by Chris Couve | Mar 12, 2018 | SUP Events, SUP Racing, Surfing South Africa
In a major change from last year’s SUPSA series, SSA is the upgrading the number of locations that SUP races take place in South Africa to now include Port Elizabeth and East London. In an exciting edition is the launch of a new event, the Nelson Mandela Surf Pro presented by Billabong, which will now be incorporating a 5km SUP race at Pollock Beach on Saturday March 31st. This is a fun SUP race with serious cash!!
- All boards sizes are welcome up to 14′
- Race will started approximately 10am
- Entries close Sunday, 25th March 2018.
- Please contact race director Tyran Cooper at tyran (at) coreban (dot) co (dot) za or 071 290 3829
by Chris Couve | Mar 1, 2018 | SUP Racing, SUP Surfing, Surfing South Africa
The 2018 SUPSA Events Calendar has been finalised and endorsed by Surfing South Africa and there are some exciting changes in the pipeline this year:
The Race Series now includes 12 races, of which 5 will be held as part of the SSA City Surf Series Events, which for the first time will mean that Race events will be held in Port Elizabeth and East London.
Race Events have been graded with one to three stars, and points earned will reflect the level of competition expected in each race. The 5 Three Star Races will thus carry the most weight in the rankings. A Competitor’s top 6 results will be used to determine final rankings points.
The Race Series kicks off this coming weekend with the Signature Century City Challenge, a Three Star Race event where competitors can earn R16 500 in prize money
The Surf Series consists of 3 Three Star events, of which two scores will be used to determine rankings points.
2018 SUPSA SUP Racing Events
| Date |
Event |
Location |
Rating |
|
|
|
|
| 04 March 2018 |
Signature Century City SUP Challenge |
Cape Town |
*** |
| 30 March – 1 April 2018 |
SSA Nelson Mandela Bay Pro |
Port Elizabeth |
* |
| 13-15 April 2018 |
SSA Buffalo City Pro |
East London |
* |
| 18 May 2018 |
SSA Corona Durban Surf Pro |
Durban |
** |
| 27 May 2018 |
King Of The Bay |
Durban |
** |
| 15 June 2018 |
SSA Jordy Smith Cape Town Surf Pro |
Cape Town |
** |
| 19-24 June 2018 |
SSA SA Open Of Surfing |
Port Elizabeth |
* |
| 13-15 July 2018 |
SUP Durbs Pro Race |
Durban |
*** |
| 9-12 August 2018 |
Starboard Zinkwazi Race |
Zinkwazi (KZN) |
*** |
| 22nd September 2018 |
Starboard Emmarentia Race |
Emmarentia (Jhb) |
** |
| 29-30 September 2018 |
Pili-Pili Whale of a Race |
Witsands (WC) |
*** |
| 10-11 November 2018 |
Mistral Summer SUP Weekend |
Cape Town |
*** |
2018 SUPSA SUP Surfing Events
| Date |
Event |
Location |
Rating |
|
|
|
|
| 15-17 June 2018 |
XOTB Wave Classic |
Cape Town |
*** |
| 13-15 July 2018 |
SUP Durbs Pro S.A Wave Champs |
Durban |
*** |
| 10-11 November 2018 |
Mistral Summer SUP Weekend |
Cape Town |
*** |
Event Points Ranking – How It Works:
Race Series
Events which form part of the Race Series are either ranked One, Two, or Three Star events.
The intention is to make it financially accessible for athletes to be competitive in the rankings by creating three tiers of competitive races, thereby encouraging the top athletes to enter the Three Star Rated races where the competition should be strongest and the points earned the most valuable, but also making it possible for athletes to earn less points nearer to home if they are unable to travel to sufficient major events.
- There are 5 Three Star events where points earned will be similar to last year i.e. First Place = 0.7 points, Second Place = 2 Points etc.
- There are 4 Two Star events where points earned will be double those of the Three Star events i.e. First Place = 1.4 points, Second Place = 4 Points etc
- There are 3 One Star events where points earned will be triple those of the Three Star events i.e. Frst Place = 2.1 points, Second Place = 6 Points etc
An athletes top 6 race points scored will count towards the rankings.
