Surfing in South Africa
Surfing in South Africa | |
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Country | South Africa |
Governing body | Surfing South Africa |
National team(s) | South Africa Olympics team |
International competitions | |
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 is considered to be the first ever person recorded to stand-up surf with a photo appearing in a local newspaper in 1919. The modern surfing movement in South Africa was in essence founded by a woman, who was born in Zimbabwe.[citation needed]
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 and hosts the annual Billabong Pro ASP World Tour surfing event at Super Tubes during July.[citation needed]
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
References
- ^ Nauright, John (6 April 2012). Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]: History ... p. 161. ISBN 9781598843019. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Cornelissen, Scarlett; Grundlingh, Albert (13 September 2013). Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation. Routledge. ISBN 9781317988595. Retrieved 6 December 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Waves for Change: How surf therapy is helping South Africa's most deprived children". Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Dr Dude rides waves of SA's surfing history". Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Surfing in South Africa Celebrates 50th Anniversary". ISA. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Reclaiming the waves: South Africa's new surfing heroes". CNN. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Matt Warshaw (29 April 2011). The History of Surfing. p. 398. ISBN 9781452100944. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "South Africa - Freedom Riders - Foreign Correspondent - ABC". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Warshaw, Matt (29 April 2011). The History of Surfing. Chronicle Books. ISBN 9781452100944 – via Google Books.
- ^ Nauright, John (6 April 2012). Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598843019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Thompson, Glen (2015). "Surfing, gender and politics:Identity and society in the history of South African surfing culture in the twentieth-century" (PDF). historiadoesporte.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "South Africa: The History of Black Surfers and Africa's Big Surf Destinations". allAfrica.com. 13 April 2020.
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