Top Five mildly outdated surf trends.

However, honourable mention must be made of surfers with mullets: short in the front so you can still see unimpeded, yet long at the back to protect your neck from horrid sunburn.

Top Five worst surf spot names.

Here’s the kicker for these names today though; during the course of our research, such as it is – Trident has discovered the sheer lack of imagination and originality when it comes to South African surfers giving spots a name.

Top Five coolest South African surf spot names.

This name immediately signals exactly what you’re in for. There’s no ambiguity here folks, as a spot named Dungeons hardly evokes images of hula girls playing the ukulele with flower necklaces while overweight, brown skinned okes in floral boardshorts cruise on logs on tiny waves.