Billabong Pro Junior presented by Bos - Durban

Dylan Lightfoot soars to victory in both the /18 and /20 Finals.

What a great event and weekend in Durban with Wok and the Groms! Warm water, super fun little waves and some incredible surfing from the SA juniors. Big ups to Bos for supporting SA surfing. I got to spend some quality time with the Billabong team and all I can say is that the future for South African surfing is bright!

Billabong Junior Series (Event #1 of 4)

New Pier, Durban

Results

U20 Boys

1. Dylan Lightfoot (Jeffreys Bay) R10 000

2. Michael February (Kommetjie)

3. Mickey Venter (Durban)

4. Dane Staples (St Francis Bay)

U20 Girls

1. Heidi Palmboom (Bluff)  R10 000

2. Emma Smith (Jeffreys Bay)

3. Nicole Pallet (Durban)

4. Chanelle Botha (Warner Beach)

U18 Boys

1. Dylan Lightfoot (Jeffreys Bay)  R5 000

2. Max Armstrong (Scarborough)  R900

3. Ethan Pentz (Kalk Bay)  R600

4. Justin Sykes (Salt Rock)  R500

U18 Girls

1. Chanelle Botha (Warner Beach)  R5 000

2. Nicole Pallet (Durban)  R900

3. Tahra Uren (Jeffreys Bay)  R600

4. Caryn McNicol (Scottburgh)  R500

U16 Boys

1. Jordan Maree (Kalk Bay)  R5 000

2. Tim Baard (Jeffreys Bay)  R900

3. Jerry van Wyk (Jeffreys Bay)  R600

4. Donovan Wichmann (Marina da Gama)  R500

U14 Boys

1. Koby Oberholzer (Durban)  R2 500

2. Adin Masencamp (Strand)  R450

3. Ethan Fletcher (Kommetjie)  R300

4. Rewaldo Abersalie (Jeffreys Bay)  R250

U14 Girls

1. Kai Woolf (Jeffreys Bay)  R2 500

2. Olivia Izzard (Durban)  R450

3. Sophie Bell (Durban)  R300

4. Kirsty McGillivray (Jeffreys Bay)  R250

U12 Boys

1. Max Elkington (Hout Bay)  R2 500

2. Saxton Randall (Durban)  R450

3. Tide Lee Ireland (Durban)  R300

4. Angelo Faulkner (Jeffreys Bay)  R250

VonZipper Flair Up Award – Best Aerial manoeuvre

Diran Zakarian (Melkbosstrand)  R10 000

DaKine Youthful Movement Award – Most progressive surfing

Shane Sykes (Salt Rock)  R10 000

Nixon Winner Takes All (WTA) – Highest heat total

Kai Woolf (Jeffreys Bay) – 19.40 (10.0 + 9.40) out of 20 – Custom engraved Nixon Watch

Captain Kai's World on www.2ov.fm - Quiksnow & US Open Podcast

Broadcast from Johannesburg Studio for the very first time as we were coming back from Quiksnow 2012 in Lesotho. I was joined in studio by Dustin from Skull Candy, Ryan van der Spuy from Locally Whipped, JoJo Krivec from Slovenia and the Quiksnow 2012 Champion, who came with manager and Olympic Snowboard judge, Iztok Sumatic. I also had Mikey February live from California talking about the US Open of Surfing and his travels on the West Coast of the USA. Enjoy the show and remember to listen in every Monday evening 6-8pm (CAT) on www.2ov.fm

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The Friday Mix - XFighters Madrid teaser, Mongoose Bmx, Red Bull Wake & Mikey Feb Surf

XFighters returns to the Bull Ring.

Ok, so I have been away on what many will think was a holiday, but I assure you there was loads of work. The fact that my work feels like a holiday has nothing to do with it, haha. Hence there was a small break from your favorite Friday Mix. No worries though, its back and its bad.

First up check out the teaser for the biggest and most bad ass Red Bull XFighters of them all, Madrid. I would give my eye teeth to go to this event!
Next up we hit the road with the Mongoose Bmx team in Europe, including our very own Saffer, Greg Illingworth.
Back to the USA for the Red Bull Wake open 2012. Park, boat and Big Air wakeboarding in front of 25'000 fans. Sounds epic.
Lastly check out one of the new school SA surfers, Mikey February in his latest online video. Watch this kid carefully, he is going to go places!

west coast and lb from michael february on Vimeo.

Captain Kai's World on www.2ov.fm - Podcast Show 34

Commentating Billabong SA Champs over the weekend.

The show this week was all about surfing and the Billabong SA Champs that went down over the weekend in Cape Town. I was joined by finalists Dan Redman, Open Mens and Tarryn Chudleigh, Open Woman, as well as Under 20 Boys Winner, Mikey February. Big Wave surfer, Frank Solomon, joined us just to add some "drama", in the form of his chirping with Dan. Great music, good talk and awesome times...

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Next week we will chat about the Volcom Fiji Pro and much, much more.

Captain Kai :)

Billabong SA Champs 2012 - Day 1

Dylan Lightfoot on his way to winning his Round 1 Heat in the /20 Boys on Day 1. (Photo: AVG)

Ok, so Day 1 of the Billabong SA Champs rolled through and after a shaky start the waves and conditions at Long Beach improved throughout the day. I managed to survive the first long day on the mic and there was plenty of good surfing to keep me entertained. My standouts for Day 1 were Greg Emslie, the defending Champion, who scored the highest heat score of the day in Round 1 and Berick de Vries, who launched 2 big airs in his heat, including a really clean Air reverse. In the Juniors, it was Dylan Lightfoot and Mikey February who stood out and ripped to victory in their Round 1 heats. Pretty stoked to be the commentator for this event and we are also doing the daily videos, so check out our first day highlights video...

Captain Kai's World on www.2ov.fm - Show 32 Podcast

Commentating the Llandudno Boardriders over the weekend.

After a 2 week break, thanks to my marvelous holiday up North with Roosta, it was great to be back in studio at 2 Oceans Vibe. I had, pro surfer, Mikey February on the show to talk about his double victory at the Bloodscan Pro, the upcoming SA Champs in Cape Town and how excited he is to be surfing at the Billabong Pro in Jbay this July. Quentin "Dragon" Chong joined us with two of his fighters for this weekend's "Fight Night" at the Dragon Power Gym. Glen from 4 Elements Gaming was back for the monthly computer game segment, where we gave away 2 copies of "MX Evolution" and talked about the launch of Diablo 3.

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This is what I was doing over the holiday...

Nice clean waves..

Catching Fish...

Roo was getting tubed..

Up for the Sunrise every morning...

Don't be to jealous!