The week that was…. – Featured Blog

Yeeeuuuw! The waves cranked on Sunday. Out west was firing on all cylinders, and when the wind finally abated somewhat (just went down a notch to howling as opposed to full-out gale) there were some solid solid lines pulling into the bay.

Some solid solid thigh muscles were still required to deal with the chop, but if you didn’t mind the odd bounce-a-thon you were good. Some loooong rides being had from the top of Millers down to Hobie.

Coupla guys were taking on outside Clubhouse just before dark. Pretty hefty peaks out there. Bell Bouy was breaking, but no takers.

If you were in the know, the sheltered spots down the road offered early morning waves protected from the pomping wind. But if you were stuck in PE you had to wait patiently for the arvo wind swing.

Must be a lot of truth to the saying “It’s a dog’s life” – cos Supertubes shutterbug Robbie Irlam’s mutt seems to be fully in the loop with some swell checking.

Wind can be both our friend and foe. It generates the swells we ride, but it also shreds ’em to bits at times. Was a frustrating morning for Bay surfers to see awesome lines get chop sueyed. There were a few UFO’s spotted flying about….

Down the coast also felt the brunt of the big south swell and spring tide combo. Classic shot of the BI getting smashed. Lekker if you living on the 10th floor and pop out and leave the window open – and come home to find a few elf flapping about on the floor.

​Turns out this is actually a shot from a coupla years back – but too good not to share.

The super spring low tides meant that at some spots it looked like someone had pulled the plug outta the ocean. Got peeps a bit nervy about tsunami’s after NZ had a big quake on Sunday. Anytime you see the ocean drain out you gotto be on your toes.

Big tide’s cos of the big super moon – gonna be the biggest and brightest moon in 68 years. If anyone you know goes a bit bedonderd, just take a glance upwards. Ain’t called lunatics for nothing!

Loggers – make sure you diarise the date – end of November is the Longboard EP Closed (aka NMBS Closed). Roving venue to make sure the best waves on the day get ridden. Everyone welcome to enter.

Plenty of sealife around in the early parts of the week. Huge pods of dolphins cruising the backline, and doing lotsa leaps and twists and generally having a jol. Entertaining to watch the German tourists running excitedly up and down the beach gesticulating wildly.

Wonder what the German equivalent of “Ky-daar!” would be? (assumption made that they were German cos of the socks-n-sandals combo that seems iconic to that country.

Not all the dolphins were full of the joys of spring unfortunately. Some became part of the food chain – like this poor chap who washed up on Nahoon beach midweek.

Onshores were pretty gnarly midweek. Stanley Badger went down to check for some easterly bowls, stuck his head out the window, and ended up with one of these blue buggers plastered to his sunnies. Ok, so he probably went and stuck it there himself, but full marks for being a funny ou.

Plenty of discussion this week around the US elections, even the skies in JBay decided to get their votes in.

The website has got a revamp, so go take a look around. Some kiff shots in the Photo Gallery of all the local spots firing.

Might be a few glitches here and there – so please choon me if you spot any. Specially if you see one of the header images as being a burger and chips! Long story short – the default placeholder looks a bit like a Spur ad.

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Another summer’s week, with some windy days, some beaut days and even some surf days. Nice lil sneaky east swell which threw out a few backwashy barrels as well.

​Water is lekker warm, must be hovering round the 20C mark, so good time to dust off the spring suits. 

Not too many ou’s in the water out in St Francis bay at the moment as bits of the washed up whale are still floating about, and beachfront residents report seeing some rather large finned fellows cruising the backline frequently. 

Chatted to John Elliot at Seals, and he mentioned there seems to be more resident seals hanging out at Shark Point – the point between SF and CSF – these days. A growing permanent seal population in the area isn’t good news for surfers as it may result in a growing resident finned population, much like what happened in Plett.

In between the obligatory howling wind days there were some kiff glassy periods. Even the dolphins seem to appreciate the break in the crappy weather and have been out in force on the good days.

The CYOH crew held their 3rd Surf Off on Saturday and scored some good waves at Sards. Remember that everyone’s welcome at CYOH events – from groms to grandpa’s, beginners to shredders. Just pull in and enjoy the lekker vibe and a stoked crew.

Last week marked the 6 year anniversary of Andy Irons’s passing. Gone but not forgotten. He was one of the world’s most frighteningly talented surfers. One who wanted to win more than anything. Some of the young ‘un’s on the world tour these days could have learnt a thing or two about competitive passion from AI.

Skom skelms are doing the rounds again – coupla break-in’s to cars at Millers carpark over the last week. Reckon having a python on the dashbboard would resolve the problem. Note that they’re breaking into surf locks as well – all it takes is a good biff with a hammer or spanner and pop – there are ya keys. So if you using surflocks try put em in hard to get to places like in the wheel arch – not just at the back bumper.

Houdini makes plastic copies of digital keys – so just get one and leave your keys hidden somewhere in the car and use the plastic key to lock up. Easy to stash in your wetties key ouch or round your neck on a string.

Bodyboarders Jason Lodge and Jonathan Scheepers decided they’d paid up their life insurance policies and it was time to dance with death. The crazy boogers decided to have a surf at Brighton Pier over the weekend. It’s known to have cranking waves, but the water quality is super-sketch thanks to the sewerage outflow pipe right there – which also draws in the finned fellows – and then of course the 30 ou’s chucking sinkers over ya pip as they fish off the pier.

Thankfully the guys survived both the land and sea sharks! All limbs still in tact.

Wee bit of swell possibily on the horizon for this week – but winds looking a bit flukey and may spoil the party. How unusual…..