Jbay 2017: Waiting Period Opens For JBU Supertrial

Jbay 2017: Waiting Period Opens For JBU Supertrial Presented By Monster Energy

JBay 2017 – The 11-day waiting period for the 2017 edition of the JBU Supertrial has officially opened, and all eyes are on the swell forecasts for the next few days. The JBU Supertrial is one of the most important and lucrative events on the domestic scene, with first place in the tournament being a coveted Wild Card entry into the Corona Open JBay Championship Tour contest.

“There is a bit of activity this weekend, but it seems to be coming in very fast, and leaving just as fast,” said www.wavescape.co.za surf forecaster Spike. “It looks like the window of opportunity for this swell is quite small. There is, however, another interesting looking storm bringing a fresh swell that is due to make landfall early the following Wednesday morning, and although it is quite far away still, this will be the day we will be monitoring closely for an opportunity to run the contest.”

This year this tournament is all about the younger surfers hoping to break out into professional surfing and get onto the championship tour, so the competition has a nice mix of red-hot up-and-comers along with a few JBay stalwarts and past winners.

The invited surfers in no particular order are:

Shane Sykes, Jordy Maree, Dale Staples, Adin Masencamp, Matt Bromley, defending champion Steven Sawyer, Mikey February, Matt McGillivray, Joshe Faulkner, Beyrick De Vries, Davey van Zyl and Dylan Lightfoot.

Jordy Maree from Kalk Bay is one of the invited surfers ready for the contest. The 18-year-old goofy-footer has been in the area training recently, and can’t wait for the tournament to run.  “I’m so thankful to be a part of the JBU Supertrial at my age,” said Maree. “I’m always excited to arrive at JBay and get some waves at Supers. I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to get up to JBay about eight times this year already and can’t wait to be in the water with three others out in cooking conditions for the Supertrial. Thanks to everyone for the support, I’m really stoked to be a part of this event.”

Jordy Maree from Kalk Bay, Cape Town, was a last minute walk-up entry into last year’s event, and impressed enough to get an invite into the 2017 tournament ©Van Gysen.

The JBU Supertrial presented by Monster Energy is an exclusive invite-only tournament, with first prize being the coveted Wild Card entry into the World Surf League Championship Tour Corona Open JBay. The Supertrial has a waiting period from 1st – 11th June, and historically always enjoyed excellent surf conditions at Supertubes. The Corona Open JBay has a waiting period from12th – 23rd July, and is part of the JBay Winterfest

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The JBU Supertrial is co-sponsored by RVCA.

www.wavescape.co.za is the media partner.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/jbaywinterfest

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The JBU Supertrial is sanctioned by Surfing South Africa, the recognised governing body for the sport in South Africa.

About Surfing South Africa

SSA is a member of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and the International Surfing Association (ISA).

The JBU Supertrial also is sanctioned by the World Surf League (WSL).

About the World Surf League

The World Surf League (WSL), formerly the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), is dedicated to celebrating the world’s best surfing on the world’s best waves through a variety of best-in-class audience platforms. The League, headquartered in Santa Monica, is a truly global sport with regional offices in Australasia, Africa, North America, South America, Hawaii, Japan and Europe.

For more information contact the event organiser

Koffie Jacobs

Koffie@silverbullet.co.za

Compiled and distributed by

Craig Jarvis

craig@thetruthcollective.co.za

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