Spy Dude
October 2008
i wanna go there
//stunning into silence... and a fudging yank got there first!!
October 2008
wow wander where that is?! hows all those seals
johnnies delux...
interesting! but probabaly sooooooo far from CT
JmoOctober 2008Just insane. Looks almost fake with so many waves reeling down the point. Like a bunch of Flowriders all in front of each other.
Spy Dude
October 2008
my guess is namibia
dsc
November 2008
So I finally got around to having a look at this, epic. Seals, but epic. Just shows you what is still out there for discovery... and then publicity ... and then for making money off of.
I also read Spike's column in the Weekend Argus, a week late, but he makes a good point.
I definitely can't say that I am not guilty of doing virtually the same thing by publishing my shots of the epic sessions we had this winter and I can therefore not crit this that much, except maybe, for the fact that they should stay in their own country. Don't come to Africa dudes. It's ours. Bugger off.
I suppose I also can't really crit the cover of the last issue of SA's most commercial surf mag. I'm not going to say why I know exactly where that wave is but trust me it's where I know it is and if you have ever been there, you will know too. The only reason it is not a sick cover is cos there is not a booger in that pit (thanks Aadam - never more true spoken words), but it is a super secret spot; well was. I know Jarvi wrote a story about it a few years ago but he left the rest to your imagination, as is his skill. The wave itself is much more booger friendly and I just hope I don't have to go there for some peace and quiet and find a bunch of kook standups going over the falls on every wave they drop in on. I am therefore not at all bummed to see shots of the spot, if portrayed correctly. IE the rider and the wave and nothing scenic etc that can give location away.
My point is this: at least you won't have a hope in hell in finding that wave via means of google earth (don't get me wrong, those of us priviledged enough to have decent broadband have played with the application and noted one or two things for when the opportunity arises). Point breaks named "skeleton bay" leave very little to the imagination and a few minutes of googling around those key words land you right up with contact names and numbers and email addy's of local dudes willing to take you on a mission/be hospitable/actually run a back packer joint in the area. Easyish to eventually land up there with the right plan.
Bang. Commercial surf spot in the middle of nowhere.
November 2008
hahaha,
yup worked out where the skeleton bay is and its not that hard to find...its not that far away but definitely doable with some friends and some cash to get there and around if you dont have a 4 x 4....but yeah its a sick spot!!
with regards to the Zag front cover, as you say DSC if you been there you know the spot
well ill give heads upto the photographer for swimming it at that size which can be a mission to just get that one shot....but it payed off..yup bodyboarder in the barrel would have been much sicker, but how many bodyboarders were up there this day?
the thing i see is that the surfers will mission to get the waves, where most bodyboarders remain local...its not super but how many owes in CT would make the effort to go there for just the day?! Ive done it quite a few times leaving around 4am in the morning and putting foot down to get there before first light while freezing in a car with no heater...hahaa...
if owes are amped then things need to happen. Id be pretty amped to shoot this spot from water also, the problem with water shots and bodyboarding is majority of bodyboarders dont know how to work with water shots!! If im shooting water and you having a paddle, want some shots come talk to me and will give you some feedback / insight about how to get those shots. Thats why surfers have sick water shots cause they know exactly how to work with the camera man
hmmmm maybe i should do a brief write up to getting the water shot?
Just goto wait for some swell to hit cause got my new port so back in action and waiting for good shots .... who would be keen for shooting days? ie all camera guys who are keen come down to a beach and all the riders can rock up, then work closely to tuning in the skills ?!
chat soon.. off to get a coke zero
Spy Dude
November 2008
Sticky is a legend photog who isnt affraid to swim the heavy stuff, big up to him for his first zag cover, well deserved!
I am only going to shoot secret spots from now on and publish them along with directions and swell conditions.
Spy Dude
November 2008
lyle
November 2008
so who's keen for a road trip to nam...?
elemenohpee
November 2008
Went on a trip to namib in July, And WOW. That place has so much potential. The waves there are epic, just go to swakop and make your way up from there, Im going in April 09 again
dsc
November 2008
Spy - you got some crackers there! They're also not very difficult to get to.
Wonder if any of them are Skeleton Bay..
Did some reading on Senegal recently where they get Indo like waves with nobody around. Luckily it picks up both Atlantic swells from the South and North Sea swells from the North. Tropical too.
