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LEGENDARY surfer Matthew Moir from Kirstenbosch, has departed from Cape Town to join the South African Surfing Team, and will be competing in the World Surfing Games which commenced at Huntington Beach in California on 14 October.

Granville West of Port Elizabeth will lead the team in this biennial event which is regarded as the "Olympics of Surfing".

Moir (27) has extended the legacy of a surfer family and has been rated a world professional for the last nine years. His best rating was 3rd in the world in 2004 and he has been in the top 16 in the world since 2001.

Last year he won a major event, the Rabbit Kakae Memorial Classic, in Costa Rica. This year he finished fifth at this event. Between 2002 and 2005, Moir was the South African Champion and this year he finished 3rd in South African Championships.

Moir is a member of the Western Province Club and he has won the Western Province Open Title more times than anyone can remember, possibly 10 or 12 times.

His father Charlie Moir participates in the Long Board Championships in the masters league and has won this title in the masters and legend division.

Charlie is also an excellent short board surfer and has been the Western Province representative in the inter- provincial events but he remains a professional long board rider.

Paul Botha of Life's a Beach Communications says there are not many people like Matthew Moir. He is something very special and Cape Town is very fortunate to have someone of his calibre, so that the City can stay abreast in international long board surfing."

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