True Grit

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This year’s field of riders offers some of the most renowned former South African and world champions, with both current world and SA champions competing.

The rider list is as follows:

Tristan Roberts – 2 x Tand Champion and Junior World Champ
Andre Botha – 2 x World Champion
Sacha Specker – Multiple SA champion and Drop Knee world champion
Mark McCarthy – Multiple wins across national and international competitions

Among these 4 athletes is a solid contingent of South African riders, including Johan De Goede, Henk Esterhuysen, Matthew Lombard, Michael Ostler, Terence Pieters and Ruan De Bruin.

Completing the field of 16, we have SA womens charger Pamela Bowren, along with Wian Oosthuizen, winner of our Grom Poll, and the top 4 riders from the David Lilienfeld Trials, taking place this Saturday morning at 8am.

For now though, allow your eyes to feast upon our teaser clip. We hope to see you all for the Tand Invitational launch party at Yours Truly, Kloof Street this Saturday! (June 27)

The Tand Invitational 2015 is proudly presented by Yours Truly Café and Zion Wetsuits SA, in association with DigiCape, #stuido, The Surf HQ, Kingdom Longboards, Flat Mountain Roasters, Surf Ears ZA and the Free Surf World Tour. The Tand Invitational would also like to extend a huge thanks to Red Bull South Africa for their continued support of the event.