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Board Race

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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
7 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 Men

  1. 1Levi MayesFish Hoek5 golds8 medals · 10 races
  2. 2Cheyne HauptFish Hoek4 golds8 medals · 13 races
  3. 3Jordan DeebleDurban Surf4 golds6 medals · 9 races
  4. 4Wade KriegerDurban Surf4 golds5 medals · 5 races
  5. 5Luke NisbetPirates4 golds5 medals · 7 races
  6. 6Cody S.Fish Hoek4 golds5 medals · 11 races
  7. 7Matthew BradingFish Hoek3 golds8 medals · 19 races
  8. 8Matthew CoetzerFish Hoek3 golds6 medals · 9 races
  9. 9Travis MisdorpPirates2 golds5 medals · 7 races
  10. 10Len-Douglas Mac KayKings Beach2 golds5 medals · 8 races

Open Women

  1. 1Georgia S.Fish Hoek11 golds12 medals · 12 races
  2. 2Lara EdwardPirates7 golds10 medals · 15 races
  3. 3Caitlin BrouckaertFish Hoek3 golds13 medals · 18 races
  4. 4Saskia HocklyUmhlanga Rocks3 golds7 medals · 8 races
  5. 5Tatum BothaPirates3 golds4 medals · 4 races
  6. 6Dayna DeebleDurban Surf3 golds3 medals · 5 races
  7. 7Keli ReynoldsMarine2 golds8 medals · 10 races
  8. 8Nicola HarcusFish Hoek2 golds5 medals · 8 races
  9. 9Kira BesterClifton2 golds4 medals · 5 races
  10. 10Sash H.Umhlanga Rocks2 golds2 medals · 5 races

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.

Field sizes by season · Open

  • 2020/217112 divisions · average field 5.9 · 6 competitions
  • 2021/221129 divisions · average field 12.4 · 6 competitions
  • 2022/2334120 divisions · average field 17.1 · 12 competitions
  • 2023/2431925 divisions · average field 12.8 · 13 competitions
  • 2024/2531619 divisions · average field 16.6 · 10 competitions
  • 2025/2632116 divisions · average field 20.1 · 8 competitions
  • 2026/27172 divisions · average field 8.5 · 1 competition

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

Records · Open · All-time

All records →

Most golds

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

  1. 1Georgia S.Fish Hoek · from 12 divisions · 2022/23–2025/2611golds
  2. 2Lara EdwardPirates · from 19 divisions · 2020/21–2023/247golds
  3. 3Jordan DeebleDurban Surf · from 13 divisions · 2022/23–2025/266golds
  4. 4Levi MayesFish Hoek · from 10 divisions · 2022/23–2024/255golds
  5. 4Luke NisbetPirates · from 9 divisions · 2021/22–2024/255golds
  6. 4Wade KriegerDurban Surf · from 7 divisions · 2020/21–2022/235golds
  7. 7Cheyne HauptFish Hoek · from 13 divisions · 2022/23–2025/264golds
  8. 7Cody S.Fish Hoek · from 11 divisions · 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 589
  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.

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