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J-Bay in the news: Summers still endless for local surfing legends: Weinberg

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Summers still endless for local surfing legends: Weinberg: After the sessions, Ordille and her friends would read surfing magazines and watch the movie “The Endless Summer,” the 1966 classic film that chronicled surfers Mike Hyson and Robert August as they rode waves in exotic locales such as Jeffreys Bay in ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Summers still endless for local surfing legends: Weinberg

Surfing: BOS Cape Crown presented by Billabong returns to Cape Town.

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Surfing: BOS Cape Crown presented by Billabong returns to Cape Town.: Cape Town The second edition of the popular BOS Cape Crown returns to at Long Beach in Kommetjie next weekend and 110 surfers will compete in the event which feature a WSL QS1000 for Pro Junior Boys and Girls and a 3A rated South African Surf Tour event for the U12 Boys, U14 Boys & Girls and U16 Boys & Girls divisions. . The BOS Cape Crown is presented by Billabong and supported by Surfing South Africa’s umbrella … [Read more...] about Surfing: BOS Cape Crown presented by Billabong returns to Cape Town.

J-Bay in the news: Nelson Mandela Bay Surf Pro Launches New Era for Pro Surfing in South Africa

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Nelson Mandela Bay Surf Pro Launches New Era for Pro Surfing in South Africa: The top seed is Michael February (Kommetjie), currently the country's highest QS ranked surfer at No. 65, followed by 2016 WSL Africa champion Beyrick de Vries (uMhlanga), Dylan Lightfoot (Jeffreys Bay) and Braden Jones (USA). The men will be battling for ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. Search underway for missing EC boy: NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, said that “at 18h00, Thursday, 06 April, NSRI … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Nelson Mandela Bay Surf Pro Launches New Era for Pro Surfing in South Africa

J-Bay in the news: Surfing Trendsetters Can Make an Economic Splash

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Surfing Trendsetters Can Make an Economic Splash: Wills cites Taghazout, Byron Bay in Australia, Jeffreys Bay in South Africa and Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka that all started out as small surfing towns. While it's well understood that natural phenomenon like rivers and fertile soil have always mattered ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Surfing Trendsetters Can Make an Economic Splash

Uitenhage in the news: Porsche Automobil : ‘Passion wagon’ is part of surfing lingo

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Porsche Automobil : 'Passion wagon' is part of surfing lingo: Jan', the oldest VW Beetle in South Africa, is on display at the AutoPavilion museum in Uitenhage. Back in 1971, Volkswagen South Africa and Wheels magazine held a competition to find the oldest Beetle in South Africa. Exposed That led to finding and ... Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. 'Passion wagon' is part of surfing lingo: Jan', the oldest VW Beetle in South Africa, is on display at the AutoPavilion museum in Uitenhage. Back … [Read more...] about Uitenhage in the news: Porsche Automobil : ‘Passion wagon’ is part of surfing lingo

J-Bay in the news: South Africa: Lucky 13 Events Announced for SA Surfing Calendar

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South Africa: Lucky 13 Events Announced for SA Surfing Calendar: All of the world's top 34 ranked surfers will be in action at Jeffreys Bay from 12-23 July in the newly named Corona Open J-Bay, the sixth of 11 stops on the Samsung Galaxy WSL Championship Tour, where they compete for a share of R7.5 million and ranking ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. Mistake gives new meaning to drive through restaurants: An 80-year-old woman crashed her car into the play area of the Tampa Bay Spur in … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: South Africa: Lucky 13 Events Announced for SA Surfing Calendar

J-Bay in the news: Surfing champion Mick Fanning left speechless by Australia Day honour

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Surfing champion Mick Fanning left speechless by Australia Day honour: “Most pro surfers staying in these luxurious beachfront homes at Jeffreys Bay probably didn’t even get to know the domestic help whereas she just about became family to him. “Mick was a bit of a wild child at a young age like a lot of surfers but the ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. Australia Day: Julia Gillard, Anna Bligh, Martin Parkinson among top honours: Fanning provided one of the feel-good stories of 2016 by … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Surfing champion Mick Fanning left speechless by Australia Day honour

