Surfing in South Africa began in Durban in the 1940s. By 1965 the South African Surfing Association was formed. In recent years surfing associations have...

Surfing South Africa (SSA) is the governing body for the sport of surfing in South Africa, and a recognised member of the world governing body, the International...

Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion, and lifestyle surrounding the sport of surfing. The history of surfing began with the ancient Polynesians...

rapidly, so train surfing in those countries became a widespread phenomenon. As an extreme hobby, train surfing firstly appeared in South Africa during the 1980s...

Association World Surfing Games in El Salvador in 2023". Surfing South Africa. "Buffalo City To Host 2023 Nahoon Pro". World Surf League. Retrieved 10...

25, 2022. "ISA Announces Dates for 2023 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games". International Surfing Association. September 21, 2022. Retrieved...

Big wave surfing is a discipline within surfing in which experienced surfers paddle into, or are towed into, waves which are at least 20 feet (6.2 m)...

Stellenbosch but lived in Camps Bay. John Whitmore (30 March 1929 – 24 December 2001), pioneered the sport of surfing in South Africa. Jordy Smith (born 11...

Africa to secure the lone available berth in their respective shortboard races at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador. South African...

White South Africans are South Africans of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking...

Motors. In 2015 Richards Bay was selected by the governing body of South African surfing, Surfing South Africa (SSA), to host the South African Surf Championships...

The Red Bull Big Wave Africa is a surfing competition held annually in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The event is held at "Dungeons", just east...

swimming, surfing and tennis. Sport in South Africa is still largely seen (in the words of a former member of Women and Sport South Africa) as "the domain...

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is the world governing authority for surfing, SUP racing, SUP surfing, para surfing, bodyboarding and all...

Jeffreys Bay is an event on the World Surf League. The event is held every year at Jeffreys Bay in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Inaugural winner Kelly Slater...

is a village in South Africa, situated on a headland in the Eastern Cape Province. It is popular for its clean beaches and as a surfing location. The...

February 1988) is a South African professional surfer, competing on the World championship tour surfing (WCT). In 2007 Smith won surfing's World Qualifying...

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA or R.S.A.), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres...

of their newly won freedoms. Surfing Soweto shows them riding on the top of trains (train surfing) which in South Africa is known as "ukudlala istaff"...

Television in South Africa was introduced in 1976. The country is notable for the late introduction of widespread television broadcasting. The first proposal...

assn. In 1984, waveski surfing became established as an offshoot of surfskiing with the formation of the World Waveski Surfing Association. In the television...

Surfing Association (ISA).   *   Host nation (El Salvador) The event contributed towards qualification for the 2024 Olympics surfing competition in Teahupo'o...

Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of...

World Surfing Games, formerly known as the ISA World Surfing Championships, are organized by world governing body of surfing, the International Surfing Association...

filled with pictures of her time surfing in South Africa, Dana decides to leave California to travel there, surfing everywhere her mother did, as well...

surfers of the century, and was the 1977 World Surfing Champion. Tomson was born in Durban, South Africa, and is Jewish. As a Jewish athlete, he was inducted...

In 2018, the International Surfing Association (ISA) announced that surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics would take place in the ocean, and not in an...

Reunion Island) CSI presents Billabong Pro (Jeffreys Bay, South Africa) U.S. Open of Surfing (Huntington Beach, California, US) Rip Curl Pro Hossegor (Hossegor...

Beach. Freeth surfed at the Huntington Beach pier and travelled up and down the coast demonstrating surfing and lifeguard skills. Surfing on the East Coast...

1973) is a South African professional surfer. He is a 3-time world surfing champion, ocean conservationist and entrepreneur Winner, 2019 World Surf League...