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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