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Board Race

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 · Nippers · U13 · 2023/24

Divisions · 2023/24
74
11 competitions
Entries · 2023/24
1 292
up from 636 in 2021/22
Average field
17.5
entries per division
Top club
Fish Hoek
539 pts · 25 golds

Leaders · Nippers U13

Ranked by the board group rating. Settled ratings only.

Top clubs · Nippers

Place
1Your club: Following: Fish Hoek25 gold · 49 medals · 240 entries53920%
2Your club: Following: Marine13 gold · 32 medals · 87 entries29537%
3Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks1 gold · 14 medals · 93 entries24215%
4Your club: Following: Clifton3 gold · 17 medals · 200 entries2269%
5Your club: Following: Llandudno1 gold · 14 medals · 166 entries2248%
6Your club: Following: Durban Surf6 gold · 18 medals · 73 entries21125%
7Your club: Following: Big Bay3 gold · 15 medals · 122 entries19812%
8Your club: Following: Harties Reflection5 gold · 14 medals · 27 entries14452%
9Your club: Following: Summerstrand5 gold · 12 medals · 36 entries14033%
10Your club: Following: Pirates5 gold · 9 medals · 26 entries8835%

Podium rate = medals ÷ entries.

Field sizes by season · Nippers

  • 2021/2263623 divisions · average field 27.7 · 4 competitions
  • 2022/231 43175 divisions · average field 19.1 · 13 competitions
  • 2023/241 29274 divisions · average field 17.5 · 11 competitions
  • 2024/251 930110 divisions · average field 17.5 · 14 competitions
  • 2025/261 90996 divisions · average field 19.9 · 12 competitions
  • 2026/27272 divisions · average field 13.5 · 1 competition

Entries in every Nippers Board Race division each season (September to August), whatever season is picked above.

Records · Nippers · 2023/24

All records →

Most golds

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

And 8 more athletes on 2 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.

Shared by 42 athletes on 3 finals.

Strongest fields · Nippers

  1. U14 Boys · Nipper Competition 1 · Clifton26 Nov 2023 · 6 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 653
  2. Men · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 3 of 10 entrants ratedField strength 648
  3. U11 Boys · Surf Nipper Competition 3 · Clifton18 Feb 2024 · 3 of 32 entrants ratedField strength 631
  4. U14 Boys · Surf Nipper Competition 3 · Clifton18 Feb 2024 · 9 of 23 entrants ratedField strength 617
  5. U14 Boys · Surf Nipper Competition 2 · Fish Hoek28 Jan 2024 · 8 of 22 entrants ratedField strength 613
  6. U14 Boys · WC Surf Nippers Champs · Strand2 Mar 2024 · 9 of 20 entrants ratedField strength 607
  7. Women · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 4 of 11 entrants ratedField strength 606
  8. U12 Girls · Nipper Carnival 129 Oct 2023 · 3 of 4 entrants ratedField strength 584
  9. U13 Boys · Nipper Competition 1 · Clifton26 Nov 2023 · 6 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 582
  10. U12 Girls · Nipper Champs · Addington Beach2 Mar 2024 · 3 of 10 entrants ratedField strength 574

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

Championship winners · Nippers

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