Surfing in South Africa explained

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Surfing in South Africa
Country:South Africa
Sport:Surfing
Nationalteam:South Africa Olympics team
Intl List:Summer Olympics

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

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 may be the oldest surfing venue in Africa. Heather Price, a Zimbabwean-born woman, is considered to be the first ever person recorded stand-up surfing in South Africa, with her photo appearing in a local newspaper in 1919.[13] [14]

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. It hosted the annual Billabong Pro ASP World Tour surfing event at Super Tubes, though its 2024 edition was cancelled and the event's future remains unclear.[15]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]: History ... |page=161 |date= 6 April 2012|isbn=9781598843019 |access-date=2016-03-31|last1=Nauright |first1=John ].
  2. Book: Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation. Scarlett. Cornelissen. Albert. Grundlingh. 13 September 2013. Routledge. 9781317988595. 6 December 2016. Google Books.
  3. News: Waves for Change: How surf therapy is helping South Africa's most deprived children. Independent. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/waves-for-change-how-surf-therapy-is-helping-south-africas-most-deprived-children-10464362.html . 25 May 2022 . subscription . live. 2016-03-24.
  4. News: Dr Dude rides waves of SA's surfing history. Times. 2016-03-24.
  5. News: Surfing in South Africa Celebrates 50th Anniversary. ISA. 2016-03-24.
  6. News: Reclaiming the waves: South Africa's new surfing heroes. CNN. 2016-03-24.
  7. Book: The History of Surfing . Matt Warshaw . 398 . 2011-04-29 . 9781452100944 . 2016-03-31.
  8. Web site: South Africa - Freedom Riders - Foreign Correspondent - ABC. . 6 December 2016.
  9. Book: Warshaw, Matt. The History of Surfing. April 29, 2011. Chronicle Books. 9781452100944. Google Books.
  10. Book: Nauright, John. Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]

    History, Culture, and Practice]

    . April 6, 2012. ABC-CLIO. 9781598843019. Google Books.
  11. Web site: Surfing, gender and politics:Identity and society in the history of South African surfing culture in the twentieth-century . Thompson . Glen. 2015 . historiadoesporte.files.wordpress.com. 2020-07-06.
  12. Web site: South Africa: The History of Black Surfers and Africa's Big Surf Destinations. April 13, 2020. allAfrica.com.
  13. Book: Bloggs, Fred . January 1, 2001 . Zavalza Hough-Snee . Dexter . Routledge Handbook of Global Sport . Routledge . Chapter 39: Surfing . 9781315714264.
  14. Web site: Davis . Andy . The Berg - Same As It Ever Was (Muizenberg To Get Historic National Landmark) . Zigzag Magazine . 2 June 2024 . 4 March 2014.
  15. Web site: Spike . J-Bay Cancelled . www.wavescape.co.za . Wavescape . 2 June 2024.

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