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The Final Results For The Sea Harvest Ethekweni Junior Open, New Pier 21-23 June.

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The Final Results For The Sea Harvest Ethekweni Junior Open, New Pier 21-23 June.:

Nate Colby, U18 Winner, © Dean Vincent

The Sea Harvest Ethekweni Junior Open took place at Dairy Beach over the weekend of 21-23 June.

Conditions were small, the wind was blustery, and the Surfing South Africa event officials did a sterling job of running this competition in at-times challenging conditions.

For the surfers, it was a small-wave contest, with small-wave tricks and any sign of a bigger wave getting extra points on the board.

Maya Malherbe (EL), back from her trip to Australia, showed her fine form with a win in the U12’s

Nate Colby (DBN) showed that he has recovered from the niggling injury and won U18 Boys.

Louise Lepront (Scottburgh)won both the U16 and U18 Girls divisions, finding points on small lefts.

 

Louis Lepront © Dean Vincent

Final Results

U12 Boys

1. Slayde Shooter

2. Levi Vosloo

3. Tyler Balfour

4. Luc Jackson

U12 Girls

1. Maya Malherbe

2. Ella van der Made

3. Adriana Canning

4. Lila Prinsloo

U14 Boys

1. Ben Esterhuyse

2. Levi Vosloo

3. Slayde Shooter

4. Owen Heny

U14 Girls

1. Leah Lepront

2. Jasmine Venter

3. Emma Schermbrucker

4. Camilla Heuer

U16 Boys

1. Ben Esterhuyse

2. Matt Canning

3. Kieran Murphy

4. Josh Malherbe

U16 Girls

1. Louise Lepront

2. Emily Jenkinson

3. Leah Lepront

4. Charlotte Copson

U18 Boys

1. Nate Colby

2. Luc Lepront

3. simon winter

4. Cooper Smith

U18 Girls

1. Louise Lepront

2. Emily Jenkinson

3. Gabriella Herbst

4. Anastasia Venter

Surfing South Africa is the recognised governing body for Surfriding in South Africa. It is responsible for the activities of all its disciplines, such as surfing, longboarding, bodyboarding, kneeboarding, para surfing and SUP surfing. SSA is a member of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), the African Surfing Confederation (ASC) and the International Surfing Association (ISA). More on Surfing South Africa here – SSA

 

 

 

 

Photo: Dean Vincent

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The World’s Largest Man-Made Urban Forest

One of the most surprising facts about Johannesburg is its status as a “green” city. When the first settlers arrived, the Highveld was a barren, treeless grassland (savannah). To support the mining industry, millions of trees were imported and planted to provide timber for mine underground supports. Fast forward to the present day, and Johannesburg is widely considered the largest man-made urban forest in the world.

There are an estimated 10 million trees within the city limits. This includes 1.2 million trees on sidewalks and in parks, and over 4.8 million in private gardens. This forest is so dense that satellite images of the northern suburbs often resemble a tropical rainforest. The most iconic of these trees is the Jacaranda, which was imported from South America in the early 20th century. Every October and November, the city turns a vibrant shade of purple as thousands of Jacarandas bloom simultaneously. However, this “forest” also highlights the city’s historical inequality; during the Apartheid era, trees were predominantly planted in wealthy white suburbs, leaving townships like Soweto as dusty plains. In the last two decades, “Greening Soweto” initiatives have seen hundreds of thousands of trees planted to bridge this “green divide,” emphasizing the role of urban forestry in social justice and climate cooling.