JmoNovember 2008 Spy, you were right about exposing stuff ay? No discretion lost on you these days... hahah
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
November 2008
elemenohpee
November 2008
Dude, that looks like it could be skeletons. So many waves that are not explored on Africa
Spy Dude
November 2008
yeah well since my local secret got 6 friggin pages of coverage in the latest mag, i am a little over the whole secret spot vibe, boogers are becomeing famous in this country for raping the concept of secret, surfers have kept quiet about certain spots for years, we somehow manage to shit all over in a couple of months and the result is crowds and attitide.
Okes have no fugin respect.
Its amasing how many durban okes are here, living in CT, surfing all the secret spots, telling all their friends, giving directions to all and sundfry and then when you ask them for directions to a few secret spots in their back garden.. like the south coast of natal, they are all fucking superior and oh i cant expose that, its a secret, if you dont know where it is, you will never find it. Well i say fuck that.
You okes are the reason my spots are crowded, time for payback.
I am so bored of looking at photos of kbay, hoek, llands, tant (like that a secret any more) and koeel bay. Its like the old SA bodyboarding mag where i was bored to death of North Beach and Cave Rock.
I want to see new waves, all those secret spots that arnt on the west coast and not in cape town, and different faces, not just the sponcered crew or whoever is hanging with DC or damian at the moment.
So bored, lets rather read YOU.
Oh and JMO, zoom out bru, even if i give you exact GPS co ords, its still gonna cost more than an indo trip to go surf those waves, and you might die.
November 2008
ooohh spy's milk was off this morning so he couldnt enjoy his pronutro
hahaa... just messing!
well one thing i dont mind with the mags and printing is as long as they dont label the spots. Zigzag have the policy of show but dont tell vibes. So they will give the coverage to the spots but leave them unamed, just photographer and rider which is cool..
well i know certain guys and places from shooting / exploring and surfing so will only give out to random owes etc that can be trusted. Ive pretty much driven the whole coastline from Richards Bay down to CT and upto Namibian border scouting for waves and have heaps of locations and also found loads of so called secret spots along the way, but im chilled and will keep those secret and respect that
so where do you propose Spy as new spots?! hahaha... nah ive got heaps, but just trying to find time off work and owes that will pull in....
dont worry over the next few months you will be seeing heaps of new spots and waves coming from myself as will be on a mission with a select few owes...keeping the vibes low key at the moment as yes there are certain owes that will tell the world just to get there at any cost...
ps - hahhaa, if you head to DBN let me know and ill let you know where all the spots are Spy
Even the so called Donkey Kong which has been surfed for many years before being exposed!! That was one of my local spots way back in the time before i even had a camera etc as lived there every weekend until i pretty much went overseas only to find out about this so called new spot that was discovered about 4 years after that it was orginally found...
its a tricky vibe now days cause so many owes find spots and name them X and then someone comes along and finds a spot and thinks its new and claims it Y and so forth...
pps - ive got heaps of spots not even as far up as Namibia that i have plotted out on google earth cause ive been there and explored them
Have a look at a few issues back of the small thumbnails esp the one with the shipwreck, hard reeling left break going off solid 6ft called Left Overs.... yup dont think anyone else has ever come across that and not to hard to get to / find and a handful of other sick reefs around there... not to mention the pass i organised to go into Debeers diamond minds with some of the restricted coastlines
that should leave you all bibbing!
Spy Dude
November 2008
November 2008
i know its sick but too wrong, there goes one of africas best kept secrets!!! guess bring on the crowds now days...
pity stuff like this gets out and sooo many open forums where people have posted info how to get there also, surfers can really suck sometimes!
November 2008
maybe we should all just start a new forum and let out our top secrets?! whose down? secret spots are soooo old school and pfff who cares, get the crowds calling and let the paddle battle begin
ps i know of a secret right hander at bigbay, dont tell anyone though... easy access and about average crowd of 30 owes in the lineup ...haha
ch4os_
November 2008
Mark Clark wrote:
maybe we should all just start a new forum and let out our top secrets?! whose down? secret spots are soooo old school and pfff who cares, get the crowds calling and let the paddle battle begin
ps i know of a secret right hander at bigbay, dont tell anyone though... easy access and about average crowd of 30 owes in the lineup ...haha
Haha, ya i know what you are talking about, its so funny when you see like 50 people out at big bay and then about 20 okes out at the "secret spot" right next to it haha where the waves are cooking, meanwhile next door there is 50 guys paddling for Big Bays trademark close out set...
dsc
November 2008
Spy bru, you are always on about respect - you want mine again - at least have the decency to spell my name correctly. I can't imagine how you managed to get that wrong. As an aspiring photog I looked up to you for years before I could buy my first equipment. Back in the day when it was literally you and Chappy shooting - thats where my inspiration comes from. Along with the fact that by covering certain riders enables them to achieve their dreams of becoming pro bodyboarders.
