Namakwa Challenge

NAMAKWA, NORTHERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

The World Surf League (WSL) Africa announces the inaugural WSL Specialty Event for the Northern Cape region.

The Experience Northern Cape Namakwa Challenge presented by Billabong Adventure Division will occur in the Northern Cape from August 23-31, 2021.

This WSL Specialty Event is an invitation-only event for 20 of the top Men’s surfers from South Africa and Africa.

“We are very proud to kick off our events with a WSL Speciality Event for South African and African surfers. This is a wonderful opportunity for some of our top surfers, including our best African surfers, to compete for an impressive prize purse. The competition will be the first-ever professional surfing event in the Northern Cape.

It will do much to help grow surf tourism in the area and to develop surfing as a sport and lifestyle along the Northern Cape coast,”

Joshe Faulkner

Alan Van Gysen

- Kai Linder, Amandla Surf Foundation General Manager.

The top ten Men from the WSL Africa Qualifying Series (QS) are invited and includes defending South African Open Champion Joshe Faulkner. In addition, Billabong riders Matt Bromley will join the list, along with wildcard Dale Staples and the top-ranked WSL Africa Junior QS surfer, Luke Thompson. The competition format will see all the surfers compete in two, four-man heats. The top eight surfers with the highest two-wave total will advance to the Semifinals. The waiting period will allow organisers to run the event in the best possible conditions. For all results, photos, video highlights and press releases, log on to WorldSurfLeague.com.