James Matthews results
Single Ski · James Matthews · All-time
- Best · All-time
- 1st
- of 14
- Ski rating
- –
- not settled yet
Where James finished
10 racesPlacing out of everyone entered, oldest to newest; the top is winning.
How to read this
Each race's placing is out of everyone entered in its division, not just the final. How the numbers work
Rounds reached · career
What this means →- Single Ski1 heat · 5 semis · 4 finals
- Heats → Semis1 of 1
- Semis → Final80% · 4 of 5
Heats → semis → final: the bar is the share that went through; the tick is typical for the same heats. Rates show from 3 races.
Ski rating
How ratings work →A rating shows once there are enough rated heats in the Ski group to say it with confidence.
Rivals in Single Ski · career
All rivals →- Matthew CoetzerFish Hoek · 6 shared heatsJames's record: 3 won, 3 lostLast 5 shared heats, oldest first, from James's side: won, won, won, lost, lost.
- Jonathan LucasLlandudno · 7 shared heatsJames's record: 4 won, 3 lostLast 5 shared heats, oldest first, from James's side: won, lost, won, won, won.
- Matthew BradingFish Hoek · 5 shared heatsJames's record: 3 won, 2 lostLast 5 shared heats, oldest first, from James's side: lost, lost, won, won, won.
- Matthew A.Durban Surf · 5 shared heatsJames's record: 5 won, 0 lostLast 5 shared heats, oldest first, from James's side: won, won, won, won, won.
- Ulvard HartFish Hoek · 5 shared heatsJames's record: 0 won, 5 lostLast 5 shared heats, oldest first, from James's side: lost, lost, lost, lost, lost.
- Bryan AllottClifton · 4 shared heatsJames's record: 4 won, 0 lostLast 4 shared heats, oldest first, from James's side: won, won, won, won.
- Conna S.Umhlanga Rocks · 4 shared heatsJames's record: 2 won, 2 lostLast 4 shared heats, oldest first, from James's side: lost, won, won, lost.
- Heath ClarkeFish Hoek · 4 shared heatsJames's record: 2 won, 2 lostLast 4 shared heats, oldest first, from James's side: lost, lost, won, won.
Venues · career
- North Beach74 · 4 heats
- Dairy Beach100 · 1 heat
- Addington Beach94 · 1 heat
- Strand86 · 1 heat
- Kings Beach82 · 1 heat
- Clifton78 · 2 heats
- Battery Beach77 · 1 heat
- Woodbridge Island37 · 2 heats
Average finish (0–100) across the heats at each known beach; venues with fewer than 3 heats come last.
Season by season
| Season | Races | Medals | Best | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 1 · 1 gold | 1st | – |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 4th ×4 | 73 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 13th | – |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 19th | – |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | – |
Form is the season's average finish (0–100) over its heats, once the season has enough races.
Best results · career
- 1stJuniors & Seniors Champs · Dairy Beach21 Feb 2026 · Open Men · of 14
- 2ndSeries 2 · Durban Surf25 Oct 2020 · Junior Boys · of 46
- 4thSeniors & Juniors Surf Competition 3 · Clifton8 Feb 2025 · Open Men · of 25
- 4thWC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Strand15 Mar 2025 · Open Men · of 23
- 4thSA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha1 May 2025 · Open Men · of 18