Please also don't tell me you have not posted shots of your secret spot cos I have seen it on this site.
In case you were unaware, Spike's Wavescape book published "your secret spot" long ago with directions as well as wind and swell conditions. Better have a word there, ay. I have not told a single person where that spot is - I have respect. I post shots of Tant cos the locals are cool with it. I post stuff of the West Coast too only cos the locals are cool with it.
Last time I went to your secret spot, there were maybe 20 ou's there - young and old; maybe more people know about it than you think.
I mission with my mates - thats why they get the shots. Not cos they are sponsored or the "cool guys" to shoot. I also shoot whoever is in the water wherever I am.
Perfect uncrowded lineups - thats what evey wave rider in the world wants, and this is exactly why ou's mission to find them...
November 2008
Missioning rocks
hmmmmm maybe everyone will go missioning and then ill have bigbay all to mysefl!! wahooo nice
i think within the CT region there arent really any secret spots left. If you can drive upto it, someones walked past it etc its not really a secret spot and most of them are in the easy spot to gain access to but just called secret cause no one really missions there.
Agree with Damon also that its cool to go missioning with your mates and get the shots, invite some owes maybe that are also keen to come along or let them know the area you will be shooting also. The end of the day if you are a photograpeher and want to get shots you need to shoot good owes that ride well or you not going to get anywhere, its just fact.
Ill mission and surf with a whole bunch of owes at all levels cause i just enjoy the sport and spending time with friends...but if its going to be stupid good hands up ill admit i want to be with my friends that arent going to hold back / hesistate cause i want to make sure i get the exclusive shots for the mag etc. Not saying other owes cant be in the water and also like most owes when you shooting a spot i dont just shoot who i know, if you can bust and pull in im bound to be pointing my lens at you and watching your every move...
everyone yes always want sercret spots and this and that, sometime i find more action when its crowded also cause there arent many waves that go to waste, learnt that from Hawaii and keeps things more exciting esp if its going off! id rather be shooting water with 50 owes charging a sick lineup then 5 guys cause im going to have long waits for shots and get bored and want to paddle myself.
i rate there arent many secret spots, rather spots that are less known and seldom surfed due to the size of the coastline. If you hit town side you are bound to get crowds full stop no matter where you are (talking from Melkbos all the way down and around to Muizenberg).
flip half the owes are too broke and skint so they have no petrol costs to get places so that leaves less crowds
also find we have amped photographers and riders but we still lacking sick shots that should be going through into the mag.. they getting there but slowly which is also cool as better then nothing at all.
chat soon, back to my pie
mark
November 2008
oh almost forgot,
where do i get a copy of that book
thanks spike!
Spy Dude
November 2008
Damon, sorry bru, spelling and speed typing insnt my strong suit.
Spikes book, nope bru, i have it sitting on my desk, just checked it and i disagree with you, it isnt in there. Sorry for you, but you are way way way off on that one, check your facts before making such rash statements.
As for 20 okes out, yeah, we can thank a certain Natal bodyboarder for that, went and told the whole world about it, with directions, wind and tides, now its a free for all. And to think, he got taken there as a guest. Problem is, Cape town okes are too mellow, try that anywhere else and you will get a beat down.
I have one shot of the wave, a line up shot and no more, i have surfed it for years, could have covered numerous sessions, but you know what, i respected the secrecy of the place, it was a rare gem in this overcrowded town, a place where you could still surf in peace with your mates, now its a free for all. Your first time there and you pimped it to the max. Thanks bru, from all the reserve locals.
There are certain wanna be pro boogers in this town who think they are above it and tune okes and take noobs to all the spots, again you cant stop it, its a free world, its just a crying shame. Tell me DSC, do you have any secret spots? Spots that you have surfed for years alone, that have suddenly become packed to the max! How do you feel about that.
As for respect, the only respect i crave is from my daughter, i dont want respect from you or anyone else.