Surf Series
An athletes best 2 scores from the 3 * rating events will count towards the rankings.
by Chris Couve | Aug 16, 2017 | SUP Events, SUP Racing, SUP Surfing, Surfing South Africa
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
by Chris Couve | May 3, 2017 | SUP Events, SUP Surfing, Surfing South Africa
Muizenberg Surfer’s Corner based Tiger’s Milk Restaurant will host the third edition of the popular multi discipline internationally flavoured Tiger’s Milk Winter Classic in early June. Over 150 Long boarders, Shortboarders and SUP exponents are expected to compete in the unique event which is sanctioned and presented by Surfing South Africa in association with the World Surf League.
For the second year in a row a World Surf League Longboard Speciality Event for Men and Women will take pride of place at the Tiger’s Milk Winter Classic and there is R18000 on offer to the WSL competitors alone. In addition to the R18000 that goes to the finalists in the Men’s and Women’s WSL Speciality event a prize purse of R9 000 will be shared by the longboarders who reach the finals in the Over 40 and Over 23 divisions.
An additional R18 000 will be on offer to competitors in the shortboard and SUP divisions making the Tiger’s Milk Winter Classic one of the premier events on the annual Surfing South Africa calendar.
While the Tiger’s Milk Winter Classic will showcase the skills of many of South Africa’s top Long boarders, Surfer’s and Stand Up Paddlers, it will also support a Surfing South Africa Outreach initiative, sponsored by Tiger’s Milk.
This initiative will take place at Surfer’s Corner from 10am to 1pm on Sunday, June 11th, and will involve about 60 young surfers from of community based outreach programmes uses surfing to change the lives of marginalised youth. The programme will be coordinated by Surfing South Africa Development Officer, Danielle Johnson, and members of the Muizenberg based S.W.O.T Surf Club. Although the Outreach programme is geared towards giving surfers from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to participate in a team focussed surfing contest, the main objective of the initiative is enjoyment. In addition all of the young surfers from the eight outreach groups that will receive, refreshments and meals which will be provided by Tiger’s Milk and their suppliers. Surfers will compete in a Tag Team event which is a form of Surfing Relay that will see teams made up of boys and girls competing against each other. In this way organisers involve all participants in a fun surfing contest on the day. The that reaches the Finals will all receive commemorative medals.
The Tiger’s Milk Winter Classic itself will once again be run from inside the Tiger’s Milk Restaurant which overlooks the contest arena and from this vantage point officials and restaurant patrons will have the best view of the action in the water.
Entries into the 2017 Tiger’s Milk Winter Classic are now open and can be completed online by visiting to the Surfing South Africa website at www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za and clicking the Tigers Milk poster. Participants may only enter one division and details of the entry fee are included on the online entry form.
2016 Tigers Milk Winter Classic Longboard Champion Alfonso Peters in action during last year’s Final. Picture: Ant Smyth
ABOUT SURFING SOUTH AFRICA
The 2016 Tiger’s Milk Winter Classic is presented by Surfing South Africa, the recognised governing body for the sport in South Africa. Surfing South Africa is a member of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and the International Surfing Association (ISA).
ABOUT TIGER’S MILK RESTAURANT & BAR
Located in the heart of the Cape Town Surf scene, Tiger’s Milk brings both a heightened sense of excitement and delicious food to Surfer’s Corner in Muizenberg. Serving generous portions of all your favourite ‘Dude foods’ with a panoramic view of the bay is a hard combination to beat. Through the expansion of the brand, Tiger’s Milk has held on to the ethos that their customers have fallen in love with: mouth-watering food enjoyed in a festive environment. It is Tiger’s Milk’s love for surfing led them to host the Tiger’s Milk Surf Classic in 2015, the Tiger’s Milk Winter Classic in 2016 and now the third edition of the event this year.Their aim in sponsoring this surf contest is simple; to promote surfing as a sport in South Africa and provide accessibility to emerging surfers.
by Chris Couve | Sep 12, 2016 | Fiji World Champs, ISA, Prone, Stand Up Paddle, SUP Events, SUP Surfing, Surfing South Africa
Bula – Welcome!
