2018 SA Champs: Zoe Steyn & Jordy Maree

Zoe Steyn of Buffalo City Surfriders and Jordy Maree of Cape Town Surfriders win premiere Women’s and Men’s SA Championship titles and hosts Buffalo City Surfriders sweep the board at the 2018 Mercedes–Benz SA Championships hosted by Buffalo City. Sunday, August 12th – Local girl Zoe Steyn became the youngest female surfer in the 53-year history of the South African Surfing Championships to win the Open Women’s Division title when she dominated the final in 4 – 5 foot Nahoon Reef surf at the 2017 Mercedes–Benz SA Surfing Championships hosted by Buffalo City Municipality. She was also named Surfer of the Contest and was awarded the trophy by last year’s award winner, Heather Clark. It has been a special few weeks for the humble East London girl, who was selected to represent South Africa at the ISA World Surfing Games which take place in Japan in September. She will also represent South Africa at the ISA World Junior Championships in California at the end of October. Runner-up Heather Clark of Ugu Surfriders is an eight-time Open Women’s Champion. She won her first South African Championship title at Nahoon Reef in 1989. Tayla de Coning, Steyn’s Buffalo City teammate and fellow South […]