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Board Race in South Africa since 2020/21: leaders by Flagline Rating (the board group rating) and golds, the clubs that win it, how fields are growing and the championship winners. From every result on LiveHeats. Squad bands follow the age groups.

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Board Race · Open · All-time

Divisions · All-time
103
6 seasons
Entries · All-time
1 497
athletes and teams
Average field
14.5
entries per division
Top club
Fish Hoek
810 pts · 33 golds

Leaders · Open

Flagline RatingMost golds

Open MenFull list (23) →

  1. 1Matthew BradingFish HoekRating 687
  2. 2Cody S.Fish HoekRating 681
  3. 3Naor LombardCliftonRating 674
  4. 4Tyne V.CliftonRating 659
  5. 5Wade B.Fish HoekRating 653
  6. 6Jonathan LucasLlandudnoRating 650
  7. 7Matthew CoetzerFish HoekRating 644
  8. 8Tanner GorilleCliftonRating 639
  9. 9Ryley S.LlandudnoRating 628
  10. 10Cheyne HauptFish HoekRating 623

Open WomenFull list (13) →

  1. 1Georgia S.Fish HoekRating 705
  2. 2Nicola HarcusFish HoekRating 652
  3. 3Amica De JagerCliftonRating 605
  4. 4Holly SmithFish HoekRating 569
  5. 5Ellen S.Fish HoekRating 564
  6. 6Rosie EdwardsFish HoekRating 552
  7. 7Tiffany KochWarnadooneRating 551
  8. 8Christina MallionCliftonRating 532
  9. 9Waris M.Fish HoekRating 525
  10. 10Jessie A.CliftonRating 492

Ranked by the board group rating. Settled ratings only.

How to read this

The board group rating counts every board discipline, not Board Race alone. Current ratings of athletes who raced in the last 12 months.

Top clubs · Open

Place
1Your club: Following: Fish Hoek33 gold · 80 medals · 338 entries81024%
2Your club: Following: Durban Surf15 gold · 40 medals · 87 entries37446%
3Your club: Following: Clifton4 gold · 21 medals · 226 entries3319%
4Your club: Following: Pirates12 gold · 31 medals · 62 entries28750%
5Your club: Following: Llandudno0 gold · 8 medals · 137 entries1556%
6Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks9 gold · 17 medals · 43 entries15140%
7Your club: Following: Summerstrand4 gold · 12 medals · 47 entries12026%
8Your club: Following: Warnadoone5 gold · 13 medals · 31 entries11042%
9Your club: Following: Marine3 gold · 8 medals · 29 entries10628%
10Your club: Following: Kings Beach4 gold · 11 medals · 34 entries10332%

Podium rate = medals ÷ entries.

How to read this

Relay teams count as one entry. Clubs with fewer than 5 entries rank after the rest on it. Inter-Provincials count for provinces, not clubs.

Field sizes by season · Open

  • 2020/217112 divisions · average field 5.9 · 6 competitions
  • 2021/221129 divisions · average field 12.4 · 6 competitions
  • 2022/2335322 divisions · average field 16 · 13 competitions
  • 2023/2430723 divisions · average field 13.3 · 12 competitions
  • 2024/2531619 divisions · average field 16.6 · 10 competitions
  • 2025/2633818 divisions · average field 18.8 · 9 competitions

Entries in every Open Board Race division each season (1 October to 30 September, LSA's competition season), whatever season is picked above.

Records · Open · All-time

All records →

Most titles

Individual divisions won (1st in the final ranking). Relays not included.

  1. 1Georgia S.Fish Hoek · from 12 races · 2022/23–2025/2611golds
  2. 2Lara EdwardPirates · from 19 races · 2020/21–2023/247golds
  3. 3Jordan DeebleDurban Surf · from 13 races · 2022/23–2025/266golds
  4. 4Levi MayesFish Hoek · from 10 races · 2022/23–2024/255golds
  5. 4Luke NisbetPirates · from 9 races · 2021/22–2024/255golds
  6. 4Wade KriegerDurban Surf · from 7 races · 2020/21–2022/235golds
  7. 7Cheyne HauptFish Hoek · from 13 races · 2022/23–2025/264golds
  8. 7Cody S.Fish Hoek · from 11 races · 2023/24–2025/264golds

And 6 more athletes on 3 golds.

Longest finals streak

Races in a row that reached the final, counting only divisions that had heats or semis first. Straight finals are skipped.

  1. 1Matthew BradingFish Hoek · 2022/23–2025/2617finals
  2. 2Jonathan LucasLlandudno · 2022/23–2025/2614finals
  3. 3Cheyne HauptFish Hoek · 2022/23–2025/2612finals
  4. 4Heath ClarkeFish Hoek · 2022/23–2025/2611finals
  5. 4Tanner GorilleClifton · 2023/24–2025/2611finals
  6. 4Wade B.Fish Hoek · 2023/24–2025/2611finals
  7. 7Cody S.Fish Hoek · 2023/24–2025/2610finals
  8. 8Levi MayesFish Hoek · 2022/23–2024/259finals
  9. 8Naor LombardClifton · 2022/23–2025/269finals
  10. 10Zack WatersClifton · 2023/24–2025/268finals

Strongest fields · Open

  1. Open Men · Seniors & Juniors Surf Competition 1 · Fish Hoek23 Nov 2024 · 6 of 32 entrants ratedField strength 628
  2. Open Men · Seniors & Juniors Surf Competition 3 · Clifton8 Feb 2025 · 7 of 33 entrants ratedField strength 609
  3. Open Men · Seniors & Juniors Surf Competition 2 · Milnerton18 Jan 2025 · 5 of 30 entrants ratedField strength 603
  4. Open Men · WC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Milnerton24 Feb 2024 · 7 of 37 entrants ratedField strength 602
  5. Open Men · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha30 Mar 2026 · 13 of 53 entrants ratedField strength 596
  6. Open Men · Seniors & Juniors Surf Competition 3 · Clifton10 Feb 2024 · 4 of 32 entrants ratedField strength 595
  7. Open Men · WC Surf Champs · Clifton28 Feb 2026 · 15 of 32 entrants ratedField strength 588
  8. Open Men · WC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Strand15 Mar 2025 · 9 of 31 entrants ratedField strength 576
  9. Open Men · Surf #3 · Fish Hoek7 Feb 2026 · 11 of 36 entrants ratedField strength 571
  10. Open Men · Surf #1 · Clifton15 Nov 2025 · 11 of 22 entrants ratedField strength 563

Field strength: the average settled Flagline Rating entrants carried into the division, from 3 rated entrants.

Championship winners · Open

Division winners at SA Champs, the Inter-Provincials and provincial championships, newest first.

Juniors are shown as first name and initial. All disciplines · How board race works