The final 16 surfers in the JBU Supertrial presented by RVCA have been selected.
They are once again a mix of young talent alongside hard-earned experience, of new school aerial antics against smooth carves and power arcs.
One of the selected 24 surfers will win a slot into the World Surf League Championship Tour’s 6th event of the year, the JBay Open.
Along with getting to surf against the best surfers in the world, this surfer will also win a minimum of R 109 000. The JBay Open is the anchor event of the JBay Winterfest
The 16 surfers to join the 8 seeded surfers already selected are in no particular order:
Dan Thornton, Remi Peterson , Frankie Oberholzer, David van Zyl, Shaun Payne, Shane Sykes, Simon Nicholson, Matt Bromley, Casey Grant, Ricky Basnett, Chad du Toit, Dan Redman, Brandon Jackson, Benji Brand, Joshe Faulkner and Ryan Payne.
Joshe Faulkner from JBay was surprised but elated at his inclusion in the event. “I’m so stoked to be in the JBU Supertrial, and I can’t believe that I will possibly get a chance to surf in a Championship Tour event,” said Joshe.
“I hope to make all my friends and family in Jbay proud when I compete in the event.”
Alternates for the contest are, in no particular order:
Sebastian Williams, Max Armstrong, Shane Thorne, Josh Salie, Koby Oberholzer, Grant Baker, Lewellyn Whittaker, Kelvin Zehmke and Simon Fish.
Alternate seedings will be announced when the heat draw is finalised.
The eight seeded surfers are:
Dylan Lightfoot
Sean Holmes
Matt Mcgillivray
Beyrick De Vries
Mikey February
Greg Emslie
Slade Prestwich
Dale Staples
Nixon South Africa will be awarding a Nixon Tangent Sports Watch valued at R6,000 for the surfer who rides the Best Tube in the content, as well as a Nixon Blaster for the Event Winner.
The JBU Supertrial presented by RVCA precedes the JBay Open WSL Championship Tour event, which takes place during the JBay Winterfest.
The JBU Supertrial is supported by Arbor, Firewire, Stance, Nixon, Monster Energy South Africa, Zigzag Magazine and El Jimador Tequila.