Surf Spots in Port Elizabeth – #MustSeeinPE

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Surfing in Port Elizabeth dates back to 1962 with first organised surfing competition taking place in 1964 to be followed by the creation of the Eastern province Surfing Association in 1965. Leo Davis was Chairman from 1965 to 1971. The first Eastern Province Team to take part in the 1965 South African Championships consisted of: Ken Noble, Dave Young, Roy Marais, Bruce Mathews, John Heath, Steward Hickson-Mahoney, Viv Spindler, Peter Morgan, Mush Hide, Peter McLeleand and Gavin … [Read more...] about Surf Spots in Port Elizabeth – #MustSeeinPE

Kelvin Zehmke Surfing – Jeffreys Bay

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Visit and explore Jeffreys Bay accommodation choices. Click here to submit your favourite Eastern Cape Videos. A MyPE Jeffreys Bay selected video for you: Song: Nowhere - Elk Kelvin Zehmke Surfing - Jeffreys Bay Click HERE to find more 'Jeffreys Bay' videos. Jeffreys Bay video selected based on a YouTube search - Click Here to report any 'offensive' videos. CLICK HERE to submit your favourite Port Elizabeth video. Visit the MyPE YouTube Channel | More PE … [Read more...] about Kelvin Zehmke Surfing – Jeffreys Bay

J-Bay in the news: Surfing Numb In Norway–with Shannon Ainslie

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Surfing Numb In Norway–with Shannon Ainslie: So we called Shannon up to find out more about Norway’s waves, fjords and if it’s really worth the brain freeze… Norway is the last place I would expect to end up in, but after many years of coaching and running a business in Jeffreys Bay it seemed ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Surfing Numb In Norway–with Shannon Ainslie

PE in the news: Muizenberg to host the first ever SA Adaptive Surfing Championships

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Muizenberg to host the first ever SA Adaptive Surfing Championships: Up to 30 surfers from as far afield as Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth and the Garden Route as well as a large contingent from the Western Cape are expected to enter the tournament which will be run in accordance with the International Surfing ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. Emily Blunt: 'Second child is a dream baby': Studio Tel (Port Elizabeth): 083 913 8 955 (VAS rates apply) Studio Tel (East London): 083 … [Read more...] about PE in the news: Muizenberg to host the first ever SA Adaptive Surfing Championships

J-Bay in the news: Williams stars for SA in surfing champs

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Williams stars for SA in surfing champs: Williams joins teammates Max Elkington (Kommetjie), who won his opening heat on Saturday, and Angelo Faulkner (Jeffreys Bay), who grabbed second spot earlier on Sunday, in Round 2 of the U16 Boys Main Event. Koby Oberholzer (Warner Beach), the fourth SA ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. ZA Surf Bonus: McGillivray, 19, from Jeffreys Bay, advanced through four rounds of competition before being defeated in the semi-finals of the Quiksilver Pro … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Williams stars for SA in surfing champs

Surfing the Harbour mouth – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Surfing the Harbour mouth: Ask anyone who lives and works up on the hills above the city centre about the lekker rights that break in the harbour mouth on a decent swell. Plenty of ou's will sit and gaze at the seemingly off-limit peelers just wondering what it would be like to surf them.Well, back in 2003 longboarder Steve McKechnie did just that. Steve took action instead of just wondering "what if" and arranged to surf … [Read more...] about Surfing the Harbour mouth – Featured Blog

J-Bay in the news: SURFER’s editors tell us their most iconic surfing moments

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SURFER’s editors tell us their most iconic surfing moments: Tom had never been to South Africa at the time because of apartheid, and had just come over for the first time to surf at Jeffreys Bay. “Still to this day, people watch his first wave at J-Bay in 1992 from that film, it’s pretty iconic. Well ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. The Perfect 5-Star Endless Summer Surf Trip: For accommodations, stay at Turtle Bay which is only nine miles from Pipeline. Jeffreys Bay is not for the … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: SURFER’s editors tell us their most iconic surfing moments