Weskus Clubbin
Tues 23 October 2012 The third event of the 2012 West Coast Board Riders Club surf series was run in super fun 4ft offshore surf at Melkbosstrand on Sat 20 October with a large field of enthusiastic surfers from Groms to Masters.

Club surfing in South Africa is on the rise and the West Coast Board riders surfing club is the perfect example of that. WCB was created with the intention to develop and grow surfing as a sport and bring the community together thru various surfing and social Events. They have run a series of very successful surf contests, with an amazing level off surfing and attracting big names to come and surf. This gives the local guys an opportunity to surf against a seasoned professional and lift his or her own surfing ability. Plus it’s a lot of fun to surf against your friends. It’s important to understand the value of community, and the love for surfing is the strongest bond.

The surfing action was red hot all day with some great performances and a very high level of surfing, including a perfect 10 point ride by Ryan Payne and a total heat score of 17.00 by Mikhael Thompson that earned him the blowing up award. The judging is also some of the best on offer thanks to the efforts of co-founder and ASP judge Ettiene Buys, thanks to his head judging the kids learn valuable lessons regarding scoring and surfing to the criteria, the results are always fare and spot on keeping everybody happy. After a long day of surfing the results were as follows.

Open pro division:
1st Diran Zakarian
2nd Jeandre Blignaut
3rd Ryan Payne
4th Mikhael Thompson
Open Plate division:
1st Dean Logie
2nd Luke Venter
3rd Tyrone Jensen
4th Tiaan Vogel
Junior division (under 17)
1st Adin Masencamp
2nd Hilton Pelser
3rd Norm Lotz
4th Greg Visagie
Boys division (under 13)
1st Julian Zens
2nd Will Curran
3rd Josh Peetz
4th Tom Curran
5th Christian Venter
Masters Division (over 35)
1st Ettiene Buys
2nd Nikki Venter
3rd Eugene Robb
4th Leon v.d. Merwe
5th Anthony Rhomberg



