West Coast Boardriders Event 4

Competed in the last WCB event of this year this past weekend. The event took place at Big Bay. West Coast Boardriders events are great to compete in. They are really well organised and the overall vibe is always great. The waves for the fourth event were not too good, but everyone still ripped. The short, puchy waves at Big Bay forced everyone to take to the sky and the event kind of turned into a air show. People were just busting out everywhere and it was a really fun event to watch. I made it to the quarters, but then fell out as I didn't have a proper backup wave. Pretty bummed to get knocked out. I spent the rest of the day just free surfing which was pretty fun.

I didn't take any photos, but here are some of me that Claire Butler took at the event:

Here and there

Waves have been really scarce lately. There have been moments of brilliance at some spots, but good solid surf is really inconsistent. The South Easter has been pumping for weeks without end. We've found good waves here and there, in between all the wind and lack of real swell. Summer is near. Strand is as flat as a dam. All the sand is back and there are good banks everywhere. Caves has really turned on a few times in the past few weeks. Betties side also delivered some good waves last weekend for a few hours before the wind turned again.

Men in grey suits are also back in business in False Bay. There has been a shark sighting every day this week at Caves. So don't be stupid and surf if visibility is poor.

Oppie Weskus: Part 2

Yoyo's had fun waves everyday of our trip and we never even needed to go look for waves anywhere else. The swell was too small for Elands and the wind too strong for anywhere else. We had two or three sessions everyday and we were the only guys out there most of the time.

We went for a skate sesh in town. After finding and skating two smooth hills, we decided it was time to find something better. We found another good spot and started skating. Halfway down the hill, a cop pulled me over while Thinus and Coetzer darted to safety around the bend. "Goeie more officer". He tuned me that we were not allowed to skate in Lamberts Bay. "Ok dis reg. Ons sal iewers anders vind om te skate". He then replied by saying: "As ek julle vind, gaan ek julle voetter!" and drove down the street, stopped and wrote some poor guy a parking ticket. That was the end of our skate session. We headed back to camp for another surf and a braai.

Oppie Weskus: Part 1

We embarked on our journey up the West Coast early Sunday morning. The car had been fully packed the night before with a whole lot of food, a big ass tent, two dslr cameras, a GoPro and a bunch of useless supplies we thought might come in handy. Weather and swell forecasts were carefully analyzed for weeks. Everything was perfect for our second Weskus mission this year.


About an hour into our journey the roof racks decided that they were tired of holding onto our precious surfboards. We heard a loud bang and looked back to see our boards flying across the highway. Luckily there were no other cars around. The road gave our boards a good beating and most of them were damaged. We threw the boards inside the car and drove on.

We arrived at the campsite. We were greeted by a half asleep receptionist who was sitting outside on a chair, basking in the Weskus sun. She was grumpy and didn't really want to talk to us. As we paid, a cat jumped up on the counter and startled her. "Ooh jinne Sokkies!", she shouted at the cat in her weskus Afrikaans accent. The phrase stuck with us and was repeated way too many times throughout our trip.

After a quick surf check we quickly decided to set up camp at a later stage. The waves were pumping at Yoyo's. Fun clean waves with sick ramps on the inside. We used some of that new UV resin stuff I got from Natural Energy (It works way better than Suncure by the way) to quickly repair our damaged boards and then got out there.

End Part 1