Surfing in South Africa

Surfing in South Africa began in Durban in the 1940s.[1][2]

Surfing in South Africa
CountrySouth Africa
Governing bodySurfing South Africa
National team(s)South Africa Olympics team
International competitions

History

By 1965 the South African Surfing Association was formed. In recent years surfing associations have tried to encourage more black South Africans to take up surfing.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

South Africa was banned from most international surfing competitions due to Apartheid.[9][10][11][12]

Famous surf spots

Muizenberg

This beach is the home of surfing in South Africa and arguably the oldest surfing town in Africa. Let alone South Africa. Heather Price is considered to be the first ever person recorded to stand-up surf with a photo appearing in a local newspaper in 1919. The modern surfing movement in South Africa was in essence founded by a women, who was born in Zimbabwe.

Jeffreys Bay

Jeffreys Bay is one of the five most famous surfing destinations (no.2 on one "best in the world" surfing list) in the world and hosts the annual Billabong Pro ASP World Tour surfing event at Super Tubes during July.

Surfing JBay

St Francis Bay

A right hand point wave at St. Francis Bay was first idolised and promoted in the cult classic surf movie The Endless Summer in the 1960s

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References
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  2. Cornelissen, Scarlett; Grundlingh, Albert (13 September 2013). "Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation". Routledge. Retrieved 6 December 2016 – via Google Books.
  3. "Waves for Change: How surf therapy is helping South Africa's most deprived children". Independent. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. "Dr Dude rides waves of SA's surfing history". Times. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. "Surfing in South Africa Celebrates 50th Anniversary". ISA. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  6. "Reclaiming the waves: South Africa's new surfing heroes". CNN. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  7. Matt Warshaw (2011-04-29). "The History of Surfing". Books.google.co.uk. p. 398. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  8. "South Africa - Freedom Riders - Foreign Correspondent - ABC". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. Warshaw, Matt (April 29, 2011). "The History of Surfing". Chronicle Books – via Google Books.
  10. Nauright, John (April 6, 2012). "Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]: History, Culture, and Practice". ABC-CLIO – via Google Books.
  11. Thompson, Glen (2015). "Surfing, gender and politics:Identity and society in the history of South African surfing culture in the twentieth-century" (PDF). historiadoesporte.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  12. "South Africa: The History of Black Surfers and Africa's Big Surf Destinations". allAfrica.com. April 13, 2020.


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