Contest Season Ends In Style At The Lizzard Hurricane Summer Surf

On the Saturday the conditions started off well with contestable 2-3ft waves on offer. However the surf got tricky towards the afternoon and a lot of the big names were eliminated. On the Sunday a solid South West wind prevailed but this did not dampen the contestants who all put on their best show.

Stand out surfer of the event was Dale Staples from Westbrook. Dale posted some near perfect scores during the weekend and won the Open Men with R5000 cash from Lizzard, and also took the R1000 Cash win from Zigzag Surf Magazine for the surfer that performed the best over the weekend. Runner up in Open men were Chad du Toit, Richard Kidd and Shane Sykes.

In the open ladies Nicole Pallet from Durban North won R2500 cash from Hurricane. Nicole won with a pair of 8 point rides in the final. Nicole beat Heather Clark, who got a pair of 7 point rides,into second place then Chanelle Botha and Cana Foster to third and fourth

Highlight of the event was the TAG Division hosted by Just Juice. This is where 5 surfers line up in designated 'boxes' on the beach and have to run to the ocean, catch 2 waves, and run back, tag the next member who then runs out to catch their 2 waves. All this has to be done within a 60 minute frame time. Local hosting Umhlanga Wave Wizards Team got the victory and placed fourth with their second team.

The masters Tag Team consisting of Mike Frew, Paul Canning, Andrew Banks, Gary Van Weirengen and Heather Clark were on fine frisky form the whole weekend. They ripped through the tag and beat the Northswell Team into third place. Fifth place was the Son Surf Club.

Surfers all received fantastic prizes from Lizzard, Hurricane, Just Juice, Unilever, Bar B Coa Restaurant, and Home Bru Coffee Shop. The judges and staff had sponsored food delivered by tuc tuc from Pick n Pay.

A lot of fun was had by all participants and spectators and Wave Wizards Club Chairman Jestyn Viljoen was delighted with the outcome saying: 'It is such a pleasure to see so many families taking part in ocean sports and we are stoked that we had such a great response again this year. The level of surfing was world class and we look forward to an even bigger and better event next year. It was also really good to team up with Umhlanga Lifesaving and have our prize giving at the club that we will be calling our Wave Wizards Club home in the future'.