On behalf of the WTF (Way To Fiji) KZN members of SUP Team South Africa – a very BIG thank you to everyone that stepped up and selflessly supported us in our efforts to raise funds at our Fundraiser event held at S43, Durban, on Thursday 8th September 2016.
We received an absolutely outstanding response to our ticket sales, which ended up in 146 people attending including our loyal local SUPérs, business men and supporters – great to see so many wives, girlfriends and partners contributing to the glamour! This type of support is truly amazing.
The evening kicked off at 17h30 with a welcoming “Springbok” shooter to get you in the mood! (this Springbok went down much better than the unfortunate Springbok game that followed over the weekend…
Registration was manned by Caraline and Les, who did a marvellous job as the Guests arrived including managing the Raffle tickets, Burger and Beer tickets and not forgetting to take the Mula! Lande & Jenna as well as Malec & Chantel – worked the room punting additional much needed raffle tickets too, (who could resist the charms!) thanks guys!
The atmosphere was festive and you could feel the excitement building in the air, two beautiful F.one and Naish SUP boards hanging from the ceiling and a massive table filled with prizes to be auctioned and raffled during the course of the evening including the massive ‘’one of a kind’’ long-board care of Brandon Ribbink (could not have been easy letting that icon go to the highest bidder!)
Burgers and Beers were being served and some really good “Home brewed’’ Craft beers from the in-house S43 Brewery. A generous prize was an S43 tour for 10 and as much beer as you can drink…. This was snapped up fairly quickly!
The main draw card kicking off the evening was Twig Baker and Brandon Ribbink both legends of the Sea… Twig of course being a World Champ big wave rider and Brandon a World Champ paddle boarder (both these men have an incredible pedigree going back many, many years and needed little introduction.)
The Question and Answer between Twig and Brandon was very enlightening, Brandon with a hidden talent for interviewing put forward some entertaining and pertinent questions and Twig proved to be an entertaining and insightful respondent, giving the audience a real feel for life on the circuit of the legendary Big Wave spots around the World. The crowd was riveted (Albeit a few party revellers at the back who engaged in deep meaningful raucousness!
As our very talented DJ spilled out the tunes the vibe was almost ready for the start of the Big AUCTION and raffles, this is what everyone had been waiting for.
Deon hit that MIC like no other, he has definitely found a new talent, some bidders found themselves at the end of some very pointed looks and cajoling as Deon squeezed every last cent out of those deep pockets, well done Deon
‘’exceptional’’ is an understatement! Sharon was hard pressed to run after those lucky, successful bidders to record their details before recollection of bids was lost in the revelry, great job! (anybody needing Deon over the following few days needed a pen and paper as the voice was long spent from the exertion of the night!) Thank goodness, he can rest until our Prize giving at the end of November.
A really great and successful evening was had, we raised R14 600 on our door takings, R66 400 on our Auction and around R10 000 on our raffle tickets. Take a bow one and all!
Special mention please to-
· The ‘engine room’ behind the scenes crew of volunteers, not already mentioned above – you are all absolute stars!
· The individuals and corporates who donated amazing lucky draws and raffles – incredible and diverse gems were won on the night and we sincerely hope the bidders who dug deep are more than happy with their winnings.
· Black-Coffee donated their time, energy and state of the art equipment to ensure a professional and eye-opening experience for all.
· James the DJ once again kept the crowd energised and impromptu dance moves were the order of the day!
· The S43 crew of bar tenders and waitrons were on the ball and ensured glasses were kept full and the burgers went down a treat indeed.
· Brand House for the Springboks at the door, setting the mood!
· Lastly, to everybody that endured the push and pull from yours truly, Manager of Team S.A, your patience resulted in a resounding success!
Thanks again and keep an eye out for further updates as we progress towards the grand departure for Fiji – with this kind of support behind the Team Medals are sure to follow!
Vinaka!
Ange Whittle | Team Manager
