WC Surf Champs · Clifton · Sat, 28 Feb 2026 · How beach sprint works
Samuel Booysen (Clifton) won the Beach Sprint Open Men at WC Surf Champs · Clifton on 28 February 2026, from 32 entries.
The favourite won: Samuel Booysen (rated 711) had the highest rating going in.
Model output: the highest settled Flagline Rating going in.
Semifinal · Heat 1 was the strongest heat: average rating 644 going in, against 509 for the other semifinal heats.
Quarterfinal to Semifinal
Quarterfinal · Heat 1 · top 4 advance · 8 entrants
1 Daniel Minter → Heat 2 · 2 Zakariyyaa Abrahams → Heat 1 · 3 Thomas Hofmeyr → Heat 2 · 4 Ridhaa Kuys → Heat 2
Quarterfinal · Heat 2 · top 4 advance · 8 entrants
1 Darryl Lindt → Heat 1 · 2 Liam Bottomley → Heat 2 · 3 Geoff Cowper Johnson → Heat 1 · 4 Daniel Lubbe → Heat 2
Quarterfinal · Heat 3 · top 4 advance · 8 entrants
1 Samuel Booysen → Heat 2 · 2 Jalaaludeen Samuels → Heat 1 · 3 Matt M. → Heat 2 · 4 Carlton Baron → Heat 1
Quarterfinal · Heat 4 · top 4 advance · 8 entrants
1 Kyto T. → Heat 1 · 3 Willem Basson → Heat 1 · 4 Jonathan Lucas → Heat 2 · 5 Junaid P. → Heat 1
Semifinal to Final
Semifinal · Heat 1 · top 4 advance · 8 entrants
1 Jalaaludeen Samuels · 2 Kyto T. · 3 Carlton Baron · 4 Darryl Lindt
Semifinal · Heat 2 · top 4 advance · 8 entrants
1 Matt M. · 2 Liam Bottomley · 3 Samuel Booysen · 4 Thomas Hofmeyr