An African Black Oystercatcher was released back into the wild at Boneyards beach on Friday 21st July after treatment and stabilization at Oribi Vet, where one of it’s toes had to be amputated. Both Nikita’s (named after his eventual captor) legs had fishing line wound around and cutting into them for at least 2 months. […]
This year the JBay Winterfest inaugurated a brand new event, being the JBay Loggers Classic, held at Lower Point over the weekend. A logging competition has a few rules, which make it differ from normal longboarding surf contests. They are: • The boards needs to be a minimum length of 9’2, with most surfers actually […]
The fifth edition of the JBay Wind Farm MTB Classic took place on Saturday 22 July in perfect conditions. Some 500 riders of all ages and skill levels took to the trails around the Eastern Cape holiday town of Jeffreys Bay over three distances, 25km, 50km and the gruelling 85km ultra marathon. At the sharp […]
South African Police arrested two men after finding them armed with three unlicensed guns in Jeffreys Bay yesterday afternoon. The Police were on patrol when they spotted a vehicle driving suspiciously in Jeffreys Street at about 17:45. Upon searching the white VW Golf, the Police discovered three unlicensed firearms (two 9mm and one revolver with […]
In a thrilling start to the 2017 edition of the Oakley X Over powered by Sharp it was Downhill Mountain Bike World Champ Greg Minnaar who sprang into the lead, ahead of last year’s event winner Raynard Tissink, with Giniel De Villiers and John Smit taking the minor placings. Prior to the race start there […]
After four of the most incredible days of competition this year, the Corona Open JBay came to a remarkable conclusion in pumping surf at Supertubes on Thursday, with Filipe Toledo taking the win in firing, eight-foot rights. The 2017 edition of this classic event, with all the drama, upsets and unbelievable performances, will undoubtedly lock […]
The body of one of the missing Maredon fishermen was located on Wednesday near Blue Horizon Bay, according to the South African Police. Sergeant Majola Nkohli said the remains of Mbongeni Gift Zulu, 43, of Jeffreys Bay, who was aboard the fishing vessel when it capsized on Sunday, was found floating in the sea by […]
Jordy Smith had to surf two resurfs yesterday in the excellent waves that were pouring down the point in JBay for the Corona Open JBay. Jordy surfed three times yesterday, and after some incredible surfing he defeated Conner Coffin (USA) with some scintillating surfing, including another 10-point ride. The resurf was called due to the […]
A breaching Mako shark did little to deter from the sizzling action in the line up at Supertubes yesterday as the Corona JBay Open kicked into high gear. The biggest story of the day was South African surfer Jordy Smith who scored a perfect heat score of 20 points out of a possible 20, with […]
Icy conditions did little to deter the 33 swimmers who entered the 2017 JBay Winterfest Cold Water Swim Classic which was held yesterday at Marina Martinique. The water was 13 C which ensured the Cold Water Classic, presented by Nicholas Melck, lived up to its reputation of being the most extreme swim in the Eastern […]
