The sixth edition of the JBay Wind Farm MTB Classic took place on Saturday 14 July. Riders of all ages and skill levels braved wet and chilly conditions to tackle the finest trails around the Eastern Cape holiday town of Jeffreys Bay.
The event, which forms part of the JBay Winterfest, offered three distances a 25km fun ride, 50km marathon and the gruelling 85km ultra marathon. At the sharp end of the ultra marathon, Declan Sidey from Team Mad Macs p/b hazz out of Stellenbosch was the convincing winner.
JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Thursday, July 5, 2018) - Today, Filipe Toledo (BRA) won the Men’s Corona Open J-Bay for the second year in a row. The Brazilian lit up 1.3 - 2 metre (four-to-six foot) waves at Supertubes in Jeffreys Bay to win the sixth stop the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) and vault to World No. 1 on the Jeep Leaderboard.
Peterson Crisanto (BRA) throws a sheet of spray on his way to victory in the 50th edition of the Ballito Pro pres. by Billabong at Willard Beach in KwaDukuza on Saturday Photo: WSL / Cestari
Jack Freestone (AUS) Takes Runner-up Spot in Classic Waves at Willard Beach
Winner and Runner-up jump to No. 1 and No. 5 on QS Rankings
Rio Waida (Indonesia) and Zoe Steyn (East London) clinched the WSL Junior Qualifying Series men’s and women’s titles at the Billabong Junior Series pres. by BOS at Ballito on Saturday Photo: WSL / Cestari
2018 Tigers Milk Winter Classic Longboard Champions: Crystal Hulett & Steven Sawyer. Photo Erin de Swardt /SSA
In one of the best 25 minutes of contest surfing seen at Muizenberg in many years, Steven Sawyer of Jeffrey’s Bay produced two 9 plus point rides in the Final of the WSL Speciality Men’s Longboard division at the 2018 Tigers Milk Winter Classic yesterday (Sunday June 10th) to take the title and the R6000 prize purse. In the WSL Speciality Women’s final, talented Seal Point longboarder Crystal Hulett beat defending champion Simone Robb to take gold and the R6000 winner’s purse.
JBay – The event organisers are proud to announce the music lineup at the Corona Sunset Sessions, to be held at the Corona Open JBay contest site. The Corona Sunset Sessions will take place over both festival weekends 5-7 July and 12-14 July, and will feature some top South African musical acts.
The Corona Sunset Sessions are all complimentary, and proudly brought to you by the Corona Open JBay. There will be 12 bands or artists over the two weekends, and every one of the shows are completely free of charge. There are no tickets to be bought, no bookings to be made and no queuing for anything. Just pitch up and enjoy the vibes.
