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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 · 2025/26

Divisions · 2025/26
18
9 competitions
Entries · 2025/26
338
up from 71 in 2020/21
Average field
18.8
entries per division
Top club
Fish Hoek
244 pts · 8 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. Standings at the end of 2025/26.

Top clubs · Open

Place
1Your club: Following: Fish Hoek8 gold · 24 medals · 107 entries24422%
2Your club: Following: Clifton4 gold · 9 medals · 69 entries14213%
3Your club: Following: Llandudno0 gold · 3 medals · 36 entries418%
4Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks3 gold · 4 medals · 9 entries4044%
5Your club: Following: Durban Surf2 gold · 3 medals · 10 entries4030%
6Your club: Following: Pirates0 gold · 4 medals · 10 entries3640%
7Your club: Following: Marine1 gold · 2 medals · 10 entries3220%
8Your club: Following: Warnadoone0 gold · 3 medals · 11 entries2227%
9Your club: Following: Tuks1 gold · 2 medals · 4 entries2050%
10Your club: Following: Mandeville Dolphins1 gold · 2 medals · 2 entries14100%

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 · 2025/26

All records →

Most titles

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

  1. 1Georgia S.Fish Hoek · from 2 races · 2025/262golds
  2. 1Kira BesterClifton · from 4 races · 2025/262golds
  3. 1Matthew BradingFish Hoek · from 6 races · 2025/262golds
  4. 1Nicola HarcusFish Hoek · from 4 races · 2025/262golds

And 10 more athletes on 1 gold.

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. 1Heath ClarkeFish Hoek · 2025/265finals
  2. 1Matthew BradingFish Hoek · 2025/265finals
  3. 1Wade B.Fish Hoek · 2025/265finals
  4. 4Cody S.Fish Hoek · 2025/264finals
  5. 4Darren Webb-LinacreLlandudno · 2025/264finals
  6. 4Tyne V.Clifton · 2025/264finals
  7. 7Grant N.Fish Hoek · 2025/263finals
  8. 7Jasper MockeFish Hoek · 2025/263finals
  9. 7Jonathan LucasLlandudno · 2025/263finals
  10. 7Noah MatonLlandudno · 2025/263finals
  11. 7Peter CopelandLlandudno · 2025/263finals
  12. 7Ryley S.Llandudno · 2025/263finals
  13. 7William PearseFish Hoek · 2025/263finals

Strongest fields · Open

  1. Open Men · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha30 Mar 2026 · 13 of 53 entrants ratedField strength 596
  2. Open Men · WC Surf Champs · Clifton28 Feb 2026 · 15 of 32 entrants ratedField strength 588
  3. Open Men · Surf #3 · Fish Hoek7 Feb 2026 · 11 of 36 entrants ratedField strength 571
  4. Open Men · Surf #1 · Clifton15 Nov 2025 · 11 of 22 entrants ratedField strength 563
  5. Open Men · Battle of the Bays · Muizenberg11 Oct 2025 · 8 of 31 entrants ratedField strength 556
  6. Open Men · Surf #2 · Milnerton17 Jan 2026 · 11 of 27 entrants ratedField strength 553
  7. Open Women · Surf #1 · Clifton15 Nov 2025 · 4 of 13 entrants ratedField strength 553
  8. Open Women · Surf #3 · Fish Hoek7 Feb 2026 · 6 of 20 entrants ratedField strength 540
  9. Open Women · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha30 Mar 2026 · 5 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 510
  10. Open Women · Surf #2 · Milnerton17 Jan 2026 · 3 of 11 entrants ratedField strength 490

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