Who blew up?
1. Mick Fanning
Shew talk about turning up the heat. Victories in 3 out of the last 4 events, who saw that coming? I guess this is part of what makes surfing exciting. To say Mick is on fire is an understatement. What does this say about him as an athlete? Well he’s already proven that he is a world champion but what this burst of performance proves is that he is one of those special athletes that have what it takes to reach deep and fight hard to turn a seemingly impossible ask into a reality. Mick is not the champion yet but he’s given us a real climax to a year that kind of spluttered and coughed up to the half way point. His actions also speak volumes to aspiring competitors. BMT? Flip this guy personifies it.
2. Rosy Hodge and Brandon Jackson
Both Rosy and Jacko were on fire in the Rip Curl Pro and O’Neill CWC respectively. To carve your way through a field of such fierce competition and end up with a 3rd must be a bittersweet sensation. So close to winning but not quiet. Irrespective, both Jacko and Rosy have proven that they have what it takes to get to the top end of their respective tours, next stop a win. Go for it guys! Honourable mention to Jordy for his 5th at the Rip Curl Pro.
3. John Bromley
How long can you hold your breath underwater? John can hold his for 4mins and 45secs. Holy cow! John joined his son Matt on one of renowned freediver Hanli Prinsloo’s breath hold seminars and ended up clocking this incredible time. We’re not sure of John’s age exactly (somewhere between 20 and 50 we’d guess) but with times like that underwater we’d expect to see him out in the Dungeons lineup next season along with the Big Wave crew. To check how long other surfers can stay underwater without breathing go check http://www.thebombsurf.com/pages/626/
And who blew it?
3. Philip Malherbe
On a recent trip into the Transkei Pip went off the beaten track to go and check a couple of promising surf setups. Goaded by his brother, Andre, Pip was trying out his new found rally driving techniques. To cut a long story short they came flying around a corner went through a dip (full of mud and water) and ended up with a very smart double cab stuck in the forest with a large branch through the window. Eish! It was only after much push and pull and a saw was located and used on the tree that Pip freed his car from the clutches of the forest.
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2. theBOMBsurf crew
We had three punctures in two tyres last week in the Transkei. After changing one of the tyres and using up our spare we arrived at a spot to find rippable waves reeling down the point. Instead of checking out the slow leak in the other tyre and getting that attended to we hit the surf and promptly forgot about the tyre issue. The next day as we prepared to leave we realised our flat tyre predicament. In the middle of nowhere trying to get a tyre pumped up is quite a story. We had to mission all over the place in a borrowed car to try and find a generator that would pump the tyre up long enough to drive it. After much driving we resigned ourselves to having to drive to Elliotdale (120km round trip in a borrowed car) to get the tyre fixed. As we set off we bumped into a fisherman who just happened to have an electric pump on him. Shew guess what goes into our kit on our next trip?
1.Matt Pallet
Matt had the good/misfortune to be on a BOMBsurf photo mission in the Transkei last week and of course we made the obligatory stop at the Coffee Shack. We worked Matt pretty hard from sunrise to sunset surfing points beachies and all kinds of different surf equipment, so we knew he’d be a bit kieshed at the end of the day. Not so kieshed though that he wouldn’t be able to take advantage of the fact that chicks outnumber guys at the Coffee Shack about 10:1. However after dinner Matt retired early to watch ‘The Present’ DVD in his room alone and went to bed leaving literally dozens of frustrated female backpackers prowling the Buffalo Bar wistfully. Eish!
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