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In this weekly column series, Bernie Shelly explores the strange, funny rituals of everyday surf life — from awkward line-up conversations and endless paddle-outs to bruised egos and near-collisions in the surf. At the…
Some swells announce themselves. Others sneak in under the radar. This one had plenty of people calling it too west, but Jordy Smith took a chance anyway and scored. An early-morning J-Bay session with the anticipation…
The 30th edition of the Sea Harvest SA Junior Surfing Championships wrapped up at Lower Point in Jeffreys Bay on Saturday, October 3, with clean 2–3 foot surf providing a fitting finale to five days of hard-fought…
Bamb’amaza – Lessons from the Water is the latest film from Patagonia, following 12-year-old Othandwayo as she discovers surfing, the ocean and a sense of belonging in the water. Growing up in Imizamo Yethu, overlooking…
In this weekly column series, Bernie Shelly explores the strange, funny rituals of everyday surf life — from awkward line-up conversations and endless paddle-outs to bruised egos and near-collisions in the surf. At the…
VICTORIA BAY, GARDEN ROUTE – 27 September 2026: South Africa’s leading junior surfers delivered three days of outstanding performances at the 2026 Billabong Junior SAST presented by Island Tribe, held in fun and highly…
In this weekly column series, Bernie Shelly explores the strange, funny rituals of everyday surf life — from awkward line-up conversations and endless paddle-outs to bruised egos and near-collisions in the surf. At the…
The wait is over. Natural Selection Surf is finally live — and this time, the proving ground is South Africa. Twelve of the world’s most fearless freesurfers have spent 10 days travelling up the South African coastline…
Surfing has been part of Muizenberg’s identity for more than a century, and a new exhibition at Het Posthuys Museum explores how the sport has shaped the suburb, its people and South African surf culture. Surfing – a…
Jordy Smith’s last surf before heading into surgery was one for the books. The CT veteran scored hours of uncrowded waves, making the most of a rare session at one of South Africa’s most iconic stretches of coast. “Best…
In this weekly column series, Bernie Shelly explores the strange, funny rituals of everyday surf life — from awkward line-up conversations and endless paddle-outs to bruised egos and near-collisions in the surf. At the…
What do you get when you take 10,000 discarded cigarette butts and turn them into a surfboard? A pretty powerful conversation about the state of our oceans. The Cigarette Surfboard is an award-winning 90-minute…
You can only keep a crew of surfers roaming the South African coast for 10 days under wraps for so long. The talk on the beach and from what we have seen so far is that they found everything from pumping beachbreaks to…
N8 follows 16-year-old South African surfer Nate Tayler through a year of surfing the waves he grew up on in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal. Put together by filmmaker and cinematographer Jackson Wolter, the project proves you…
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