Wednesday 21 October 2009
Every year thousands of surfers, bodyboarders and photographers make the annual pilgrimage to Hawaii’s North Shore. Despite cheap holidays in Indo and the chicken run to Australia, the North Shore is perceived as the ultimate proving ground for South Africans.
Over the months of November through to late March spots like Pipeline, Rocky Point, Sunset Beach, Wiamea and Kieki become congested with a mish-mash of surfer dudes and dudettes looking for their place in the barrel and their slice of glory on the magazine covers. Real estate in the water is shoulder to shoulder and all to often tempers flare. But thats how it goes in Hawaii.
For the average South African surfer bru, it’s an expensive mission, and getting a few waves on the North Shore hits the pocket hard. A year of saving is all to often reduced to okes living on 2 minute noodles and sleeping on a dusty floor with 15 other guys farting away from their non too healthy diet of processed food. Sometimes guys get jobs as gardeners or painters just to survive when their bucks run out in the first week, and this results in missed sessions and crushed dreams. Not the ideal way for that elusive dream holiday in paradise.
As you can imagine with the crowds in the water, there is a serious lack of accommodation on land. Wavescape stumbled across a house on Rocky Point that has become known as the home away from home for many South Africans over the last 15 years. Set up by the ultimate surf gypsy Brandon Foster, “Hawaii House” as it has become affectionately known to us Seth Efrikans lies half way between Pipeline and Rocky Point. The three bedroomed spot is an easy mission to the best waves and a short bike ride from Foodland.
Hawaii House is clean, safe and spacious. The bedrooms sleep three per bedroom, ie, space is limited to 9 in the house. It has all the amenities of home, comfortable beds, big spacious kitchen, TV room, games room (that comes in handy on flat days) a large deck/braai area outside and a stunning garden. You also have the bonus of staying with fellow countrymen that have been there before and know the ropes of the Island back to front.
Rates vary from $23/night to $30/per night, depending on your length of stay and if you are taking the missus with, a private room with a lekker double bed is always up for negotiation. So if you are going and haven’t found a place to stay, drop Mr Foster a line and sort out your place at his This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
So happy hunting bru, Wavescape wishes you a safe and successful mission to the Rock, remember to be patient, smile and mind the Hui. Oh and we are jealous, but hey one less guy out this summer is just fine with me.
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