with the Danish Viking & ISA Vice-President, Casper Steinfath. Pic Credit: Ben Reed (Location: Fiji 2016)
The ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship has become one of the International Federation’s fastest growing competitions, with Denmark expected to see record participation in terms of number of countries and athletes participating. This year’s event, which will be hosted across the two cities and take place for the first time in Europe, will showcase the discipline’s top athletes competing in stunning and iconic Danish locations.
The event will kick off with SUP and Paddleboard Distance and Sprint Racing events held on the historic canals of the Danish capital Copenhagen, right in front of iconic venues including the Opera House and Royal Theater. The championship will then move to Vorupør, situated in the northwest coast of the country in an area known as “Cold Hawaii”, celebrated for its excellent wave conditions and unique surf & SUP culture. Cold Hawaii will be the site of the SUP Surfing and SUP and Paddleboard Technical Races straight off Vorupør’s popular and picturesque beaches.
SUPSA President Dave Maxwell commented “ This year the World Championship is being held in Europe for the first time and it will therefore be another new and exciting chapter in the short history of competitive Stand Up Paddling. SUPSA welcomes the revision to the team composition made by the ISA which allows equal participation by women in the event and is proud to celebrate this moment with the appointment of our first woman Team Captain this year, Jackie De Billot. We are excited to watch the progress of this year’s team which has a good blend of youth and experience as they compete in Denmark.”
Surfing South Africa (SSA) is the recognized governing body for the sport of surfing in South Africa. SSA is a member of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC). SSA is a member of the International Surfing Association (ISA), the World governing body for the sport. For more information about SSA visit www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za.
Robin de Kock
SSA General Manager
surfingsouthafrica@gmail.com
0824541149
For further information on SUPSA and the National SUP & Paddleboard team please contact Dave Maxwell on president@supsa.org.za
