Local surfer Luke Thompson won overall third place at the International Surfing Association (ISA) Junior World Championships in El Salvador.
Surf City, El Salvador (06 June 2022) – Surfers from 45 national teams competed at the International Surfing Association (ISA) Junior World Championships at Surf City in El Salvador over the past nine days. The event was a massive one for surfing, and South Africa’s very own Luke Thompson won an overall third in the Under 18 Boys division.
Luke Thompson is from Durban, South Africa and joined the Surfing South Africa team at the 18th ISA Junior World Championship. The Surfing SA team was made up of several proudly South African surfers. Surfing South Africa is the National Governing body for the sport in South Africa. SSA is a member of the South African Sports Commission and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and the International Surfing Association (ISA).
The team was made up of U18 and U16 competitors in both the boys and girls categories.
Connor Slijpen (Llandudno, Western Cape), Daniel Emslie and Luke Thompson (Durban, KZN) and Adriel Wolmarans and Aimee du Preez (both East London) and Indiphile Osinachi made up the U18 representatives, while Nate Colby, Ntokozo Maphumulo (both Durban) and Luc Lepront (Scottburgh, KZN), Sarah Scott, Gemma Hanafey (East London) and Zia Hendricks (Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape) made up the U16 side.
Luke earned the Bronze by scoring 730 points overall. The whole South African team placed 10th overall in the competition with 4 033 points.
If you would like to support South African surfers, you can follow their journies via Surfing SA here. The team will be at the 2022 Plakkie Classic, which will occur at Victoria Bay over the Youth Day weekend.
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