I just wanna let everyone know how bias the judging is in S
outh Africa and this years 20th annual Bodyboarding Ch
amps was no exception. I was on the judging panel at last y
ears S.A. Champs and I saw first had how bias it really was
, I won`t name any names, but u know who u r... One of the
people who got shyned at this years comp was my friend Adam
Morley, who busted out, in the junior final, one of t
he biggest moves of the contest (massive ARS) at the most c
ritical point of the wave and landed it cleanly, then
on his second scoring wave he done a big roll and spins. wh
ile the oke who won grovelled on both his scoring in the be
ach break in front!? the majority of the judging panel and
head judge are all from Central Natal, the oke that won the
junior final was from Central Natal. In the pro`s semi-fin
al two okes got shyned (Vaughn Harris who surfed for Wester
n Province and Danial Worsley who also surfed for Western P
rovince) Vaughn dominated his heat, yet landed up 3rd!? The
results showed that Danial Worsley came second in his semi
-final, but was later told by the judges that he had been m
oved down to 3rd and a Central Natal oke (Phillip Rodriguez
) took his place and on the judging sheats for that he
at there was alot of crossing out of scores by Danials
name and new scores given!? This kind of stuff is always h
appening at the contest and it`s BULLSHIT!!! and one more t
hing, in the past 20 S.A. Champs Central Natal have wo
n it 18/20 times (and it`s not cause they`re the best.
..) lucky the judging panel is changing next year, where ea
ch province will have their own represented judge. Hopefull
y this will eliminate all the shit that goes on in that jud
ging tower...