Port Alfred surfer Carl Wiersma and fellow South African Leah Lepront will compete at the 2026 Rip Curl GromSearch International Final covered by Sun Bum. The prestigious event will take place in Narrabeen, Australia, from 7 to 10…
Port Alfred surfing veteran, Warwick Heny, powered his way to the SA Masters over-50 title with an outstanding finals heat at the SA Masters Surfing Championships held at Long Beach, in Kommetjie, Cape Town at the weekend. The three-day…
Kowie Boardriders’ young surfing talent, Carl Wiersma of Port Alfred, pulled out all the stops to win the SA junior title in the U16 division at the 2025 Sea Harvest SA Junior Championships held at Lower Point Jeffrey’s Bay at the…
Port Alfred’s East Beach has cemented its standing as one of the sought-after meccas among surfing venues in SA after a six-day competition spree – the Royal St Andrews SA Open Surfing, Rip Curl Grom Search and Rip Curl Cup – that had…
In a record attendance, 48 members of the Kowie Granny Grommets (KGG) arrived at Port Alfred’s East Beach last Friday – for a boogie and to listen to Juan Pretorius give some surf safety tips. While Pretorius is well known as a volunteer…
South African junior international Lily Heny of Port Alfred might not have ended up on the podium at the 2024 World Surf League (WSL) World Junior Championships that finished earlier this week at Urbiztondo Beach in the Philippines, but…
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…
East London surfer, Jean-Paul “JP” Veaudry, is coming home to the Eastern Cape with a gold medal around his neck after winning the Men’s Stand 2 division at The ISA World Para Surfing Championships at Huntington Beach in California at the…
Fridays in Port Alfred have never been the same since April 5, 2024, when the Kowie Granny Grommets first hit the surf at Kelly’s Beach. Modelled on the long-running Nahoon Granny Grommets, they meet once a week for the time of their…
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…
MARK CARRELS and CRAIG JARVIS Border out surfed a host of rivals on their way to winning the prestigious Master’s Cup at the annual SA Masters Championships that started off at Victoria Bay, George, and ended in Mossel Bay on Sunday. The…
Royal St Andrews Hotel has been announced as a co-sponsor of the initiative to send the series winners in the premier Boys U16 and Girls U16 divisions of the 2024 Rip Curl Grom Search Series to the GromSearch International Finals in…
Border out surfed a host of rivals on their way to winning the prestigious Master’s Cup at the annual SA Masters Championships that started off at Victoria Bay, George, and ended in Mossel Bay on Sunday. The Border Masters surfing team,…
Port Alfred Easter Festival presented by Port Alfred Tourism TV show premiers tonight The SuperSport production of the Port Alfred Easter Festival will premiere on TV tonight (April 23, 2024). It will feature the Rip Curl GromSearch and…
All the winners All the winners © Louis Wulff While the Groms were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on Sunday morning for day three of the Rip Curl GromSearch, some parents were less bright-eyed after the massive Bands At The Beach music…
