Ubuntu in the waves: development surfing competition this Sunday!

Besides seeing some of the world’s top surfers in action, the Ballito Pro presented by O’Neill keeps a strong focus on bringing development, unity and transformation through surfing.

To celebrate the journey of transformation in this sport, the Ballito Pro will once again show its support for community-based surf development programmes when Sea Harvest together with Surfing South Africa and the KwaDukuza municipality will be hosting a Development Surf Day on Sunday, July 7.

The young surfers will have the privilege of surfing with event ambassador and surfer, Sal Masekela, an internationally acclaimed action sports presenter. The son of South African jazz legend, Hugh Masekela, Sal is the founder of Stoked Mentoring, a non-profit organisation which uses action sports to empower children from underprivileged communities in the USA.

Event coordinator Collette Bundy said this day was to be a celebration of transformation and development of the sport of surfing which has always been the cornerstone for the KwaDukuza municipality.

“We are steadfast in our efforts to continue with our task to create social and economic opportunities for our people through the Ballito Pro event which is a unique nation building platform and a catalyst for introducing this sport to our rural communities,” said Bundy.

This year, SNSC founder Tom Hewitt MBE and his team will be sharing their mentoring experiences of the past 21 years with the other clubs.

“We are really excited about the development surfing contest and competing with the other clubs. We are huge fans of Sal Masekela and look forward to an incredible week,” said Hewitt.