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Bianca Buitendag wins Billabong Pro Junior Women’s title and Dale Staples clinches Billabong Pro Junior title in countback, in epic conditions on Dolphin Coast

Source: Surfing South Africa - www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za

Press release sent on April 27

Bianca Buitendag showed the benefit of her international experience by selecting the best waves and riding with speed, flow and control to record a comfortable win over Chantelle Rautenbach (Melkbosstrand) in the Pro Junior Women’s final at the Billabong Junior Series event on the Dolphin Coast on Monday. 

The well traveled 16 year-old from George, who won the Gromsearch International Final at Bells Beach in Australia at Easter, was in a class of her own throughout the event as epic one and a half to two metre waves peeled through the lineup at Westbrook.

More information here: http://www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za/PressFullDetail.php?recordID=882

 

 

South African Grant “Twiggy” Baker wins Ride of the Year Award

German Surfer Sebastian Steudtner Wins XXL Biggest Wave Award

Press release published on 24 April, 2010

Grant "Twiggy" Baker from Durban, South Africa took top Ride of the Year honors in the premier category of the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy, at a glittering function in Anaheim, California last night (Saturday, 24 April). 

Baker, 36, pocketed USD 50,000 for his incredible ride on an enormous wave which he paddled into during the Maverick's Surf Contest at Half Moon Bay in Northern California on 13 February, 2010.

More information here: http://www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za/PressFullDetail.php?recordID=879

Bianca Buitendag (George), left, celebrates her victory in the Pro Junior women’s division of the Billabong Junior Series event at Westbrook on Monday, April 26, along with runner-up Chantelle Rautenbach (Melkbosstrand). Photo: Billabong / Patterson
Bianca Buitendag (George), left, celebrates her victory in the Pro Junior women’s division of the Billabong Junior Series event at Westbrook on Monday, April 26, along with runner-up Chantelle Rautenbach (Melkbosstrand). Photo: Billabong / Patterson
About the International Surfing Association

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running Open Division World Championships since 1964, Junior World Championships since 1980, and Masters World Championships since 2007. The ISA will hold the first Stand Up Paddle (SUP) World Championship and the first World Bodyboard Championship in 2011.

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 64 countries on five continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (Argentina), first elected President in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and re-elected seven times since. The ISA's three Vice-Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Mike Gerard (USA) and Karn Sierralta (Peru).

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