I did warn you that your article was gonna piss people off, and it did, i digged the shots, but dude, there are older guys than me, that are very very bleak about it. Be careful in the reserve. Some things are better left unpublished. But thats the nature of the game i guess. and also why i have decided to not shoot surfing anymore. I will rather just go surfing and leave the photography and pimping to the rest of you. I am soooo over this game, and well over it all. I dont even think i will be partisipating on this site anymore.
Over it and out.
Ps chappy dont shoot boogers anymore cos acording to him boogers have no respect. I am starting to agree with him.
sy83November 2008Billy Miller is gonna throw fists...
BadgernipplesNovember 2008seriously!!! ?? !!
All these posts ever turn into is people bashing people for no reasons other than bordom and jealousy.
i read these posts in the hopes of people on here finally talking about something interesting and not repeating themsevles over and over and over again no matter what the post topic is. the same damn subjects always come up!
GET OVER IT!irritation is setting in!
People do what they wana do and u, u must just deal...
cos seriously, im very bored of reading the same fights over and over.
just take it easy
hof
November 2008
spy, you need to reasess my man. i don't post much because i don't have much to say, i just dig reading what's going on and checking out the photos on the site. but seriously bru, you are the MOST negative oak i've ever come across. every thread you post in in features some whinging remark of sorts... and it's not the cute grumpy old man "well back in my day" kind, they're often offensive ad just plain dick. everyone's entitled to their opinion blah blah.. and if i don't wanna read you post then don't etc. etc. but you always shoot down threads or people, and it's not that kiff. you need to chill. seriously. maybe just hang on wavescape forums and get your frustrations and negativity out there. let's keep the stoke alive on this site.
that NINJA kid
November 2008
In every culture and sub-culture the older guys get over it cos younger guys come through and think they're the first to do this or that and go here or there, and more often than not make the same mistakes or new ones along the same lines which could have been avoided.
Older guys 'whinging' are just trying to level it out and let the younger guys know how things are going to turn out with certain courses of action.
I think Spy has a lot of good advice at times and I think everyone on here has our negative opinions but I don't see him being espcially negative at all, and for the record I don't know him from a bar of soap. Also, I'm not young, but I sure aint old, I'm in the gap between, where work is starting to turn me in to a fat weekend-warrior!
Spots that are super-crowded nowadays must have been outta the way and secretive at some point in the past and other people just gave it up without too much thought or areas were developed leaving tarred runways in to the line-up...
I don't really have any secret spots of my own but I imagine some of my favourite spots up and down the coast which usually aren't too crowded being over-run and it sickens me, especially when you run in to other Durban cats and they freely hand-out snake eyes and snide comments despite the fact that it's not their home turf either...
kimon
November 2008
Damon : I haven't met you before, but I was in the water that day you took the shots. What a sick day of surfing! I was so stoked with the size and power of the waves, and I was stoked that the other ous in the water were cool towards a kook like me!
I'm surprised that you published article that you did - on their own the images give little away, but you threw in some seriously phat clues. Why, bru?
Spy : Count yourself lucky! You've had so many sick sessions at some seriously undercover spots. You've gained lank respect from the bodyboarding community for being true and for being the epitome of soul. You'll score mad barrels yet! Have pity for the younger guys who are lucking into some of the spots, though - what are the chances of scoring a lifetime of zero crowds like you have?
Keep it underground and keep searching - trust me, there's so many opportunities out there to get so stoked you can't even think straight. Insulting ous and quitting photography won't make you feel better. If the shots weren't run this time around, they would have been soon. It's the nature of secrets and of time running in one direction only.
We all want our slice of surfing heaven away from the buzz. We want to get shacked and hoot and hear nothing but nature in return. We're intrinsically selfish and yet we talk of growing the sport and generating exposure. Can you spot the paradox? Politics and surfing are lame together. Keep the stoke alive!
kimon
November 2008
Oh, and
Spy, I think you need to check Spike's book again - are you
sure UWP isn't featured?
ElementreeNovember 2008Wow...many harsh words exchanged between boogers over what appears to have been a stab at the commercial machine that is standup surfing. Can't we all just get along?
Personally i see the point of keeping things as hush hush as possible for as long as possible, but unfortunately good things are meant to be shared and i feel that "secret" sharing has a knock on effect. You tell one friend, he tells another, they tell another and so on...until we land up in a situation as written in previous posts...and yes, i did my best to read them all before commenting.
I like what is said about guys being too lazy to travel far in search of waves because i feel that it is pretty much spot on...
