Godzilla

Every one has heard about the intense situation in Japan. Critical stuff guys.. Keep them in your thoughts.

On the brighter side we surfed our first boland trial this weekend. Went quite nicely. Was surfing well up until the final and ended off 3rd behind W.l and taking it as usual Mafoos.

Surfed some waves today with the Godzilla swell. Wasnt the greatest but definately some fun.

Photos:



After sun



Invert in last seconds of my semi. Photo by me Sister



Chandre taking one for the boys



Intense brahh



Yes i shmacked it. Photo by Jacques De Klerk

liquid deep

So the west cosat is 1 up on me. For sure. Went up te coast yesterday in hope of some fun waves and hopefully some shots. We got the shots but the waves were far from just fun. Something next level. Quite scary sitting out there watching 5 foot sets unravelling onto a rock about the size of an average car and doing things you could never imagine. I did however manage to pull off 2 flips, one of which was out of a barrel, but I must admit, i'm not near skilled enough to surf that wave.

I also managed to loose my board. Yes my new one. Yes im sad. But it happened. And being sad about it would be pointless.

Here are some photos of the trip. A very memorable one.



Resembling shark island



Bowls are plenty



This still scares me



Yes I did get pitted



The wave that barreled me and provided the section for a flip



Waves like these were normal. My balls were too small to suck up enough courage.



free fall

Action photos by Chris Bolton

2010

This year has been a good year for me. Getting a bit of exposure in a British mag, doing pretty well at S.A's and just scoring epic waves the whole year round. Did a fair bit of traveling up the coast and loads of local missions. Being part of the boland team 2010 was also great and getting hooked up with loads of sponsered products also made it worthwhile.

But this year is coming to an end now, got boland champs coming up on the 4th of december which should be quite fun. And then the Onrus classic on the 17th of December which should also be a cracker.

Actually already starting to get amped for boland trials next year, S.A champs is being hosted by Western Province and hoping they choose a decent venue.

Scored epic fun waves at caves yesterday with good mate William, Jandre and Malcolm. His pappa managed to snap some sick shots you might be interested in checking out.

Here's a link http://fakinchill.blogspot.com/

Here are just some photos from throughout the year:



Yes its onshore and yes it might have been dumb to paddle in but we did it. And after many failed attempts at trying to ride it we got it right. Then we got out.



The amount of stoke in my body was at an all time high just being here. In this area. World class wave and just the feel about it. Waves might not have been pumping but it was still great fun.



Boland 1st years on the 2nd day of S.A champs held in Durban. Was a good week.



Got this wave cooking a fair amount of times this year.



It's always heavier on the other side.

once upon a time

I surfed this wave. I took this photo. I got barrelled

The end.

rangerpoopydoggysun

This delayed blog post is not great.

Have been quite busy lately, trying to score waves, take photos, and study in between. I did not get around to doing half of them so there arn't many action photos from the weekend. It was a good weekend for surf scoring reef on Friday, onshore but good surf Saterday and good wedges today.

Caves was quite crowded today but the few waves I got were fun.

I am tired



Eugene claiming as a siick one rolls through



A pretty close out





A super grainy image of the reef

wavves

Was sitting on the beach today and realised how cool the sea is.

Making waves.

Making friends.

Making pain.

Waves are also pretty cool to take photos of. They come in lots of different shapes and sizes.

I have taken some nice photos of waves before. Still doesnt do them justice.



Betties bay makes nice tunnels



This place makes nice barrels



The west coast makes nice barrels



As decieving as they come



This one appears deeper than it is



This wave hurts

qwerty

Life is such a routine. Get out of bed. Shower. Wake up. Go to school. Get home. Go to the beach. Take photos

Its time for some change. Tomorow is steri-stumpi day so buy one.

These are photos from the other day at the reef.

alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511632984107470706" />

Opening up. Photo by Kyle Cabano



In the eye of the storm. Photo by Allan Horton



Air drop into never never land. Photo by Allan Horton



The one that you want to be on without anyone on it. Photo by Kyle Cabano



Surfers beware. This guy ate shit. It could be you. Photo by Kyle Cabano



Unknown getting tubulated. Photo by Kyle Cabano

rainbow nation

ahoy




The word ran through my mind when we arrived at the ocean greated with pumping 3ft-4ft reef and a rainbow peeping out at the back. Realise how good life is.

Got some water shots with a buddies camera. Will put them on blog as soon as i get them. Some epic shots. Did not take many with my camera but managed to snatch a few at the end.

Some sick conditions tomorow. See all the sea bevers there. x



Good view



onrus skollies

vivala post number 43

So this is blog post number 43. Thanks to those that read it and sorry for not updating blog as often as I should.

Scored some sick waves today at the reef. Didnt take much time to take photos unfortuneately but Justin took a few.

S.A's is in a months time. Looking forward to that. Getting some sick gear. Also hoping to score some sick waves this weekn with some promising swells and school work not being to hectic.

Photos to enjoy



Bring on the offshore



Nice bottem turn at the other peak. Photo by Justin Hoeben

boland team weekend

Had a sick weekend with the Boland team. Some good times and some sick waves. Weather was good aswell making for some happy camping. Got some nice photos as well.

For those of you who don't know I am running a bodyboarding competition . It will be held on this coming weekend. Either Saterday or Sunday depending on the conditions. It will be a mobile venue but between Caves and Betties bay, no further than that. For those that have not yet checked it heres the link http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=142202139123528&ref=ts

Some photos.



Photo of me hitting it. Photo by Paul De Klerk



Bernard deep in the barrel. Photo by me



Tiaan Hoeben with a nice reverse. Photo by me



Justin Hoeben getting shacked. Photo by me



Justin Hoeben getting barreled again. Photo by me

seamenemeny

So the last day of the holiday it is. Mangaged to score some waves on a shallow reef. It ended up cooking. Spain won the world cup 2010. no comment.

Here are some photos with one photo from the reef yesterday.



Dylan Bik on a fun one



Vlooi boy with his army haircut



Henk Esterhuysen wit ha sick little air forward



Good left. surfable?



The reef on low tide

heavy days

Scored some rather big and heavy waves today around the coast. After a few minor problems we left for the spot at about 10:30. We got there as it was cooking but after about 30 min the onsshore picked up and the tide got too high. We waited it out and ended up scoring.

Got a couple of beatings today, my board took one for the team but other than that I had a good surf.

Some photos. Action shots by Mafoos and W.l and empty wave photos by me.



Me- reverse photo by Mafoos



Insane empty rolling through



Insane left- gassed like a bitch



Julian gunning it down the line- photo by W.l



Me- air drop into hell moments before I died



Me- bottem turning a fatty. Photo by Mafoos



Throwing quite wide