Die Pro

The Pro is a 2015 South African film directed by Andre Velts for kykNet. It is the first Afrikaans Surf Film to be produced. The film is based on Leon de Villiers book, also titled Die Pro. It was among the most anticipated Afrikaans Films at the Silwerskerm Film Festival alongside films such as Dis ek, Anna. Plot Teenage surfer, Matthew Le Roux, has to come to terms with the accidental death of his best friend, Aj Meyer. After Aj’s death, Matthew doesn’t want to surf anymore. Then, Aj’s twin sister, Demi Meyer, returns to town and wants to be selected as a Wave-Seeker, a fictional World Surf Tour and something that Matthew and Aj wanted to be a part of. For Demi to succeed, she needs Matthew’s help, and needs him to get back on his surfboard... Cast Edwin van der Walt as Tiaan Nothnagel Viljé Maritz as Dirkie Lawrence Reine Swart as Yvette Lawrence Albert Maritz as Kruiwa Neels van Jaarsveld as Geyer Arno Greeff as Dustin Bennie Fourie as Hermann Zakeeya Patel as Jasmine Morné du Toit as Peet Marcel_van_Heerden as Ed Nothnagel Helene Truter as Elize Nothnagel Dorette Potgieter as Mrs Lawrence Simeon Scholtz as Young Dirkie