I myself have known about the spot in question for well over a year. I know what size swell it needs and i also know what wind it works on and Spy, it was you who told me about it while we sipped drinks at that bar in Melkbos(and no i don't mean the one up the West Coast and i am not having a go at you either because i ain't no blabber mouth so you chose who to tell very carefully and you also only gave me snippets not all of the info)...but have i been there...nope...couldn't be bothered. I ride for fun, because i love riding and when conditions are right for that spot there are loads of spots close to home that are going bonkers so i just couldn't be bothered. Sure...at some point i might make the mission to see what all the fuss is about, but for now...i am more than happy to ride with my mates where ever they go.
My point is this...and Spy...correct me if i am wrong because i am a firm believer in what you shared with me..."the hype around these spots will die off sooner or later, just look at Kokkarot...a couple years ago it was secret, then it was exposed and crowded to the max...now...guys couldn't be bothered because it's a mission."
Perhaps i am wrong in assuming that the same would happen at the spot/spots in question - perhaps not to the same degree...but in my opinion...given time there will be another "secret" spot exposed and riders will focus their attention towards rather than the fore mentioned breaks.
All secrets will be exposed...it is only a matter of time.
This is a never ending topic on this forum, and yes it is a valid discussion, but there is no need for us to get nasty with one another and thus lose respect for each other.
November 2008
that NINJA kid
November 2008
Heath Ledger?
tully07
December 2008
Spy ,
You have my backing in everything you have said.I don't blame that crew of surfers in the reserve who are taking matters into their own hands.What people don't understand is that the reserve is a totally different vibe altogther.There are surfers who have been locals for 30yrs+ surfing on their own at their own spot enjoying peaceful uncrowded waves.So what happens now they go down see its uncrowded then 20 fekking okes arrive -how do you expect them to react???
At the end of the day if you find a spot- keep it to yourself.get the blindfolds out if you have to.....
Scarecrow
December 2008
Ja Tully, that's true but who buggered it up for everyone in the Reserve in the first place?? The surfers themselves! Bru just look at a certain right-hander on a very large swell. How many surfers are on it? Easily 30+!! You've been there with me and seen it. Where'd they all come from? Certainly not brought in by the boogers and then they give us boogers kak and try blame us. Platboom is the same. And the okes that give the most kak are usually the ones that can't surf "their" breaks properly anyway (Platboom "locals" are pros at this). Wot's the most boogers you've ever seen in Reserve at one spot? Maybe 20 at a certain beachie when the overseas guys were staying in Cape Town. Or maybe the day I surfed a certain "secret" spot with about 15 boogers and a cameraman on the beach. Other than that you can usually count the number of boogers on one hand.
Yes there are certain boogers that are bringing every china they know in to surf the more remote spots (they know who they are) and they need to realise that it's not cool. Show some respect and you'll get some respect! They'd be the first ones to go all ape if we pulled into their "secret" spots with a bus load of okes. Those of us that've been around long enough know where these spots are, we just don't pull in there that often or maybe not at all cos we're busy surfing our own spots. Maybe it's time we organised a bus and went on a road trip
Chinnychinchin
December 2008
I am the proud owner of a 9ft Robert August "What I ride" longboard, it's a Suf-Tec 3-tone, wood-veneer piece of pure art.....I paddled it out at the Burg 2 weekends ago when a light NW wind came through. 1-3ft offshore, sun shining, warm water, I'd say easily between 80-120 people out. I stayed out for 2,5 hours and had one of the best sessions in my life. I got plenty waves, all the tourists got plenty waves, the "locals" got waves , hell even the laaities making sand-castles got waves. But I know there were days in the begining when ou's surfed it with just a few mates, every day.
Everyone just needs to chill. Why don't we all go down to the burg one afternoon, hire some longboards (if you don't have one) and maybe when we all get that kiff "grom stoke" back, we'll realise and appreciate what a gift God's creation actually is to us.
lemon
December 2008
I just read this post... and was left with such a dissapionted feeling so I fealt I nead to vent and just Put this spot you guys are talking about and (its not UWP)explain my side as every one on sixty40 has a 2 cents here is mine no hidden truths just how it is because its so blind watching you beat around the bush. Firstly myself and 4 guys found this spot... Garrenteed we where not the firts to find it... but for 4 years we surfed it with just 4 guys out and it was heaven....Then Mark mcarthy told heaps of people about ( surely I am going to cop some abuse for that comment ) but am just having some balls, dropping a name and as stated early saying it unadulterated. After that lank ous heard about the spot and DSC posted a pic. I pm DSC and asked him to take it down he said that he appologised and would remove the photo's I said it was unnessary, just no more photo's!!!@!! heard there are heaps now.... so talking about respect bumbed.....
