SPORT & OUTDOOR

Red Bull Big Wave Africa 2004 ends in Cape Town

Venue: Dungeons, Hout Bay
Time: -
Price: -
Performances: 7 - 27 June 2004

Africa's most extreme surfing event ended in Cape Town when the 21-day waiting period for the 2004 edition of Red Bull Big Wave Africa drew to a close.

Even though Dungeons, the deep water reef near Hout Bay, did not produce the four hours of 15 foot (5 metre) plus swells required to run the contest, all 12 of the invitees and both the alternates got to feel the power of the internationally renowned big wave break during free surfing sessions.

In arguably the best line-up of local and international big wave chargers in the six year history of the event, Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker from Durban, New Zealander Doug Young and Capetonian Mickey Duffus won the three specialty awards with Baker pocketing R15 000 and the Sensi Threads Biggest Wave title for an enormous 20 foot drop in the Dungeons bowl on the morning of Thursday June 24.

Duffus collected R5 000 and the Oakley Best Tube award for a deep barrel at the incredibly hollow ‘Slab’ section of the Dungeons reef earlier in the waiting period while Young, making his debut at the event, charged everything from the smallest to the biggest waves and even the social activities to be adjudged a worthy recipient of the Grommets Surf Café ‘Deep Throat’ award and R5 000.

go to sport & outdoor main menu