Australian goofy footer O’leary Connor beat Joan Duru from France, at Willards Beach, to win the Ballito Pro a few minutes ago.
The waves were really good, albeit with long waits – but the organisers chose the black moon tides very well. The South Africans Beyrick de Vries and Jordy Smith went up against eachother, with Beyrick going through, only to be ousted by the Frenchman Duru. Beyrick was awarded the best wave of the compo.
A press release from Stuart Dunlop of ORI (Oceanographic Research Institute) announces 30 years of tagging fish in and southern African waters.
“The Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) was the brain-child of past ORI Director Rudy van der Elst and was initiated in 1984. After 30 years this project is still going strong and is undoubtedly one of the most enduring and successful environmental projects of its kind in South Africa. This celebration is most significant for this long term project and it is a great opportunity to learn more about its achievements over the past 30 years and its plans for the future.”
And invites you along for a gathering to celebrate this worthy milestone…
Please join us in celebrating 30 years of citizen science and the amazing contribution made by the angling public.
Date: 25 August 2015
Time: 17h30 for 18h00
Venue: Len Bauman Conference Hall, uShaka Marine World (1 King Shaka Avenue, Point, Durban)
Programme:
18h00 – Welcome refreshments on arrival
18h30 – Introduction by SAAMBR CEO, Larry Oellermann
18h40 – Presentation by Bruce Mann: 30 years of tagging and citizen science: an overview
19h15- Presentation by Stuart Dunlop: Current achievements and where to from here
19h45- A guided walk around the aquarium
Please respond by Tuesday 14th August 2015 to Ramini (ramini@ori.org.za / 031 328 8178) if you will be attending as seats are limited. Partners are welcome.
And another billfish in the boat…the last word…for now.
I hope this very well made video documentation of a 600lb fish makes you laugh as much as I did. Take note of the chair/ladder thing flying across the deck and into the wireman’s head. However, there are very many clips featuring billfish jumping into the boat – on YouTube, and not all of them have happy endings. Big fish take extra consideration.
Keep the fish behind the boat, hand on the throttle and all your concentration on the fish!
For more crazy video material on this subject…click here.
Glenwood, Durban – Port Elizabeth longboard skateboarder Jason Brown made it two wins in two today by winning the open men’s division at the second annual Urban Descent Downhill Longboard Race presented by Quiksilver and Gunslinger. Brown was a clear favourite going into the four-man final, clocking speeds of up to 75 kilometres per hour. The much anticipated open men’s final was tightly contested coming into the final straight before three riders collided at high speeds leaving them all on the tarmac deck and out of contention. “I am happy to be back in Durban and to take the win again, there were some heavy slams today and I am glad everyone is safe after a gruelling day of racing,” said an ecstatic Brown after the event award ceremony.
Over eighty competitors made their way to Alan Paton Road in Glenwood to race along a 1 km length route which featured a number of bends and chicanes before a final straight to the finish line. Hay bales were carefully positioned as a safety precaution for racers, most of whom wore special racing leather outfits and compulsory helmets. Participants were categorised into five divisions; open men (19 and older), ladies, junior boys 1 (12-14), junior boys 2 (15-18) and supergroms (8-11). A number of time trials and qualifying rounds got underway before the top four finishers in each division were grouped into finals. Odin Kerkhoff (Durban) managed a flawless race to win the supergrom division, while Sebastian Rich (Durban) and Michael Davies (Durban) stole the show in the junior boys 1 and junior boys 2 divisions respectfully. Gabi Murray-Roberts made the trip up from the cape and showed her class to easily claim the ladies title.
“We were very pleased with the Urban Descent Downhill Longboard Race presented by Quiksilver and Gunslinger today, the racing was spectacular and there were some radical bails leaving some riders in some serious pain, we hope to see an even bigger field next year,” said event organiser Keith Hockly of Gunslinger Longboards.
Prizes at the event included a cash purse of R5 000 and product prizes valued at over R40 000 from sponsors Quiksilver, Gunslinger, DC Shoes, Drift Cameras, Blue Dolphin Resort, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Nev The Barber, Corner Café and Urban Pizza.
For more information and photos of the event, visit the event mini-site at: www.quiksilver.co.za/
Full Results:
Open Ladies
1. Gabi Murray-Roberts (Western Cape)
2. Cindi Kritzinger (Kwa Zulu Natal)
3. Sadie Burger (Kwa Zulu Natal)
Super Grom (age 8-11)
1. Odin Kerkhoff (Kwa Zulu Natal)
2. Ryan Chikandiwa (Kwa Zulu Natal)
3. Keegan Long (Glenwood, Durban)
Junior Boys 1 (age 12-14)
1. Sebastian Rich (Kwa Zulu Natal)
2. Cameron Wasserman (Kwa Zulu Natal)
3. Matthew Swanepoel (Western Cape)
Junior Boys 2 (age 15-18)
1. Michael Davies (Kwa Zulu Natal)
2. Nathan Soule (Kwa Zulu Natal)
3. Bryce Gardiner (Kwa Zulu Natal)
Open Mens (age 19 and up)
1. Jason Brown (Eastern Cape)
2. Troy O’Sullivan (Kwa Zulu Natal)
3. Lloyd Clarke (Gauteng)
