Surfers take on surfing championships
SANDTON – Two Sandton surfers will join fellow members of the Joburg Boardriders Club in participating in the South African Interclub Surfing Championships to be held at Seal Point near Cape St Francis on 13 and 14 February.
Friends since high school, Kevin Trevaskis and Byron Loker, who are both based in Sandton, are excited to have made the grade. The two learned to surf together in the waters of Muizenberg in Cape Town and work together as project managers for Design Partnership, an interior design agency in the retail and hospitality space.
Joining them on the team will be Fourways-based plumber, Shane Warren and Dominic Barnardt from Cape Town, who has established himself as a freelance commercial photographer in Johannesburg. The club is also taking current South Africa Masters women’s champion, Tasha Mentasi, to the championship and she is expected to prove to be a force to be reckoned with in the ladies division.
Nicknamed the Sea Lions by rider, Trevaskis, the team of four men and one woman will take to the beach under the banner of the Joburg Boardriders Club. The club is the brainchild of Braamfontein pastor Nathan Gernetzky.
“Surfing is our common ground, it’s what connects us; we’re all different in some ways but it’s amazing, we now get to fulfil this dream,” said Gernetzky.
“We’re actually sending a team to surf in a national event.”
Founded just under a year ago, the club has built up a loyal following, recruiting mostly former coastal dwellers who have made a career move inland.
For Trevaskis, such an outing for his team has been an ambition of his ever since he came to Johannesburg from Durban six years ago. As a former head judge of the World Surf League’s South African chapter, Trevaskis is pleased to be back in competition.
“I just want to ride under the curl of the wave and get a long tube ride, my bru,” he said.
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