Dont know DSC but happy to speak to you in a non confronttational way if suits? same goes for mark?
Talking about respect I grew up with Spy and know of so many spots he has Photos of that he has shown maybe one other guy... there are sopts he has surfed that are like the photo on the mag and know one has heard about it he wont talk orshow photos to any one... thats respect.
I dont know whats so complicated if its secret dont take photos jsut keep the memories, jeepors I should change my attitude as i did get to surf it with my connectioons for 4 years so stoke that i did.
Bring the abuse guys I dont really care.
Just thought I should set the record straight and stop the people who told everyone. If you are going to the spot now... have fun.... dont take photos ... take only guys who know about the spot.... and just enjoy it by yourself....
And to the guy who compared it to the burg you had some great pionts And i agree with you you have a rad attitude but in all fairness and respect the burg has heaps of waves for everyone... some of these spots are very fickle and have only one peak but keep the vibe
Later guys
December 2008
Ok im confused.....this topic is
Skeleton Bay, Africa - A Google Earth Challenge II discovery
and not UWP.....i havent been there yet and have known where it is for the last few years cause ive been told by every owe and there dog.! I know dont know what the whole hype is about as its a mission to get to for more guys and when its good its not even crowded.
Besides from images ive seen of that wave looks nothing special and would compare it to a few spots around melkbos anyways.... the only thing i think is owes enjoying doing a random trip to a new spot. When breaks get crowded like Hawaii then im going to complain cause that sucks!! Its the 21st Century and unless you need a 4 x 4 to get there / unchartered areas then you can claim it as secret....a spot that is pretty simple to find and every owe talks about just isnt secret.
So ja my side UWP, couldnt care less as doesnt even look that great for the mission and think Melkbos breaks much sicker then that wave from what ive seen..maybe im wrong maybe im right?! we all have our waves we enjoy and our local spots which is cool.... when you talking about UWP and how many owes are you talking about?! 30 owes in the water, if so that isnt even crowded to be honest esp in a well known location where every tourist, standup and bodyboarder venture all the time.
Its the same as Donkey Kong's, ive grown up most of my bodyboarding life and surfed it sooo many times and surrounding reefs but never named it, never taken photos of it and never displayed it....few years later final someone stumbles across it and names it and claims it as a new spot. Thats just how life goes and i can pretty much gaurentee myself and one other bodyboarder from Amazimtoti where the first guys to actually have surfed it.....including the point just to the side of it when it starts breaking at around 8 - 10ft and joins up with donkey kongs on the inside....sketchy and scary as hell and soo many johnnys in those waters. That location around donkey kongs (im not giving out details)...but ive seen spearfisherman go down and never come up further down the beach by the left overs of the wreck, ive see kids get swept off the at the near by tidal pool on xmas day and drown as sea rescue couldnt get there in time... ive seen solid 6ft plus shorey cranking into the bay where they launch the boats (by the wall where the fishermen fish off) and the list is endless... BUT hey so is life and times change and new people are bound to come across the spots.
Im a person who loves to explore and look for waves and ive done so much of the coast line from Saldhana down to CT and upto Nambian border driving by car....so many ive probably missed and so many more to come, dont get over phased about a fun little wave and rather go explore some real stuff
Speaking of which might be going to hit a new spot this sunday which has been talking about but no one has ever tested the waters....yup conditions are looking good at the moment and have a crew selected so maybe you might get a glimpse of us but we will be far out to sea in boat to gain access to this reef
theres all the tips i can say so stay away from it cause its my new local spot...hahahaha call it UWR (under water reef).....dom dom dom....chill all its christmas time again!
On this point i actually question if we have any secret spots in cape town areas? Say between Gas Chambers and Hermanus ?! I doubt there are and pretty much almost all of the coastline has been explored or there is roads leading to it.
Back to
Skeleton Bay, Africa - A Google Earth Challenge II discovery
Walvis Baai
Now this will raise some eye brows
hahaha
Well since the beans have been spilt and the US claimed it as a new wave spot and the locals have been paddling it for years you will end up running around circles
Its a long mission to get there and if anyone actually does more then talk about it then good luck and think its sick...
