Sport | JBAY News - Part 85

June 16, 2010
Get tubed….Take a moment to reflect……Take action…. Have a jol.
By: editor

20 June is International Day of Surfing (IDS) and if ever a sport is worthy of such a day, it is surfing. The Sport of Kings originated in Hawaii and the fate of entire villages sometimes depended upon a surfing duel between the Royalty of the warring villages in the big powerful waves on […]
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June 13, 2010
Swimmers brave the icy water at Marina Martinique
By: editor

COLD WATER SWIM TRAINING AT MARINA MARTINIQUE Swimmers from Jeffreys Bay and Port Elizabeth completed training swims in 13 – 14 degree water in Jeffreys Bay over the weekend. The training swim was hosted by the Kouga Swim Club at the Marina Martinique in preparation for the upcoming open water swim season. First up […]
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June 8, 2010
VonZipper Superheat for J'Bay Billabong Pro
By: editor

The format for the new VonZipper Superheat has been announced. The Superheat will be run on the first day of the Billabong Pro as the opening heat. This year the waiting period for the Billabong Pro Jeffrey’s Bay is the 15 – 25 July, an eleven-day period that is historically a great time for […]
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June 8, 2010
Jordy vs Slater in the Billabong Pro
By: editor

Coming into the J’ Bay Billabong Pro and the two best surfers in the world are sitting in 1st and 2nd position on the WCT tour. Kelly Slater is leading the way but South Africa’s Jordy Smith is chasing him all the way. A possible meeting in the final of the Billabong Pro at […]
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June 6, 2010
Lewis Gordon Pugh – the human "Polar Bear"
By: editor

Doing what no human being has ever achieved takes a very special person. One who can believe in himself and the task at hand. Taking on the odds of surving a 1 K swim in 2 degree water high up on Mount Everest and swiming at an altitute of 5 300 m . Lewis Pugh swam […]
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June 4, 2010
BILLABONG PRO BRINGS WORLD’S BEST SURFERS TO JEFFREYS BAY
By: editor

The Billabong Pro J-Bay, will bring the world’s top professional surfers to Jeffreys Bay in July for the 25th time since it became an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) rated event back in 1984. Scheduled for 15-25 July, the event will again be staged at Supertubes, universally acknowledged as one of the planet’s top […]
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June 2, 2010
Open Water Swim at Marina Martinique
By: editor

It’s been a long tough stretch since the last open water swim in the Eastern Cape and with a long winter still ahead, the Kouga Swim Club will be hosting a TRAINING SWIM at Marina Martinique on Saturday 12 June 2010. The swim will start at 10 AM from the car park at Marina Martinique […]
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May 31, 2010
Jordy Smith rocks in California
By: editor

Coming into the Billabong Pro in J’Bay, Jordy Smith is an odds on favourite to become the first South African to win the event on home soil since it has become a WCT event. Smith is lying in second position on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) rankings behind multiple world surfing champ, Kelly Slater. […]
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May 29, 2010
The Old Bar at the Savoy Hotel
By: editor

Jeffreys Bay was a different place in the 1980’s. There were no fast food shops or 24 hour convenience stores at petrol stations. If you missed Trawlers or the Continental or the Pink Café, well you just waited until the next day for whatever you wanted. Beers cost 70 cents at the Beach Hotel […]
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May 25, 2010
J’Bay is a Surfers paradise
By: editor

Since the 1960’s Jeffreys Bay has become known around the world as the Mecca of surfing. It is not hard to understand why with the many top quality surf breaks situated in the town. The first surfers used to ride their long boards at the Point as Supertubes was considered too gnarly to surf. […]
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