Sunday, May 22, 2011

weekend mix

Had a pretty average weekend. Wasn't able to surf due to the swollen scabs on my belly but did go spectate and swam a bit. Waves were sick on the day of the trials. Small but powerful. I had fun watching them break.

Skated a fair bit this weekend. Fell a few more times resulting in my crrrusty scab to re-open. BLEAK. Should survive.

Photos from friday :



Rigard playing



Melt addicted to the stand up revolution



Perfect little empty rolls through



Rebel



Rigard playing again



Junker in the sunset

Thursday, May 19, 2011

scar face

We have had a rather grualling flat spell resulting in me surfing only 3 times last week and not even once this week do to some holes that need filling on my belly.

Longboarding seems to be the craze in the area at the moment with lots of people bombing hills on their newly bought skateboards and some feeling the consequences. I am one of those who have followed the crowd and also one who has felt the consequences. I have however invested in some knee guards and elbow guards so should be safer now.

Due to these craters on myself I have forcefully been removed rfom my love of bodyboarding until I am healed which is bad news as we have boland bodyboarding trials this saterday. I will be there and, depending on how the waves are looking, I might even compete.

Kiek



The fun part.



The not so fun part.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

wavve

Today we had our second boland trial which was held at Koeel bay. We got there and it looked a little messy and closing out a bit. Then the offshore breeze picked up and it got insane. Best conditions I have surfed in for a comp so far. I made my first heat with a few nice waves.

By the time of the finals it was a little windy and closing out even more but there were still some nuggets. I happened to find a few and ended up winning the trial. Stoked with the result.

Results:

Grandmasters:
1st Marcel Habets
2nd Len Bradford and Pieter Ferreira

Masters:
1st Morne Laubsher
2nd Melvin Victor

Mens:
1st Bernard Hoogendijk
2nd Mathew Webster
3rd Malcolm Schutte
4th Ryno Turketti

Dropknee:
1st Mathew Webster
2nd Ryno Turketti
3rd Martin Ras

Juniors:
1st Kyle Cabano
2nd W.L Pretorius
3rd Mafoos Lombaard
4th Jacques De Klerk

Pros:
1st Johan De Goede(Jah)
2nd Mafoos Lombaard
3rd Tristan Roberts
4th Tiaan Hoeben

Photos:



Tristan likes big waves



Justin below the crust of the earth



Tjoekie jah



An empty rolls through



Mafoos death roll



Tiaan Hoeben big flip



All in all