Spy Dude
December 2008
And an all special post just for the Hoff and not to piss off badgernipples (God forbid) cos we all know his years of experience is so out there that NONE should question his GOD given authority but spy is gonna be all negative and stuff now.
I agree with mark, the reserve sux, its filled with grumpy old surfers, the waves are NO better than melkbos, its always windy and there are lank sharks. UWP is a kuk wave, compareable with Melkbos.
There are no secret spots and that song EVERYONE was singing last year, you know the one, show respect to gain respect, ya well throw it out of the window, according to most of the okes on this string, it doesnt apply anymore, someone got hold of God and oked it with him. Dont respect the locals, dont respect the surf spots, dont respect the semi un published nature of the spot, fuck DONT RESPECT A DAMN THING! Do what you want, well according to ol bagger, thats the way it is. There are no secrets, its all fair game, cram as many okes into your moms conquest and hit it hard, tell ALL your friends... hey why not just stop respecting the general laws of surfing, drop in on guys, burn guys, snake guys.
Funny how derde steen carpark is always getting hit... hmmm... KARMA is a bitch..innit.
lyle
December 2008
yo yo yo dudes. ive been reading this ever since it came up...
who wants to move to EL??? if a spot has more than 10 okes out we take a 5min drive and find an empty line up around the corner
i cant contribute much to this thread. we dont need secrete spots as the well knwn ones are empty
so who's comming up?
cheers my chinas
Spy Dude
December 2008
Ya.. amped... was actually thinking of a kei mission next season, so i figure a quick stop in at EL will be well worth it.
Yeah all this bitchyness is a direct result of urbanisation. Too many people, too little understanding.
Some okes get it, most dont.
And you will never really appreciate it if you dont know what to appreciate. Pretty sad actually.
Hooked a Euro surf mag at the kiloshop yesterday, came with a free DVD.
All i can say is that Europe has SICK waves and the Algarve is a hidden gem. Stoked i got to surf it when the sport had hardly taken off there and there were NO crowds anywhere and the only surfers around were bodyboarders.... good times!
December 2008
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hey why not just stop respecting the general laws of surfing, drop in on guys, burn guys, snake guys.
HAHAHHAHAAA, now that sounds like the South American bodyboarders from Brazil, Mexico etc....that sums them up just perfectly and they dont really believe in those rules
now theres a challenge..
that NINJA kid
December 2008
Why is that? The majority of the South American cats are just asses when it comes to burning everyone?
I think back to Padang Padang and 9 of us in the water getting burnt one after the other by the same South American who felt we were too deep while he sat on the end section... so ridiculous...
We still have it pretty darn good here, I keep thinking of Shaggy (I think it was) in Oz last year or earlier this year and talking about 9 hour drives up and down the coast to get uncrowded waves, I've heard crazy tales of bodyboardings so called promised land! 50 specs or double that that some times floating out there in the dark before sunrise... I don't even like scrapping with my friends cos I'm just not assertive enough so that puts me waaaaaay off.
Also, everyone's hating people at 'their' spots, especially with no respect blahblah, we can all agree on that but if everyone does have all these other spots sussed why don't you just bail and go search some more or head out to another secret gem you have floating in the memory banks?
Spy Dude
December 2008
just like the chinesse who ALL know gungfu and firmly beleive that they can kick your ass anywhere and anytime, the brazzos all know capawhereO and skim the same. Strange that it was just one brazzo doing that, they usually pack hunt.
A few years ago Paul Bothas son brought out a troop of brazzo surfers who caused havok everywhere they went, from secluded spots in the reserve to trying to dominate at kalk bay. End result, violence, a few broken brazzos (they arnt that tough one on one) and paul botha bitching to the newspapers how unfriendly cape town surfers are... hahahhaha and then he got a mouthful from everyone else.
that NINJA kid
December 2008
I (thankfully) have never fought over waves but yep, we do seem to be the civilised ocean-goers, I met an Israeli sponger this year too in durban-town surfing with a mate befor his bulls-party and he also required a quiet word about his inside paddling and burning....
So noddy-badges for all of us for being do-gooders at heart and smiles for realising the old saffa-land aint so bad
Elianderthehateful
December 2008
So a baby seal walks into a club...
koslovski001
December 2008
I would hate to be the one to burst all of your bubbles but 90% of the coast from luderitz to walvis is reserve and you can get day permits to access small parts of the beaches.
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