Viaene earns SA colours
AST London’s own waveski virtuoso, Bruce Viaene, is one of ten chosen to represent South Africa in Spain in the 2018 World Championships in September.
Viaene said he started waveskiing when he was 14.
“My sister and brother-in-law have both represented SA on the world stage and so it was
Einevitable I would pick up a paddle and waveski too.”
The father of two, who recently came second at the KwaZulu-Natal Waveski Open champs, said the contest was part of the training for the World Championships.
“I had a good run in the preceding heats to the final, but came up second against Mike Wessels from the Western Cape,” Viaene said.
“Mike is a great surfer and I beat him at the South African champs, but he was on fire in this competition and took the win by .03 of a point. I came second.”
He counts coming at the top at the men’s open among his highlights.
“Last year was my comeback year. I won my age group and the men’s open
“In this year’s national champs, I placed second in the open men’s and won my age group.
“I have been selected to represent SA at the World Champs, so I have been training and competing as much as possible.
“My board sponsor, Viking Waveski, have been super supportive,” he said.