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Zoe Steyn Places Second, and Dan Emslie Third in the Indian Ocean and Francophonie Cup on Reunion Island.

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Zoe Steyn Places Second, and Dan Emslie Third in the Indian Ocean and Francophonie Cup on Reunion Island.:

Five days after their success in the Indian Ocean and Francophonie Cup, the two New Aquitains, Aelan Vaast and Pierre Lamothe, won the final of the International Cup, a competition bringing together all the participants, this Sunday, on the waves of Trois-Bassins, in Reunion Island.

The South African team fared well, with two surfers making it to their respective finals.

Powerful goofy-footer Zoe Steyn (East London) surfed a strong event but was unlucky in the final, needing another score and was defeated by Vaast.

Similarly, Dan Emslie (East London) had been on fire all week, winning the Indien Ocean event, but failed to find the waves with high-scoring potential at the shifting peaks of Trois-Bassins and had to settle for third place in this final.

Zoe Steyn Places Second

Dan Emslie © Surfing France

“It has been an absolute pleasure to coach such a talented South African team at the Coupe de Surf Francophonie et Ocean Indien,” said team coach Liam Wood.

Standard Of Surfing

“Reunion and the French federation opened their arms to South Africa. The standard of surfing was truly high, and the future of surfing from the Pacific and Indian Ocean countries will be forced to reckon with in the future.”

“Zoe, Dan, Anastasia and Lorenzo stood out throughout the competition. I am genuinely proud of their professionalism and standard of surfing. They flew the SA flag high. Thank you, Surfing South Africa, The French Surfing Federation and the Reunion Surf League for a genuinely unforgettable competition. We can’t wait to be part of more series like this in the future.”

The South African team comprised Anastasia Venter (JBay), Zoe Steyn (EL), Lorenzo Perels (JBay) and Daniel Emslie (EL). Liam Wood is the coach, and Danielle Powis is the team manager.

Zoe Steyn Places Second

Team manager Danielle Powis. © Surfing France

About forty competitors under 21 from South Africa, India, Mauritius, Senegal, Tahiti, New Aquitaine and Reunion Island took part in this unique sporting and cultural event, organised from November 16 to 24 in Reunion Island by the Reunion Surf League, and supported by the Reunion Region and the French Surfing Federation.

Women’s Final 

1 – Aelan Vaast (New Aquitaine) 11.33

2 – Zoë Steyn (South Africa) 7.50 

3 – Kahili Simon (Tahiti) 6.63

4 – Miliani Simon (Tahiti) 6.60

Men’s Final 

1 – Pierre Lamothe (New Aquitaine) 12.70

2 – Elijah Chort (New Aquitaine) 9.97

3 – Daniel Emslie (South Africa) 9.66 

4 – Anbarasu Kishore (India) 7.74

See more: Dan Emslie (EL) Wins Indian Ocean Cup Surfing Event On Réunion Isla

Team SA in Reunion

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Top Star Drive-In: The Cinema on the Mountain of Gold

The Ferreira Dump began growing in the late 1800s, composed of the crushed rock and chemical residue left over after early, inefficient mining processes had extracted as much gold as the technology of the time allowed. By the 1960s, it was a flat-topped, man-made mesa overlooking the city. In a stroke of entrepreneurial genius, the surface was tarred and the Top Star Drive-In was opened. It quickly became a South African institution. Its appeal was not just the movies, but the unparalleled view: as the sun set, the massive white screen would flicker to life against a backdrop of the glowing skyscrapers of the Central Business District, separated from the viewer only by the elevated M2 highway.

In the decades before television arrived in South Africa (1976), the Top Star was a primary social hub. It was a democratic space in an undemocratic time; while the city below was strictly segregated, the “car” served as a private bubble that allowed a degree of social freedom not found in traditional theaters. For many Johannesburgers, the Top Star was a site of nostalgic rites of passage—first dates, family outings where children were piled into the back of station wagons with blankets and flasks of tea, and the Saturday “car market” where the parking lot transformed into a sprawling hub for buying and selling second-hand vehicles.