Kowie Boardriders club (KBC) member, Tom Lindhorst, celebrated his selection to the SA surfing team to compete in the El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games next month (September 5 -14) with a run at the King of the Kowie Competition at East…
A night in front of the television by two former SA body boarding champions has paid off handsomely for Port Alfred’s enthusiastic body boarding ensemble – the Kowie Granny Grommets. “We were watching Carte Blanche and saw an insert on…
Three bodyboarding contests to be run in conjunction with the 2025 Rip Curl Cup Surfing competition presented by Royal St Andrews Hotel next month as part of the Port Alfred Easter Festival, are creating waves of excitement in the region.…
East London’s Dan Emslie and, Zoe Steyn and Anastasia Venter and Lorenzo Perels of Jeffrey’s Bay have put the Eastern Cape on the surfing map by excelling in international competitions for Team SA on Reunion Island last week. Emslie who…
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…
The recent SA body boarding championships staged in Port Alfred delivered a coup when top international competition judge Reunion Island-born, Thomas Cahour, flew in from the UK to help with the judging. “I am back in South Africa for 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…
A determined Ethekwini unit prevailed in testing conditions at Port Alfred’s West Beach to be crowned team champions at the 37th SA Bodyboarding Championships on Thursday September 26. The KZN unit picked up a unique hat-trick of titles…
Nemato Change a Life (NCAL) offers a holistic set of youth empowerment programmes for disadvantaged youth from Nemato, Thornhill and Station Hill. NCAL aims to give youth the mindset, knowledge, skills and support to escape from poverty,…
