Zombie Apocalypse

Well thats a wrap everyone. 2012 is officially over. The end of the world didn't happen. There was no big ball of fire, zombie apocalypse or monstor end of the world swell. 2013 here we come.

The beaches are so packed at the moment. There is no parking available and you actually have to pay for parking in Strand (unless the back roads are empty). There has also not been any real swell around, but there have been amazing waves in a few hidden corners.

I made a little clip of all my footage from the past few months for th Derevko Shootout video contest, so please check it out and vote for me by Liking the video.

Here are some snapshots from the footage:

Haai

There were some fun waves at Caves this morning. I dragged my mom with me to get some new footage. Things didn't work out so great as we were chased out of the water by another haai about 6 waves into my surf. The ocean was quite powerful. Spent like 15minutes at one stage trying to get out the back, haha.

I started putting all the video footage I have of everyone from 2008 together in one massive surf fliek. So funny going through the footage from when we were like 14. There's some classic funny clips of Duncan and JP from all our competition trips. Good old days.

Here are some photos I took today after the shark payed us a visit:

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.