Royal St Andrews Hotel has been announced as a co-sponsor of the initiative to send the series winners in the premier Boys U16 and Girls U16 divisions of the 2024 Rip Curl Grom Search Series to the GromSearch International Finals in Indonesia in November.
Rip Curl South Africa confirmed a partnership with Zigzag Surfing Magazine regarding the latest development – with Sea Harvest being the other co – sponsor. Details of the exact location and dates of the Indonesia competition are expected to follow soon. These two surfers will each win coveted entries into these finals and a R20,000 travel voucher to
be used towards their travel arrangements to and from this event.
On arrival in Indonesia, Rip Curl will host the two surfers at the Rip Curl GromSearch
International Finals. “We are thrilled to be sending the two top U16 surfers from the 2024 Rip Curl GromSearch series to the international finals with support from Zigzag Magazine, says Rip Curl South Africa CEO Stuart Daykin. “There is much anticipation for this
event, and we can’t wait to see our surfers in action on the international stage.”
We are stoked to partner with Rip Curl and send two surfers to the international finals in
Indonesia ,” said Zigzag editor Jazz Kuschke. “It’s always good to partner with brands that
are supporting junior surfing in South Africa, and right now, the Rip Curl Grom Search is the best series for our younger surfers to get competitive surfing experience, size up the world of professional surfing and understand what they need to do.”
The Rip Curl GromSearch Series events in SA are all Surfing SA events and will select its winners based on the top four out of five contests. If a winner cannot attend the International Finals, the entry slot and travel voucher will be passed on to the next surfer on the Rip Curl South Africa Grom Search ratings list. “Surfing South Africa is stoked that Rip Curl will be rewarding the U16 male and female winners of the 2024 Rip Curl Gromsearch Series with slots in the International finals in Indonesia in
November,” Surfing South Africa general manager Robin De Kock said.
“The partnership between Rip Curl and SSA has both ensured the growth of and increased the quality of SA’s junior surfers over the last three years, and it is only fitting that the best U16 South Africans will get an opportunity to compete in the International Rip Curl event.
“SSA is grateful to Rip Curl and partners, Sea Harvest, the Royal St Andrews Hotel, and Zigzag Magazine for making this a reality”. Royal St Andrews Hotel owner and managing
director Justin Bekker said, “The RipCurl Gromsearch is instrumental in South African
surfing as a sport. We need more Bianca Buitendags and Jordy Smiths, we’re a proud
sporting nation and our surfing culture is top notch.”
Bekker said supporting the Gromsearch extended not only to Port Alfred, but also to
supporting those young surfers who make it into professional surfing to be given a chance to compete internationally. “That is why the Royal St Andrews Hotel chose to co-sponsor this amazing endeavour. We wish them the very best and hope they achieve great things!”
- This article was first published in Talk of the Town, July 11, 2024. The newspaper serving the communities of Ndlambe and the Sunshine Coast, with a weekly wrap of Makhanda news, is available at stores from early on Thursdays.
