ISA World Surfing Games Round Up

Over 40 nations participated in this year’s ISA World Surfing Games which crowns the World Men’s and Women’s individual Champions and determines the team that wins the coveted Team trophy. In case you missed it, representing team SA was Zoe Steyn, Adin Masencamp, Nicole Pallet, Davey Van Zyl, Beyrick de Vries and leading the bunch Bianca Buitendag. Although this is a first World Games for de Vries, his many years of contest experience and solid ranking on the WSL Qualifying Series tour earned him a call-up to the side. Nineteen-year-old Masencamp has won five caps for the South African Junior Team and had a really strong City Surf Series making him an easy selection into the 2018 side while Davey Van Zyl’s experience and great contest acumen made his inclusion in the team easy for the selectors. Day 1 highlights: All the South African Men made it through the first round of competition with a 1st next to their name. Beyrick with an impressive show in the first round winning his heat 10 points clear of 2nd place was unable to make it through the second round of competition being forced to pick it up later in the repo rounds. […]