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| 1. Ian Armstrong, Stacy Guy, Mikey February, Steffen Burrows and George Epenitos |
These guys all took home winners checks this weekend in the inaugural Freestyle Surfabout which was held in Cape Town over the weekend. The surf was pretty challenging with a very mean shorebreak offering the final do or die opportunity for points but with dire consequences for those who misread it. These guys all negotiated the shorey and a ferocious field of competitors to emerge on top. Nothing quite winning
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| 2. Mornay, Glenn Mine and Craig Edmunds |
Thanks to these three quick thinking and fast acting individuals Roy Stander was reunited with his ‘magic’ longboard which was stolen last week. Glenn spotted the board in Mornay’s pawn shop at the end of West St in Durban, he explained to Mornay that the board was stolen. Mornay called theBOMBsurf to say he had the board. Craig went to collect and investigate (he is working on a broader investigation regarding stolen boards in the Durban area and has already recovered two Jordy’s boards that were stolen a couple of weeks ago), we called Roy and there you have it, one for the good guys and best of all Roy gets his magic board back thanks to the surfing brotherhood
Roy Stander was reunited with his ‘magic’ longboard
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| 3. Greg Bertish |
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As if Greg doesn’t travel enough in his real job apparently he’s been busy on his weekends too. Following a hunch and thanks to a connect from a local Greg sets off in search of a mythical wave. Rumoured to get more perfect the bigger it gets. The intrepid True Blue CEO, walks for three days through the desert, swims across a crocodile infested river, hikes over the dunes (cue endless summer music) and staggers out onto a set up that blows his mind. A 15-18ft perfect left just peeling... Just him and one other guy out. Respect
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Greg Betish
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| And who blew it? |
3. The Bokke |
| MMmm I saw a newspaper headline last week that proclaimed the boys already had one hand on the tri nations cup. Not so fast. A fired up Aussie team and a loss of concentration from the boys in green and oops the hand slips off the trophy. It’s back to the drawing board for the bokke this week while they try and regain the focus they displayed prior to their 21-6 loss to Aussie |
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| 2. Vodacare |
| I’m a techno caveman, I’ll just come right out and admit it. At theBOMBsurf Iain is the IT wizard, he talks in gigs and whatsits and can get online from hacking into a passing wireless connection with his eyes closed. I on the other hand am a whole different story. If my connection goes down it takes me weeks of figuring out what the problem is before I’m up and riding again. Usually this is no problem for me as I just ask Iain to fix it for me which he does in less than 30secs. Unfortunately for me last week Iain was in Europe somewhere (partying in Prague I think) and my connection went down. To cut a long story short I spent half the night up on the phone to a service agent reconfiguring my computer settings. When that didn’t work I was first in the que at Vodacare the next day. It was a peach of a day and I knew the surf was cooking. 2hrs later and R1600 poorer (for a new modum) I watched in dismay as the onshore filled in and my connection still wasn’t fixed. Aaaye! |
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| 1. Kulula |
| Aaagh our favourite discount carrier. Goodness knows how many of these little green flips we’ve had around the country in the last few years and while I’m usually a fan of the quirky safety briefing and the funny goodbyes about ‘taking you for a ride’ this time the experience was bitter sweet. Last week I saw a special advertised, one way to PE R300. Yikes I booked so fast online my computer crashed. What a chance to do the next leg of the Super Gnarly BOMBsurf Wetsuit Guide I thought to myself. Laden with a bag full of wetsuits and an assortment of boards I arrived in PE and then made the mad dash to J-Bay. As I unpacked frothing for my first surf I realised something was wrong as soon as I opened my boardbag. It’s a feeling every surfer who’s ever travelled knows and dreads. The F@#$kers have trashed my boards! Two out of my three boards need serious surgery to get them water worthy. Eish. Press pause on the surf froth. Then off to the Billabong store for a some of Rudy’s quick ding fix and by the time I get back, fix my board, suit up and jump off the rocks the onshore is up. Eish! |
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