Surfers encouraged to enter South African online surf contest by July 25

Due to overwhelming demand, The Rip Curl E-Pro online surf event South Africa has opened up from 32 surfers to 48 surfers.

The tournament is the second in a virtual global series – the Surf Web Series – that culminates with a global final.

Should they not get the required 48 surfers, event organisers will decide on a suitable contest format according to the number of entries.

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The Rip Curl E-Pro has a R10 000 first prize and a R5 000 runner-up prize.

There is also a R10 000 Red Bull Best Tube Ride award specialty prize.

Surfers are asked to work with videographers and share the prize money.

Sports equipment company, Oakley, has put up R10 000 worth of eye-wear as prizes, and the top male and female surfers along with their respective videographers, will each receive a pair of Oakley sunglasses.

Along with the original list of surfers entered, some fresh names on the list include Shane Sykes, Koby Oberholzer, Simo Mkize, Scott Venter, Mitch du Preez, Gavin Roberts, Karl Steen, Luke Thompson, Nate Plomaritis and Zoé Steyn. A full entry list and flow-chart will be released soon.

Surfers who wish to enter need to contact Craig Jarvis on info@craigjarvis.co.za and place their names on the entry list.

First and second round clips need to be submitted by July 25. A clip can be any wave, under eight foot, that was surfed in South Africa between March 1 2019 and July 25 2020.

Any surfer who has entered, but does not submit rides in time will be excluded and the first alternate will take his or her place.

Surfers are also encouraged to send their first and second round entries as soon as possible, to get the competition ball rolling.

It is a simple format with surfers entering one wave (one clip) per heat.

Every heat they advance, they have to utilize another wave and another clip. This is where the strategy comes in, with surfers deciding where to drop their best clips.

Details of the full tour can be found HERE.

For more information, visit go to: Surf Open League on Facebook or follow @surfopenleague on Instagram.

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