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http://www.sundaytribune.co.za/deadly-bug-hits-beaches-1.1227227
they arrived this morning - waves are pretty heavy at the moment!!
PS, Now you have been cleared, please let us know well in advance if there is ever the slightest chance of a Tsunami coming in Town Side!!!
Can't wait for it to go off to get some pics.
few more from Sunday.
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np6.jpg
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np7.jpg
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np8.jpg
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np9.jpg
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np10.jpg
This week looks like its going to be mental!
I got in the water for the first time in 4 years on Sunday.
Was living in JHB for a while. Cant surf for *&^#*+*! anymore but still enjoyed it, haha.
Too some pics of New Pier mid morning. Fun waves but lank ouens.
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np1.jpg
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np2.jpg
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np3.jpg
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np4.jpg
http://www.grantpix.co.za/np5.jpg
Quoting Stringer:
thats Lame! Aussies are lame!! your lame for thinking thats the way it should be!! surfing isnt about trying to be hardcore and the best its about having fun and enjoying life...
On the nose bru, have noticed a change over the years, I think it's the older guys who now have kids and take them out with them, most okes give the laities a break and even give them advice in the water, I guess growing up an avid surfer and having your kids learning to surf with you when you are older puts a different spin on things compared to the old days when surfers were just classified as "hooligans in the water". Really enjoy the days out when the vibe is cool and every one chatting...even if you only get a few good ones, you remember the day and not crap attitudes.
Quoting AndyBe:
but yeah what scott said. always paddle for the section that has already broken if there is an owe on the wave coming towards you even if it means you gonna get a bit worked, its better then getting a fin to the head
With regards to who should get out of the way. The first person that should make the effort is the person paddling back out, the person on the wave shouldn't have to sacrifice his section to avoid you. So make sure you don't get stuck in the impact zone, and try your best to get out of the wave riders way, don't sit in a section that is just about to barrel then expect the wave rider to avoid getting barreled just to avoid a collision with you.
If the wave rider can avoid hitting you then he will, but if you right in the spot that he wants to connect, and not making an effort to get out the way then im sure he will take his chances. (like I have in the past) Its just to hard to resist sometimes.
One piece of advice, always paddle for the foam, don't try paddle for the open face of the wave to get out of the way.
I understand the frustration though, life is stressful, so you try and blow off some steam in the surf and then get extra p*ssed off when some ar$ehole snakes and gets aggro, and then you have to tune.
Personally I think Durban surfers handle the crowds pretty well. Now its mellow, people generally apologise if they screw up, and I've only had a few verbals in the last few years (mainly with the older generation on longboards who think they deserve all the waves so I dont know if they learnt any lessons or respect). D*ckheads are the minority, and seem mainly limited to NP and NB when 4-6.
I suppose if we get as crowded as Oz then maybe things will change. For the moment I guess we're just more classy than the crims hahah
I didnt say it had to be hardcore, I just said it was right that if you drop in knowing someone is on the wave as the guy in the video did then you should get a beat down. One of the big problems I see nowdays is that newcommers to the sport have no idea of the "rules" of surfing and that is dangerous for all surfers. When I started surfing in Durban over 30 yrs ago you had to earn your place in the line up and there were plenty of times us little groms got a good hiding for trying to sneak into the lineup were we shouldnt have been or for dropping in on someone. It taught respect and did us no long term harm, in fact as far as I am concerned it did us good. There were way less surfers those days and yes it wasnt done like the beatup in the video.
And we had way more fun than the I see the kids having now days.
thats Lame! Aussies are lame!! your lame for thinking thats the way it should be!! surfing isnt about trying to be hardcore and the best its about having fun and enjoying life...
I was out there this weekend and it can get pretty savage. Like DBN 30 yrs ago, you gotta earn your place in the line up by showing respect and that you can surf. You drop in you get beaten just like it should be. You want to drag your *&^#*+*! you get beaten. Simple as that.
dont ever think of dropping in on me again...
http://www.stabmag.com/elliot/police-patrols-target-surf-spots
Hahaha! Kidding, but these ous severely dislike each other, some cool surfing in the beginning of the vid...the 2nd half is 1 long, tiring fight...these guys must be FIT!
You are comparing Durbs to one of the greatest waves on the planet tho..
Totally agree, worked the oil depots from Dbn to CT and stop over on the way down to CT:
East London - fair
PE - fair
Vic Bay - many good times in my memory bank (favourite - locals cool - book in at B&B on the point overnight / and surf the afternoons away until 19h30 or book the weekend and just surf all day, pity the restaurant has closed though)
Mossel Bay - totally underrated (favourite - locals cool) (mind the rocks if you go out high and come out low)
CT - too cold and too many whites (as in sharks) but OK if get the spot on the right day (time travelling to the spot is an issue though)
Durban - best days of my life
Cant believe Jeb Corliss crashed in south africa of all places!
