Ballito Pro 2024
CONTEST NEWS: Bella Kenworthy and Ian Gouveia won the Ballito Pro Presented by O’Neill
An epic 14-day Ballito contest season drew to a close in small surf on Monday 8 July, with Bella Kenworthy (USA) and Ian Gouveia (BRA) winning the Ballito Pro...
Ballito Pro 2024
Ballito Pro presented by O’Neill | Behind The Scenes: GO TO THE AIR
As we've seen before sirs are the highest point scorers in small beach break surf, and if you're aggressive and stick decent-sized air moves...
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Ballito Pro 2024
Ballito Pro presented by O’Neill | Behind The Scenes: Day 3 debrief
Third Heat Of The Day
It has been nine days or so already in Ballito. The contest schedule has been intense, with so many competitions...
Ballito Pro 2024
Ballito Pro | Behind The Scenes: The Overview Up To Now
O'Neill SMTH Shapes Rookie Rippers
(SAST U12, U14, U16 & U18 Boys & Girls)
Setting
The waves in Ballito are called Sunrise, Surfers, Bathers and Bog. It...
Ballito Pro 2024
Sally Fitzgibbons and Luke Thompson Wins Ballito Open presented by Flojos
Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) and Luke Thompson (RSA) won the World Surf League (WSL) Ballito Open presented by Flojos Qualifying Series (QS) 1,000 on Sunday...
Ballito Pro 2024
Ballito Pro | Behind The Scenes – Three Pieces Of Advice from Challenger Series surfer Reef Haezlewood
There were some tense moments on the final day of the 2024 O'Neill SMTH Shapes Ballito Pro Junior, which is bound to happen in...
Ballito Pro 2024
Ballito Pro | Behind The Scenes – Pre-Heat Rituals Of The Groms
What does it take to be a champ? When it comes to winning, a lot happens on the beach before the surfers even hit...
Ballito Pro 2024
CONTEST NEWS | O’Neill SMTH Shapes Rookie Rippers Day 1
An icy winter morning greeted competitors on the opening day of the O'Neill SMTH Shapes Rookie Rippers event as excited junior surfers headed down...
Ballito Pro 2024
Ballito Pro | Behind The Scenes – What it takes to win the O’Neill SMTH Shapes Rookie Rippers
It's early days at the O'Neill SMTH Shapes Rookie Rippers at the Ballito Pro. Waves At Willards Beach were mid, but performances were inspiring.
There...
Ballito Pro 2023
Finals Day at The Ballito Pro 2023!
We simply go again! Finals day here at The Ballito Pro was no different to what we’ve experienced pretty much all week. Not a...
Ballito Pro 2023
In and Around the Ballito Pro!
It’s not all about the waves here at the Ballito Pro. Apart from the surfing there are a number of events on offer in...
Ballito Pro 2023
Ballito Pro Day 5 & 6
Late on Tuesday afternoon a Southerly wind started to blow in Ballito. As the sun faded away the wind got stronger and stronger. Any...
Ballito Pro 2023
Ballito Pro So Far…
Once again the South African Surf Season delivers! It seems to be that all the WSL need to do to break their ‘good wave...
Ballito Pro 2023
The Ballito Pro Starts with a Bang!
The Ballito Pro got off to a flying start with 4-6ft clean conditions on day 1 of the Rookie Rippers. The juniors took to...