Event results

Name	Place	Points	Defeated By
Pro Taghazout Bay	33rd	200	Kai Odriozola
SA Open of Surfing	5th	500	Connor Slijpen
Vic Bay Surf Pro	17th	200	Sidy Camara
Cape Town Surf Pro	17th	200	Connor Slijpen
eThekwini Surf Pro	17th	320	Steven Sawyer
Ballito Open	25th	266	Jackson Bunch

Career stats

Year	Rank	Points	Events	Heats	Max heat score	Best result
2025/2026	18	586	4	6	8.23	17th
2024/2025	13	1,600	3	7	10.13	5th(x2)

James Ribbink

South Africa

James Ribbink

South Africa

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First season

2017 Men's JR
Age

21Apr 29, 2004
Hometown

Durban

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