AT THE BEACH | Helping others to reach their dreams is in surfing’s DNA

Dailydispatch · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · Jul 31, 2026 · 738 words · By Nick Pike

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What to know about Community Solidarity

An African proverb suggests: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” Border Buffalo City Surfing has got the go-together thing working.

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What happened

An African proverb suggests: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” Border Buffalo City Surfing has got the go-together thing working.

Why it matters

This past weekend our local surfing fraternity ran a spectacular winter festival surfing competition and burger evening to raise funds to support our junior surfers headed to the World Championships in September.

Common ground

Local surfing has come together in a big way to support our five juniors who have made the SA team of 12 surfers.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Flag-Waving, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Charlie Napier posting the stylish win in the longboard division?
How does this story connect Community Solidarity with Youth Achievement over the next few days?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Charlie Napier posting the stylish win in the longboard division”

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The win by Charlie Napier is mentioned in the 'AT THE BEACH' source, but no other independent sources corroborate this specific event result.

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Claim 2: “five juniors who have made the SA team of 12 surfers”

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Two independent sources ('AT THE BEACH' and 'At the Beach | Border junior surfers ride wave of success') confirm that junior surfers from the Buffalo City/Border region made the South African team.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — East London (Xhosa: eMonti; Afrikaans: Oos-Londen), officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of municipalities of South Africa. The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, eac…
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Claim 3: “number two in the world surfer Jordy Smith”

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Claim 4: “Local lady surfer Bonny Hanefey continued to impress and knocked the judges out with a 10-point ride”

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Claim 5: “fantastic fighter Dricus du Plessis”

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Claim 6: “Taylor Emslie is surfing so well at the moment”

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Multiple sources, including the World Surf League (WSL) bio and YouTube, confirm Taylor Emslie is a professional/competitive surfer.

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web search NEUTRAL — #BetweenBreaks with Taylor EmslieWe catch up with Taylor after a great heat and ask her to rank some top surfers.Purchase Hake Burgers and we’ll donate R5 to...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xmjRMqzbZ4M

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web search NEUTRAL — Another local surfer and goofy-footer, Leo Macleod, caused an upset in the U12 Boys Division with a decisive win, defeating Levi Vosloo. Seal Point local Slayde Shooter was third, and Marcello Zedde w…
https://surfingsouthafrica.co.za/2024/09/23/taylor-emslie-an…

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web search NEUTRAL — Stay in the know and top of the action from pro surfer Taylor Emslie. Find videos, photos, age, height and the latest tour results and rankings here.
https://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/19540/taylor-emslie

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Claim 7: “number one in the world surfer Shaun Thompson”

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Claim 8: “our local surfing fraternity ran a spectacular winter festival surfing competition and burger evening to raise funds to support our junior surfers headed to the World Championships in September”

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The claim is found in the 'AT THE BEACH' article. Other web results discuss World Junior Championships in El Salvador generally or other unrelated surfing events, but do not independently corroborate the specific 'winter festival surfing competition and burger evening' fundraiser.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Aquatics Championships, formerly the FINA World Championships, are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics, formerly International Association …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The men's javelin throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17 and 18 September 2025.
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Claim 9: “Olympic champion Chad le Clos”

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Claim 10: “Wearing green and gold and going to El Salvador is costing our young champions R70,000 each”

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The specific cost of R70,000 per person is mentioned only in the 'AT THE BEACH' source. Other sources confirm the event in El Salvador but not the specific cost.

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web search NEUTRAL — Local surfing has come together in a big way to support our five juniors who have made the SA team of 12 surfers. Wearing green and gold and going to El Salvador is costing our young champions R70,000…
https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/2026-07-31-at-the-beach…

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web search NEUTRAL — Fifteen-year-old Sol Fritchley finished top of the national under-16 rankings to secure his place in the New Zealand team. He will compete at the International Surfing Association World Junior Surfing…
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/teen-sur…

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web search NEUTRAL — Last year, Spain's Dylan Donegan won the boys' U16 division at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in El Salvador. Last weekend in Peru, he did the same thing, but one division higher. A first …
https://www.surfer.com/news/2025-isa-world-junior-surfing-ch…

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Claim 11: “fastest in the world Wayde van Niekerk”

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Claim 12: “Mabuthi Baliso, local coach from Jonginenge, was also a delight to watch on his longboard”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding Mabuthi Baliso.

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Claim 13: “Tom Lindhorst posting an emphatic win in the open division”

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The 'AT THE BEACH' source reports his win in the festival open division, and other sources ('Venter and Lindhorst Are The 2024 SA Surfing Champions' and 'A Historic Milestone in South African Surfing') confirm Tom Lindhorst is a champion/winner in the open/men's category.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Some of the standout moments of the festival surfing competition included Tom Lindhorst posting an emphatic win in the open division and Charlie Napier posting the stylish win in the long…
https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/2026-07-31-at-the-beach…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 4, 2024 · Needing to score just under 6 points to win the final, Lindhorst’s final wave came in at 6.40, and the Buffalo City surfer retained his title to become the SA Men’s Champion 2024.
https://surfingsouthafrica.co.za/2024/08/04/anastasia-venter…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 27, 2025 · The SA Open Championships has a reputation for producing surfing legends; last year’s contest was no exception. The 59th edition of the event saw Anastasia Venter crowned Women’s Champi…
https://stfrancistoday.com/a-historic-milestone-in-south-afr…

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Claim 14: “A total of 16 sponsors pitched together for event prizes and support, and roughly 110 surfers entered from U12 to open, masters and longboard”

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The specific numbers (16 sponsors, 110 surfers) are only reported in the 'AT THE BEACH' source.

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Claim 15: “our four-times world-beating Springbok rugby team”

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Claim 16: “Coach Greg Emslie tells me that he is really enjoying the attitude of Carl Wiesma from Port Alfred”

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While Greg Emslie is identified as a surfer/champion and Carl Wiersma is mentioned as a 'new cap' in one article, there is no evidence in the provided results confirming that Greg Emslie coaches Carl Wiesma or expressed a specific opinion on his attitude.

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web search NEUTRAL — Stay in the know and top of the action from pro surfer Greg Emslie. Find videos, photos, age, height and the latest tour results and rankings here.
https://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/428/greg-emslie

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web search NEUTRAL — Emslie was not the only Border surfer to claim gold for the East London surfing team. Brothers Andre and David Malherbe won the Over 40 and Over 45 Divisions, respectively, while plucky Alice McGregor…
https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/greg-emslie-is-the-2010-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Picture: SUPPLIED. Port Alfred surfing veteran, Warwick Heny, powered his way to the SA Masters over-50 title with an outstanding finals heat at the SA Masters Surfing Championships held at Long Beach…
https://www.talkofthetown.co.za/2025/10/30/port-alfred-surfe…

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Claim 17: “Maya Malherbe has made the SA team, but her older brother Josh as well”

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Both 'AT THE BEACH' and 'At the Beach | Border junior surfers ride wave of success' confirm that both Maya and Josh Malherbe made the SA team.

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