Arbitrary

Lately waves have become pretty scarce and I've been spending more time on the beach than doing any actual surfing. There have been some fun waves here and there in the last two weeks, ranging from freezing cylindrical funnels to overhead, bone crunching wedges. But this whole week the ocean has been pretty flat.

We are heading up to Still Bay and Mossel Bay for the next couple of weeks to surf and party, but will be returning around Christmas time to get slotted at home.

Some photos by Coetzer Cooke Photography a.k.a @CoetzerPhoto:

                       Adin takes to the sky

                             Davey Gouws (@yobrodavey) GoPro selfie

                    I took this using Coetzers camera. Caves beauty.

                              Myself airborne

                           Adin's office...

                       Sunset tubes at Crons

Get Some

I haven't  posted anything in a while. The reason being that we haven't really had any good surf in a long time. My studies have also been keeping my ass glued to my desk chair. It's exam time... again.

A lot has happened since my last post. My car has been broken into twice. Right outside our apartment in Stellenbosch. The thieves getting away with my camera lenses the first time, which I was stupid enough to leave under a towel in my car. The second time, they tried to remove my radio, which they failed at horribly, leaving me with only a broken window to get repaired. Tik koppe.

Over our short midterm break in Sept, Marthinus and I had a amazing trip up to Mozambique. The ocean was dead flatt, but we had a amazing time soaking up the sun and experiencing the local scene. On our return, Marthinus got several strains of malaria, after only being bitten twice. He was really sick for a bit, but is back to full health. I now know where most of the best waves are located, so next time we are klapping it hard.

Davey ''Dawid" Gouws and I have hit a dry patch in our endless hunt for Boland barrels. Getting completely skunked on numerous occasions. Wrong wind, wrong swell, wrong sand. Don't worry, summer is creeping ever closer and soon all the elements will align. Talk of no waves will be long gone in the South Easterly wind. Watch this space.

Here are a few photos of Betties a while back, taken by Coetzer Cooke. If you haven't seen Coetzer's photo's in the Binne Die Boland article in the new zag, I suggest you go pick up a copy. It is also a really well written article by local charger Phillip Nel. Worth the read.

                                Charl de Waal, little runner

                         A right

                                    A left

                              Adin Masencamp about to get slotted

All photos by Coetzer Cooke. Give him a follow on insta: @CoetzerPhoto.

Ice Cold

Spent most of my weekend frolicking in the icy cold waters of Koeel Bay. Waves were real fun on both Friday and Saturday, but the water was absolutely freezing before the sun came out from behind the mountain. Only on our way home on Friday, did we discover that the mountain tops were covered in snow.

Coetzer Cooke Photography tagged along to capture the action. Here are a few photos: All photo's by Coetzer Cooke.

                       Ice tunnel

                          Empty

                          Power

                       Premium wedge

                         Yup, thats snow

                             Insider running off

Delayed Reactions

A week ago, our two month long winter break came to an end. I was fortunate enough to spend most of the holiday tripping through the country. Got to visit all my favorite points up the east coast: Mossel Bay, J-Bay and Vic Bay. We scored good waves on every trip.

Surfed USSA's in Vic Bay for the Maties surf team. The waves were small but really fun. Vic beachie had really good banks and we had some solid free surfs there. We ended up coming 4th overall. Next year we'll take the gold, I'm shure of it haha. Harde partytjies, good surfing and a amazing group of people. Everyone had a good time. Looking forward to next year.

The next few months will be spent studying back in Stellenbosch and tracking down big winter barrels at home. Always fun.

Here are a bunch of photos from the past month, I havent posted any in a while:

                 Maties initiation: I got a great new hairstyle

                    Maties initiation

                       Myself in J-Bay. Photo by Nita Oosthuizen

                        Setting up at Super's car park section. Photo by Nita Oosthuizen

                         Victoria Bay

                     Davey Gouws busting one of a million airs in the beachie

                      Me at Vic beachie

                         Davey, Aaron, Lauren and myself. Initiation night.

                            Stoked

                             Me

                          In the bushes

                               2013 Maties surf team