Jackson the man of the ‘Mo’ment
'Mo'mentous surfing comp raises a whopping R10 000 for the Movember Foundation.
DURBAN North surfer, Brandon Jackson, was crowned the winner of the third annual Off The Lip Movember Surf Jam, which took place at Tongaat’s Beach Bums Restaurant. Surfers congregated at the famous beachside bar in support of the Movember Foundation. Competitors were dressed up seventies surf style, surfed original old-school retro surfboards and donned hairy upper lips, all for a good cause, to raise funds and create awareness for the Movember Foundation.
Fifty-five surfers took part, with tradional six-man heats and beach starts in play. Old school retro surfing was the order of the day with style and flow being the key ingredient, making the event different to any other surf event. Jackson turned up the heat in the men’s final with some stylish and radical surfing on his original Safari Spider twin fin.
He finished narrowly ahead of style-master Luke Patterson (Westbrook), with Lee Bisset (Berea), Scott Venter (Bluff), Chris Leppan (uMhlanga) and Shane Sykes (Salt Rock) in third, fourth, fifth and sixth consecutively.
Jackson said he was very excited about winning one of his favourite events on the calendar.
“This event is always a blast, everyone has a good time and it’s for a good cause. Thanks to Quiksilver and Movember for all the effort.”
In the over-50 Legends division, it was the popular JJ from North Beach who took out the win in the testing side-shore conditions, JJ was closely-followed by Grant Gilmore (Durban North), Paul Izzard (Glenashley), Murray Niven (Genashley), Spider Murphy (Durban North) and Warren Weiring (Durban North).
Kirsty Delport (Berea) was a clear winner in the ladies Mo Sista’s divison. Delport managed to string a few clean lines together in the high tide bowl to claim first place. Kat Steffen (Durban) ended in second place with Olivia Izzard (Glenashley), Sophie Bell (Salt Rock), Gabi Lailvaux (Westbrook), Christy Gilmour (Durban North) and Kayla Nogueira (Berea) making up the remaining places.
Special awards went to Luke Patterson for best Tose On The Nose, Jono Venter for Spin To Win, Jamie Irvine for Wave Waster/Worst Wipe Out, Lee Bisset for Float The Boat, and Scott Venter for Larry Layback and for Most Stylish Surfer of the contest.
All proceeds raised, totalling a whopping R10 000, through surfers’ entry fees and raffles conducted on the day will be donated to the Movember Foundation, which in turn is used to fund various men’s health programmes and promote healthy living for men.