Sounds sick bro, im keen to surf new spots.
Quoting gallopaway:
Scott, when winter arrives on our doorstep. must come join me on the coast, will take you to a few spots
Yes. Required attire is jacket and tie, short pants, long socks with takkies. Positive attitude and own spade (plastic - preferably pink) will improve chances of your application being succesful
buried whales? what beach you surfing at? and who buries the whales? is it like a job? can i become a whale burier? will i get to wear a suit? and do i need my own spade?
Also don't surf near any buried whales. I noticed quite a few on the beach this last weekend.
You are comparing Durbs to one of the greatest waves on the planet tho..from my travels (Europe, NZ) and mates reports on Sydney, California and all over, Durbs is bloody hard to beat for consistency of swell and ease of travel, as well as warm water year round and ok crowds compared to Aus. But I agree, travelling is where it is at. From CT all the way up its just sick. Just dont surf second beach at Port St Johns...
we always busting missions bro, only thing is you live out in the sticks so you,d have to get up extra early and leave car at one of our houses! facebook me your number choems!
Kat rips. totally kicked my ass at the Wahine last year.
Hey Zoe, shot for putting things right for Kat, but why wait so late??? Kat, "you go girl", I guess if you know you're good, crap comments posted on this site won't worry you.
Zoe 2012-01-16 08:52
"the moral of the story is to eat your vegetables"
Ha ha, expected a response, but not this good..."I can" (sometimes) but it sounds like you must have been eating shrooms not growing them in your ear, was your doctor a witch doctor?, get a new one quick.
Surfpig 2012-01-16 12:56
...Or maybe it's a case that you need big tentacles to surf Dirtbin
Dirtbin describes the beach front well after Dec / Jan, Just came back now, agree some beeeeeig tentacles needed this morning, got drilled a few so did many others, took shots after to prove I wasn't the only one...
Would you mind sharing? Or are they 'secret' spots?
Lol you pr*ck. Yeah I am a late bloomer. Next time you guys need someone to fill in a gap with a surf trip give me a shout.
I have to say Durban is actually pretty cr#p, and my new years resolution is to travel searching for proper waves.
I could spin a whole story and b*tch and moan like a lot of you do, but this is some advice. If you don't travel and know Durban to be a 'good' spot then please do yourself a favour and travel. Try Jbay for starters, if your surfing ability allows you too.
i didnt but some guys were getting big barrels on the lefts....def was wurthit but you got to time your jump
Quoting Surfpig:
...Or maybe its a case that you need big tentacles to surf Dirtbin
I had a fungus grow out of my ear, it was so huge it began to sprout tentacles...but they were not plant. tentacles..they were half octopus half fungus tentacles...fungtopus tentacles!
And they grew to over 4 m long. And it hurt to sleep cos the tentacles would bitch slap me in my face in the middle of the night. For no reason. %#$# Sadist tentacles.
I went to the doctor, but the tentacles grabbed him and threw him out the window. They grew out of control. I tried to chop them off with a carving knife but they overpowered me.
Eventually I managed to destroy them with gamma rays.
the moral of the story is to eat your vegetables.
Cannot tell a lie all in the interests of good posts on this site, have a good one tody those of you who will be going down, I will (with prestick in my frigging ear)
How about a cup of harden the *&^#*+*! up an go surf.....
what does it look like? like mushrooms growing on your ear?? speak Rob SPEEEAK!!!!
Someone has been reversing the negative clickers clicks,who dunnit own up??
I heard of a couple of people with a similar complaint.
"@Rob G - yah its a good movie"
I'm sure most will agree with your comments
"Water is filth, but otherwise beach was pretty clean. I never been sick from the water, so cant be that bad."
Bru, have surfed Town for years but am now battling with a fungus in right ear since Oct last year (when water was really dirty) driving me crazy, guess I should just let it grow out like some weed and pull the whole frigging thing out by the roots.
Anyone else had this *&^#*+*! recently????
Kat rips. totally kicked my ass at the Wahine last year.
So much red clicks again i love it!!! Imagine in all your years alive you've amounted to being a keyboard cowboy hiding aaahahaha your mother must be proud aaaahahah TROLLOLOLOLOOOOOO!!!!!
Water is filth, but otherwise beach was pretty clean. I never been sick from the water, so cant be that bad.
@Rob G - yah its a good movie, although it put me off the North Shore more than ever. Paradise for me is warm water and a manageable left pointbreak with no-one around, not heavy localism, ego glory boys, photogs, and heavy waves pummelling shallow reefs, I am surprised more people dont peg every year trying to make name. Would love to get barrelled at Pipe though. Just once, with a couple reef chicks cheering on the beach holding cold beer hahahah dream on
Wind is coming tomorrow! There will be good kite surfing for the next few days :)
The swell is there,tides are good....banks are finally coming right...
web cam is working....
