Twelve of the world’s most fearless freesurfers. Ten days up South Africa’s coastline. No two sessions the same. Natural Selection Surf heads into a remote zone where long point breaks, heavy slabs and barreling beach breaks at Mother Nature’s choosing become the proving ground for a new approach to surf competition.
Returning champions Milla Coco Brown and Soli Bailey face off with Kirra Pinkerton, Noah Beschen, Eithan Osborne, Eden Walla, Sanoa Dempfle-Olin, Eli Beukes, Balaram Stack, Hughie Vaughan, Jarvis Earle and Mikey Wright. They’ll chase the best waves they can find, take on whatever the ocean serves up, and push each other into unfamiliar territory. The goal, according to Head Judge Nathan Fletcher, “the guy and girl who surf the best overall win.”