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Du Preez wins King of Kowie open final

Tristan du Preez put in a brilliant display of surfing manoeuvres to win the men’s Open final at the final 2024 King of the Kowie event at Port Alfred’s East Beach on Saturday. Contest director Richard Heny made the call to delay the…

Lindhorst rides big wave of success in King of the Kowie

SA Open Surfing champion Thomas Lindhorst put his best foot forward to win the King of the Kowie event hosted by Kowie Boardriders at East beach on Saturday. Meanwhile Lily Heny is confirmed as number 1 junior surfer on the WSL (World…

CROWNING THE KING: The 2019 King of the Kowie, Andrew Laverge, left, was presented with his trophy and a prize of a wetsuit at the Kowie Boardriders prize giving, held at the Highlander Pub last Friday evening. Awarding the prize was Kowie Boardriders’ chairman, Richard Heny Picture: JESSICA BOHNEN

Kowie Boardriders crown the new King of the Kowie

The awards for the 2019 King of the Kowie series were presented at a ceremony held at the Highlander Pub last Friday evening. The competition takes place four times a year at East Beach in Port Alfred with the top three scores counting…

GOOD SURFING: It was a great day of surfing at the Royal St Andrews Hotel King of the Kowie competition, held at East Beach on Saturday Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Kowie Boardriders excel at the latest King of the Kowie

According to the surfers who took part in the second round of the Royal St Andrews Hotel (RSAH) King of the Kowie competition, held at East Beach on Saturday, the waves were amazing and led to some excellent surfing from the members of…

Royal St Andrews Hotel King of the Kowie – Round II

The weather played its part although the breakers dumped many of the early riders on Saturday morning at East Beach when Round two of the Royal St Andrews Hotel King of the Kowie competition got underway. Results in this week’s Talk of…

King of the Kowie – A social event

The surfers at East Beach gathered on Human Rights Day (Thursday March 21) for the first round of the King of the Kowie surfing competition. King of the Kowie is a chance to see some great surfing as well as socialise, and local surfers…

SURFING STARS: Kowie Boardriders, from left, Anton Wiersma, Warwick Heny, Kye Macgregor, Andrew Laverge, Guy Campbell were some of the category winners at the first leg of the 2019 King of the Kowie competition at East Beach that took place on Human Rights Day

First round of the King of the Kowie complete

Surfers, together with their spectators, arrived at East Beach on Human Rights Day, to participate in the first leg of the King of the Kowie surfing competition. The annual competition is divided into four events throughout the year with…