C'mon wind
100% agree about the litter and water quality - seriously disgusting. I thought it would be "safe" to do a dawnie on the 2nd - well, no it was kind of a second new year, party still going at 4h30am. Driving behind another car the litter was so deep in the road, it was like a snow storm kicking up in the cars wake.
On the other hand within a day or two it was pretty much cleaned up (except for what had blown into the sea).
I still think the dune rehab efforts should be applauded - I don't see too many people in the vegetated areas so I think it should last especially as the growth seems so strong.
There ARE issues but overall the surf scene in Durban is very good. If it were TOO good imagine how crowded it would be!
But.... those of you who have not seen the DVD, it gives a photographers take (excuse pun) on North Shore during their peak season, with shots of surfers being taken by at least 20 photo / videographers a few feet away from 6' to 10' peaks and sick hollow barrels, interviews with international surfers (Mick Fanning etc..) and photographers (Mark Healy - QS etc..), Larry Hayes with "why I wear a helmet" and you realise that these guys also get drilled big time in the surf doing the job they love, refreshing, very interesting and sincere interviews with Larry Hayes describing his "out of body experience" after a massive head-butt on the reef....
My conclusion, I would not swap Durban Town / Coast with North Shore for anything, imagine lining up with a perfect 6' bomb and find you have 20 lenses poking out the water at you while you take off and try to work the wave.... eish!!!
Everyone should be doing their part in whatever way they can for our ocean and our beaches...
At the risk of saying something non-surf related...
Neil - tell your mate that its really cool walking past that area and seeing some indigenous dune growth there, amazing what can grow in a dune when its undisturbed. Big ups for getting it going. Perhaps its not so unrelated to surf: when the sea level rises a bit more, that dune area might be a last line of defence keeping some sand in place...
Surf-related: the cyclone is looking GOOD (for us, not so much for the Madagascarians...):
http://www.koolasun.co.za/weather/sa-weather-chart.html
that bay development is my mate and his company doing it, the ironic thing is after the new years day shenanigans,all the litter was cleared everywhere EXCEPT in the enclosed area with the municipality telling them the landscaping company must clear it themselves. Pretty crazy how people cannot see whats better for the future of our beaches.
Quoting daager:
Impressed with the Baobab and the dune regrowth at Bay, the inner city may look like sh*t, but the beach is world class.
....and no crowds!
OH No!! My secret is out! Be kind to me Jono,I really wanted to be a real surfer. This is the closest I could get.
Sorry to see you missed the big surf in Aus but I'm sure the experience in Durbs was worth it.
Shot Bru
Guys eenjoy the small clean surf.
Vol 2
Perhaps the site/service administrators should publish some enabling "guidelines" for users but without being censoring or prescriptive. But therein lies the difficulty! Maybe a user-code of contributor-ethics that will (self) regulate content? A set of ethics and values? EG Respect for the views of others; Live and let live; Disagreeing without being disagreeable etc etc.
Of course one can "regulate" till the cows come home but what good are "rules" without the capacity to enforce?
In the ideal world all would share a common values,ideology,purpose etc and this would be self-regulating....but in the real world things will be different.
Perhaps some readers out there would like to offer constructive comment?
Then there's the other side of the equation: Why do people comment or read the comments at all?
The reasons are obviously varied; from pure provocation or mischievousness to soul-sincere expressions of personal self....Whatever...!
If one puts out "stuff" into cyberspace one must expect anything in return....and have the maturity to understand and accept that what comes back and where it may come from is beyond one's control....
In the meantime I off to hunt for a wave.
VOL 1
Hi Willy and Rob G
Absolutely...from the great library in cyberspace. Just testing the water by making an extreme point re restricting content on this site. To confine one's comments to surfing (As suggested by Gaz)can be uninteresting and confusing if one had to focus on this kind of techno-talk which few would/could appreciate. It's apparent that some readers/users however have a preconceived idea as to what should or should not be shared/published on this "Comment" facility. If anything appears which, they believe,falls outside their framework/expectation, then they express their displeasure by throwing stones and insults and attempt to define what,in their mind/opinion,is acceptable comment.
(To be continued)
After 8 months in Aus with tiny surf and huge crowds if there was even a slight wave I go back to Dirtbin for a couple of weeks over Christmas looking forward to some good uncrowded surf and whenever I managed to get down it was pretty small.
Get back to Aus to discover there was some huge Cyclone surf on Christmas and Boxing day wiith one of the only people able to surf it being none other than Occy. No way I would have had the balls or stamina to get out without a pier to jump off anyway.
It was great to go for a couple of early morning sessions with my little girl though. Got her a carbon fibre bat tail for Christmas. Very supprised at how goood it was. Really easy to paddle and turned really sharply.
"otherwise, just look at the picture, not the comments, then go surf :)"
You're right of course bru, tried this for some time but some of the comments were just over the top and you cannot help but browse thru some times....gone surfing...
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