Kelly Board Winner
Mon 4 February 2013 Stoked Fish Hoek surfer James Bierbrauer popped by the Wavescape office to collect the Channel Islands Kelly Slater KS11 surfboard he won in a competition last year run by FCS South Africa.
James entered in the Tribute to Kelly Slater competition that ran on Wavescape in October and November last year. His brandnew board was delivered to Cape Town from Durban complete with FCS K2-1Pc quad fins.
Originally from Germany, James is an avid surfer and Christian who is the co-director of the South African business development NGO called Links International.
Links International is a business development group that empowers people to build sustainable businesses using Christian principles.
With a BSc in Business Administration and work experience in the financial services industry, James joined Links in February 2010 as an intern and has since developed his role to encompass aspects of vision, strategy, planning, training & teaching, and project management.
James is actively involved in the life of his local church, Connections Church, and surfs around the southern Cape Peninsula south of Cape Town.