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Cape Town is getting ready to host this huge pro suring 4 Star ASP WQS Event - for the second time.
 In 2009, Cape Town lived up to all the hupe with massive swells, wild storms and challenging waves - with a perfect barrelling to the left for the finals. All set in and around one of the world's most beautiful cities …
Winner of 2009 O-Neill Cold Water Classic - courtesy O'Neill
The quality and success of the third stop on the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series has generated plenty of excitement for its return for 2010. “It was such a great competition to have in Cape Town last year” said 22 year old South African star Jordy Smith - the current ASP World Rankings leader. “The waves there are pretty wild, and the location is amazing. It is something so different and special to have in my home country.”
The 4 Star ASP competition will also see new South African surfing talent Casey Grant as well as the likes of the 2010 CWC Scotland winner, Royden Bryson and the 2010 CWC Tasmania winner Stuart Kennedy. With Royden and Stuart both sharing the lead with equal points for the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series. The prize pot is $50,000 that the series winner stands to win, so the competition is bound to be hot.
Last year saw one of the biggest storms of the last 20 years hit the Cape Town area during the competition. This year surfers can expect much of the same and more. “We're talking peak winter storm conditions, with big storms and often huge surf. There have been some huge 30 foot conditions quite often around this time,” said local forecaster Spike from wavescape.co.za . “It is not called the Cape of Storms for nothing, and this is the peak time for it.”
This is known as the “wildest event in professional surfing” after all. When it comes to the O’Neill Cold Water Classic ethos of finding some of the best waves in the world in wild remote locations in which to stage a world-class competition, the CWC South Africa most certainly lives up to this.
Held on the Cape Peninsula just south of Cape Town, it takes advantage of both sides of the peninsula from the wild and exposed beaches on the west to the perfect reef breaks on the east. With such stunning coastline every effort is being made to ensure the event has minimal impact of the environment with a comprehensive environmental management plan.
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Location: Various venues: Cape Peninsula near Cape Town
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