27 May 2026 · Umzumbe Surf Club
Why we built Umzumbe Surf Club
The talent on this coast is not the problem. The cost of getting to a contest is. Here is what we are doing about it.
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UMZUMBE
SURF CLUB
We back young surfers who love the ocean onto boards they can call their own, and into the contests they have earned. Nelisa has earned a place at the 2026 SA Junior Surfing Championships at J-Bay this September. We're raising R20,000 to cover the trip.
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Nelisa has been selected to represent UGU Surfriders at the 2026 South African Junior Surfing Championships in Jeffreys Bay (29 Sept – 3 Oct 2026). It is a self-funded tour. We are raising R20,000 towards travel, accommodation, team coaching, kit and Surfing SA fees so Nelisa can take the spot earned on the team.
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“We get young surfers who love the ocean onto boards they can call their own — and to contests they have earned the right to surf.”
Umzumbe is a stretch of KwaZulu-Natal coastline where the swell shows up clean almost every week of the year. The young locals see it. They watch it pump from the road on the way to school. Some of them want to surf it.
The hard part is not the talent. It is everything else. A second-hand 6'0" costs more than a month of groceries. A wetsuit costs more than a school uniform. A trip to J-Bay or Cape St Francis for a regional contest — flights, accommodation, entry, coach — is out of reach without help.
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R200 buys a leash. R3,200 buys a winter wetsuit. R8,000 puts a contest board under a surfer's arm. R20,000 gets Nelisa to J-Bay.