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Rocking the Rock

thumb_Matt_Holzman_10_IMG_1248_IBA_Pipeline_2012_Specker_n Tuesday 21 February 2012.

The Banzai Pipeline went large and perfect for this year’s IBA Pipeline Pro. Wavescape presents our largest slideshow in a bid to portray the four days of madness that rocked the North Shore in the most awesome of ways. If a picture is worth a gazillion words, this is the Encyclopedia Britannica. And then some.

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Mellow J-Bay moments

Monday 20 February 2012

We can´t complain about summer this year, but in J-Bay, lulls between swells have been long. There have been good forecasts, but the models were fickle, and swell direction was too West. Still, there were some mellow February vibes. Photos by Paul van Jaarsveld

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Heat of the Moment

Monday 20 February 2012

It was all in the heat of the moment as Stevo, Robin Taylor and Spike shoot the "high" action at Ultimate X in Cape Town on Saturday. The amount of air, the level of skill, and the sheer mullet-headed tenacity of these athletes is mind-boggling.

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Myths and Facts

thumb_IMG_7141ws Monday 13 February 2012

The fat south swell this weekend was an epic fail, but deep in the Boland, it cooked. False Bay had waves, but never really got out of the stable, and many breaks were small and crowded. Stevo, not to be outdone by a myth, sniffed out solid surf deep in the heart of the Boland, with virtually no-one around.

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One Hot Minute

thumb_IMG_8202 Friday 10 February 2012

Last Sunday saw temperatures in Cape Town skyrocket and the masses descend on beaches all over the Peninsula. Robin Taylor took a drive out to the other side of the bay to discover the surfing was as hot as the day.

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Weekend Warriors

thumb_MH0_2612 Friday 03 February 2012

It’s the weekend baby! It’s time for all the desk jockeys and cubicle slaves to slap on the sun block and hit the beach with a vengeance. Marcel Habets tests out the new Nikon rig on the other side of False Bay last weekend.

So much for Funso.

Monday 30 January 2012.

After weeks of waiting, Funso’s swell finally arrived in Durban on the weekend. With every old local dashing back to Surf City for the swell of the year, Funso was an anti-climax, but the waves were good. Dawn Rouse took time out from shooting the QE2 to capture the charnas charging New Pier.

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Smoke on the water

thumb_IMG_7628-2 Tuesday 24 January 2012

Ian Thurtell took a swim at the Rolling Retro 2012 to document all the cool cats and hipsters pulling off moves that sum up the surfing eras in unusually warm water off Llandudno. See the story by Spike here and another slideshow by Brenton Geach here

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Rolling Stones

Monday 23 January 2012

Brenton Geach captures the essence of a fine day on the beach at the Rolling Retro held in Llandudno on Saturday. From classic to modern, and everything inbetween, this slideshow has it all. See the story by Spike here

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Rotor Blades

thumb_IMG_0551BGsunsetpunt Tuesday 17 January 2011

What do you get when you cross a helicopter and a Kommetjie surfer? Brendon Gibbens, that’s what. Simone Robb captures the action frame by frame as Brendon and friends turn their boards into rotor blades and fly away.

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