A big storm and fierce buster is heading for East Pier later today after cooking 6ft+ surf on Day 1 yesterday of the Rip Curl GromSearch Port Alfred presented by The Royal St Andrews Hotel.
This is the unfiltered history of surfing in South Africa as told by the last of the great South African surfing hippies Bruce Gold to Steve Shooter in this edition of his podcast Shredding the Gnar.
This film, released in full for your edification, traces the history of surfing in post-war Mozambique, while searching for a mythical sand-bottomed wave that lies along the East African coast.
Reigning World Champion Filipe Toledo (BRA) and CT veteran Lakey Peterson have won the Corona Open J-Bay in clean inconsistent 2-5ft surf at Supers today.
The waves are firing at the Corona Open J-Bay, and Jordy Smith absolutely smashed his Elimination Round heat against an in-form Caio Ibelli to cruise into Round 3.
A special signed Kelly Slater surfboard will be auctioned for J-Bay charities tomorrow at a fundraising event at Supertubes, which is part of a Wavescape mini-festival at the Corona Open J-Bay.
Corona Open J-Bay wildcard Adin Masencamp, J-Bay local Matthew McGillivray and tour standout Jordy Smith must battle it out in the Elimination Round when the event continues after glassy 3-5ft waves o
The Corona Open J-Bay has been called on as 3-4ft lines roll down the lineup at Supertubes, with an expected pulse due to push the sets to a possible 5ft on the incoming tide.