Jeffreys Bay – The JBay Winterfest presented by Woodlands Dairy drew to an early close yesterday, as the final event in the festival, The JBay Open, was called off due to a shark encounter. Defending champion Mick Fanning was sitting up the point when the shark, presumed to be a Great White, attacked him, knocking him off his board. The scene …

Now in its third year, Slake Adventures once again hosted the JBay Winterfest Funduro. Torrential downpours the night before had mad the course muddy and slippery. Ideal for enduro motorbike riding then. Much of the 15-kilometre route featured tight bush singletrack tunnels and both flat and technical sections which offered something for all levels of riders. In addition there was the ‘Slake Pit’ …

Local favourite Tyron Coetzee takes out the win. The third edition of the Core Sokkie Joll presented by Sector 9 went down in torrential conditions at the Die Vrieskas Blue Water Estate. After a day of epic action, Tyron Coetzee was not only the fastest, but the best men on the course. “It was very interesting coming up here yesterday to help out …

Eithan Osborne “This is my first time in South Africa and the kids here surf really good. I’m just surprised I made it just far,” Nicole Pallet “The conditions were tricky in the final, but there were a couple of sets,” she said. “I enjoyed the man-on-man format,” she commented on the first time she has competed in this format. …

Magnatubes is often overshadowed by the other breaks in J-Bay, the spot came to the fore over the past three days however in what will go down as some of the most epic few days of junior contest surfing in SA. The Billabong Junior Series is the longest running junior series in the world and the first event of the …

Small surf and water discoloured from the previous day’s southeasterly greeted anglers down at Kabeljous hub for the Fishing Skins contest. The early hours proved slow, but the notable catches that did come out were, as to be expected for the tide (low) and conditions, were cob. There was a brisk northwesterly early on, which strengthened during skin two and three, but …

A resurgent Gabriel Medina continued his form today to win the much-touted ‘super heat (and with 11-time world champ Kelly Slater and defending event-champ Mick Fanning. If not a high-scoring affair, it had its moments with flashes of brilliance in a ding-dong battle between Medina and Slater. Both are due for a big result and it showed. It was a …

Jeffreys Bay – It was an action-packed day in JBay as the rain came down and the various  events were run off. JBay Open  After a long wait through the morning as the swell filled in, it was announced that the JBay Open would start at 1pm. It began with Round 4, and being a non-elimination round, some of the surfers …

The best junior surfers from South Africa and abroad were treated to a classic JBay day as perfect surf peeled all day, Monday 13 July. The epic conditions forced contest organisers to reshuffle the heats, so that the premier divisions could make the most of the solid surf. The day saw the U16 quarter-finals concluded, as well as the Pro …

“Our boytjies did us proud!” This sentiment and words were rife after the performance of the two local wild card surfers participating in Round 2 of the JBay Open, part of the Samsung Galaxy championship tour (CT) of the World Surf League (WSL). A home made banner hanging from one of the camera platforms along the lower dunes of Supers, …