Kicking up kelp

This past week was intense. Well not really intense, but pretty intense. I just wrote my first engineering test week. So after studying a stupid amount of hours and writing some difficult tests, I made a mission around the coast in search of something new. I then found something new.

With the NorthWester up, I drove to Betties side. I didn't expect much, but was pleasantly surprised. There were some shoulder high waves to be surfed. I drove around trying to figure out where was best. Everywhere had some good, clean peaks. I had a fun surf and then went exploring afterwards.

So today I drove to one of the places I had not yet explored entirely and I found something fresh.

 And no, this is not that other heavy, lekker left that guys like Johann de Goede and Gunter Shultz charge. It's a completely different heavy outer reef. All I can say, is that while all the other reefs were too small to be surfed, this place was quite solid and grinding. I only had my 55mm lens with me, so these photos are pretty terrible, but i'll go film it again real soon.

We are heading up the WESKUS again this friday. This time we're going far up. Way up. 8 hours up. Will report back soon.

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.