Bay first stop for City Surf Series
Highly-rated competitors to descend on Pollok Beach next month
Port Elizabeth will the first stop of the City Surf Series when the NMB Pro QS1,000 returns to Pollok Beach next month.
In partnership with the World Surf League (WSL) and Surfing SA (SSA), Accelerate Sport have confirmed five WSL Qualifying Series (QS) events that will happen at various coastal centres, in what will be the fifth edition of the event.
The series has a history of attracting both domestic and international surfers to the country’s shores, with Port Elizabeth, Port Alfred, Victoria Bay and Cape Town reaping the benefits from April to June.
Pollok Beach will also once again host the VW SA Open of Surfing QS1,500, won by Adin Masencamp and Chelsea Tuach last year, from June 13-17.
Daniel Quinta, of the sponsors, said the series was an ideal opportunity for young surfers to make a name for themselves.
“We are delighted to once again have five events on the calendar,” Quinta said.
“This series would not have become a reality without the huge commitment from our partners and support of the local municipalities.
“We would like to extend our utmost gratitude for their support in making this series the success that it is today.”
The series provides QS events on home turf and SA surfers earn valuable QS ranking points and prize money.
WSL regional Africa manager Colin Fitch said: “We can gladly be proud of the fact that through the City Surf Series we now have 10 surfers in the top 100 in the world and are guaranteed that we will have three South Africans in the Corona Open J-Bay at the Championship Tour event in Jeffreys Bay in July.”
“Our development programme, in conjunction with SSA, will see the growth of not only surfing nationally but the growth of surfing in areas that have been unable to surf at this level in the past.
“We have gone from a region with a limited growth to a region that is challenging and becoming a very strong African Cyclone on the World Surf League, thanks to the City Surf Series,” Fitch said.
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