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21/07/2010 - What a show!!! Jordy Smith South Africa's surf superstar blasted his way to his first ever WCT win at the J-bay Pro. Jeffrey's Bay turned on the conditions and the event ran for four consecutive days starting on day one, for the first time in the events history. But it was Jordy who consistently lit up the event, by linking massive carves with superman grabs to gauging tail slides.

The event win shunts Jordy into the number one spot on the world rankings. The first time a South African has been in the number one spot since the legendary Martin Potter was dominating the tour back in the Eighties. Exciting times!!!

 

28/11/2009 - Witsands Beach Cleanup Ocean Minded and the Kommetjie Surf Shop were down on the beach from 10 to 12am on saturday 28th in a combined effort to pickup rubbish washed down from the old dump.

Unbelievably Witsands was the site of a municipal dump. During heavy rainfall 30 year old rubbish gets exposed, littering the beach and ultimately ending up in the sea. KEAG(kommetjie environmental group) was on hand to help supervise. Kaui got involved handing out cold smoothies to everyone who helped out. When the beach was finally clean and all the bags full everyone retreated to the Green Room where there were a few cases of free Jack Black Beer. Many thanks to everyone who lent a hand.

  

21/11/2009 - HOOLEY launched at the Kommetjie Surf Shop on Saturday the 21st November. There was a great vibe with 80-100 people pulling in to support Mike Schlebach in his new venture. Jack Black was flowing freely and the Green Room was buzzing, churning out their delicious Burgers and Mexican chow.

The new range consists of 7 guys T-shirts a few girls Tees and singlets in various sizes and funky colours. The guys Tees are R180 and Girls R140 come check them out at the Kommetjie Surf Shop.

 

5/08/2009 - World renowned oceanographer, and big wave legend, Dr Tony Butt, will be making a guest appearance tonight at the Green Room. He has authored two books, his latest Waves, Coasts and Climates, published in 2009. His previous book surf science has sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide. The focus of his talk will be wave propagation and swell forecasting. The talk is based on the highly successful short course on meteorology and oceanography for surfers, currently running across Europe. The course would normally cost about R500, however Tony will be speaking to Komsurf/Greenroom customers tonight for free. Don’t miss this great opportunity to expand your forecasting knowledge. The talk will start tonight August 5th at 19h00.

Joel Parkinson WINS the Billabong Pro J-Bay. The final was a one way affair with Parko styling his way to 3rd victory on the WCT this year. This firmly cements his postion as the number 1 surfer on tour and the man to beat this year. Sean Holmes was the standout South African surfer of the event. Sean surfed a few incredible rides linking big turns and beautiful barrels. However unfortunately in the quarters he lost out to a rampaging Dane Reynolds who scored a perfect 10 on his opening wave and backed it up with a 9.2 securing the highest heat score of the event. Another stand out was Kelly Slater in his round 2 heat, scoring 4 nine point rides. Check out the heats on demand atwww.billabongpro.com

The waiting period for the Billabongpro Jbay began yesterday. unfortunately the swell didn't turn upfor the event. However there is a decent swell building which hopefully will produce some good waves Monday through Thursday. Tom Curren adn Mark Occilupo will be in Jbay for the event. Check these two surfing Legends duke it out in the much anticpated man on man heat. catch the action live at www.billabongpro.com

Slater back in the running. After a terribly slow start to the year Kelly Slater blasted his way back into contention for the world title race, at the Hang Loose pro in Brazil. He came up against the on fire Brazillian youngster Adriano da Souza in the final. Adriano got off to a great start and looked to have slater up against the ropes. However in true champion fashion slater hit back with a 9.27 ride and backed it up with a couple of good scoring rides to win the event.

The WCT event in Brazil is on the go at the moment with Jordy Smith and Greg Emslie through to the 3rd round of the competition. Today was a lay day but it looks like tomorrow and thursday offer up some solid swell. Check out the event at www.clicrbs.com.br/especial/sc/wctbrasil/

The Rip Curl Grom Search held at Long Beach, Kommetjie over the weekend saw Michael February and Sabrinha Scott win the boys and girls U16 titles respectively. The weather was perfect with beautiful 3 to 4 foot peaks rolling in which resulted in some incredible surfing from the groms. The winner of the boys U16 event goes on a all expenses paid trip to the rip curl pro surf and music festival at Bells beach next Aprill. Here Mikey February will get the opportunity to surf against some of the best young surfers from around the world

Blake Thornton wins CWC in a nailbiting closely fought final. Thornton beat local surfer in fun 4 to 6 foot barrels at Kalk Bay. There was a huge local Cape Town contingent lining the railway cheering for their boy. Unfortunately Royden didn't get the wave he required to beat Thornton. It was a well deserved win for Thornton who scored the highest scoring wave of the day(9.6 for a sick barrel) and now sits in 5th place on the WQS

22/06/2009 - Jordy Smith was at the Kom Surf Shop last night for a signing. Loads of kom groms/komskom and old kom locals pulled in to meet the number 6 ranked surfer in the world. Jordy surfed two heats earlier in the day and blasted the opposition in some very testing conditions. Jordy was in great spirits when he arrived at the Kom Surf Shop with the O’Neill team of Jarrad Howse, Dion Atkinson, Casey Grant and Quinton Shabalala.

   

O'neill generously co-sponsored (in conjunction with the kom surf shop) an O’Neill mutant4/3 with removable hoodie, the best suit to combat the capes frigid waters. The raffle was drawn at 6, after the signing, an ecstatic Chip from Kommetjie was the lucky winner.


Jack Black kept the thirsty at bay by supplying a couple of cases of South Africa’s finest micro brewed beer. After the draw the crew moved next door to the warmth and comfort of the Green Room. To enjoy what is surely Cape Town’s best burger. A Great night was had by all.

Oneill Cold Water Classic. The final 11 rounds of the O’Neill cold water classic will run tomorrow. The conditions look wild with 10 metre ocean swell predicted and gale force westerly winds. This should prove exceptionally challenging for the surfers. But this is what the O’Neill Cold water classic is all about. So come down to Kalk Bay to see the pro’s in action.

Oneill Cold Water Classic. The inaugral WQS 4* event comes to Cape Town. This is a mobile event with some great waves like the dunes, outer kom and kalk bay as possible event venues. The event will run from 20-24th of June. Check out all the event information at www.oneill.com

Silvana Lima becomes the first Brazillian ever to win the Rip Curl Womens Pro held at Bells beach Australia.

The Quicksilver Pro Durban will run from 17 - 26 April. This WQS 6* event will atract some of the world's best surfers. Catch all the action @ >