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St Francis Surfers Competing In Cape Town – Gallery

by SFT | Feb 27, 2025 | Seal Point Boardriders club, Surfing Today

A gallery of St Francis Surfers Competing Cape Town for the Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Sea Harvest at Witsands.

They achieved some wins and competed with great style and grace. Well done to all.

all photos by Keahlo Van Gysen

Leo Mcleod, 2nd place U12 Boys, 4th place U14 Boys.

Jack Erlank was one of the St Francis Surfers competing in Cape Town.

Summer Harding, winner U12 Girls

Slayde Shoter, winner U14 Boys.

Brin Jarvis

All the results here

Local Surfer Slayde Shooter Wins In Cape Town – Photo Of The Day

Inclusive Surf Therapy Day & Disability Inclusion Training on International Wheelchair Day at Muizenberg

Seal Point Boardriders Club Grom Comp and Surf Lessons A Great Success

by SFT | Feb 3, 2025 | Seal Point Boardriders club

On Sunday, all the young surf groms from the area gathered at Seal Point for the first Seal Point Boardriders Club grom comp of 2025.
The waves were really fun in the corner, and the groms took to the water for their heats with the help of parents and other club members assisting some of the younger surfers.

Great Occasion

The event was a great occasion and was well attended. Including all the parents, friends, organisers and siblings, there were about 50 people present, and about 15 grom surfers were having a go in the competition and enjoying the perfect little runners that the corner was delivering.

After being in the mid-20s the whole summer, the water had cooled down a little with the recent easterly winds, but this didn’t cool down the surfing one bit, with red-hot ripping from all of our stoked young competitive surfers.
With extra points awarded for commitment and length of ride, there were some champion performances out there, with so many surfers pushing themselves out of their comfort zones and having a go on the bigger, heavier set waves that were pouring through.

Star Performances

Star performances included Leo McLeod, Taylor Thornton, Summer Harding, Brin Jarvis and Abi Jorge, who had one massive backhand takeoff and nearly got the barrel of her life in the process.

In fact there were a couple of barrels coming through in the corner and further down the beach. Other club members like Troye Jorge, Dan Thornton, Nicky Godfrey and Rylan Jarvis were busy snagging their fair share of tubes in between pushing our kids into waves and watching them charging hard for the judges.

Then, there were boerewors rolls and juice for all the kids and hungry parents at the beach, as well as a few refreshing beverages for the adults.

The Seal Point Boardriders Club has a busy schedule this year, with grom comps, inter-club events, club championships, the Annual General Meeting and more.

Follow the SPBRC on Instagram @sealpointboardriders for more information.
The club can also be contacted via Facebook –

Thanks to Matt Davis and the ‘Lucky Fish Surf School’,

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Boardriders Boogie Bloopers Gallery. Apologies in advance, seriously…

by SFT | Dec 10, 2024 | Seal Point Boardriders club, St Francis

There were many candid moments caught on camera at the Boardriders Boogie, and to make sure that we can all laugh at each other and keep it real, we present the Boardriders Boogie Bloopers Gallery. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll wonder WTAF is going on…

Boardriders Boogie Bloopers Gallery at the Pig

There is so much going on here…

Blue steel and others

Chio – long day

Lance – stretching his jaw

Tant – checking his chommie at the bar

Two-thirds of Jade

Seriously guys, where’s the f&^king Yoco?

Np photos please

Hynsie and Maryl – where is our food?

Linky and Dan – where are we? Why are we here?

Dan – Oh. My. Gosh. Please. Help Me. If I close my eyes, these two clowns might go away..

mmmm biltong.

Mary, putting on a. brave face

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Boardriders Boogie The Gallery

by SFT | Dec 9, 2024 | Seal Point Boardriders club, St Francis

Scenes from the inaugural Seal Point Boardriders Club bash – the Boardriders Boogie – that took place at the Pig & Rooster this weekend. All photos of boardriders boogie the gallery by © Lynette Stander

Boardriders Boogie The Gallery

Boardriders Boogie At Pig & Rooster A Huge Success

by SFT | Dec 9, 2024 | Seal Point Boardriders club, St Francis

Friday night, we saw the Seal Point Boardriders Club gather at the Pig & Rooster for their inaugural Boardriders Boogie and fundraiser to cap off a successful year.

200 people

An estimated 200 people arrived for the bash, got snacking on the Cape St Francis Biltong samples, and bouncy castles kept the young groms entertained as the rest of the crew had a few libations, spoke about the year, caught up with friends and shot the breeze after a week’s worth of small but fun surf at the beachie.

Membership

After a year of recalibration and consolidation, as well as zero fees for members, it was time to ask for membership fees for those who wished to become members, and we had about 100 members sign up, which was very encouraging.

The Pig & Rooster hotdogs and hamburgers went down a treat, and then it was time for the main business of the evening – the fundraising raffle.

Before the raffle, club chairperson Dan Thornton gave a recap talk, regaling the audience with a description of the club highlights and the surfers who had achieved success on all fronts during the year, including three SA Champions in Slayde Shooter, Rory Dace and Simon Fish.

Sponsorship support

There were so many prizes to be raffled from sponsors, like:

FIFTH AVENUE BEACH HOUSE
EAT PRAY LOVE PILATES
FLAVII
CAPE ST FRANCIS BILTONG
THE STORE
BETTER DAYS
KLEURSPACE
HARTS ICE CREAM
SURF SENSE
ST FRANCIS BREWERY
WHITE MOUNTAIN GAME FARM
RIP CURL and
BILLYS BEACH

The Big Prizes

Dustin Harding won the blesbok, Wayne Emslie won the tickets for Ballies Beach, and Slayde Shooter won the Rip Curl E-Bomb 4/3 wetsuit, which he gave to his dad, Tim, for a small trade.

It was a fantastic turnout and a great evening. The Seal Point Boardriders Club has wonderful plans for 2025, including the grom comps and coaching sessions, the Club Champs, some local interclub comps, and a grom weekend away camping trip. We are also considering subsidising First Aid Courses for members and parents in the new year.

For those who didn’t make it to the function and still want to sign up as members, mail the club on sealsboardriders@gmail.com to sort it out.