Feb

I started studying Engineering 3 weeks ago. So far the course has been pretty intense and it was really tough to start studying after a gap year of doing nothing but surfing. I feel like I have lost quite a few brain cells after so much time on the beach.

Even though I am busy studying, I am still managing to surf really often. The waves have been so fun this whole month. There has been plenty of barrels and fun bowls to smash.

Coetzer Cooke has been tagging along with us taking photo's. He's been nailing some really sick shots.
Here are a few photo's from the past few weeks:

               Caves. Photo by Marcel Habets

         

                  Photo by Coetzer Cooke

                           Rooi Els

                        Wedge

Summer Daze

2 weeks ago the flu kept me out of the water for a few days. I took my camera down to the Caves and took some photos of the local crew. You can check out all of the photos here:
 https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10151244260558386.455083.585488385&type=3

 Here are some of my favorites:

                    Super low tide

                              Rigard Smit entertaining the crowd

                                   Empty

                                   Peder Christensen flying

                                    Adin Masencamp late take off

                                   Tommy Kruger

   

New Years

Here is a short edit of our trip. I'm not a fan of my surfing in this. The edit also makes the waves look much better than they were. It doesn't show the hour long lulls or the intense crowd, but anyway. Filmed by my sister.

New Years Resolution from Charl de Waal on Vimeo.

New Years Resolution

I did quite a bit of traveling over Christmas and New Years. Marthinus and I did a short road trip to Stilbaai and Mossel Bay. We scored some good waves and had a good time chilling at the Lappies Baai campsite with everyone.

Over New Years we missioned up to JBay. We stayed at the Hard Rock Backpackers for 7 days. It's probably one of the coolest backpackers I've seen. It has a sick theme and a great bar in the backyard where we spent most of our time. The ocean was completely flat though. The waves were 1ft everyday and there were way too many people out in the water. I surfed Cape St. Francis the one day, which was a bit bigger, but everyone was out there. It was as if there was a Junior series comp on. All the sponsored groms and older guys were there.

Here is a sequence taken by Johann van Rensburg.