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Example: Just a bunch of guys and their bikes riding some local spots in Cape Town and ripping it up! A film by Noah Kaplan This video is a SAMPLE entry in the 2013 Wavescape Shortcuts Film Contest presented by GoPro and BOS. Enter yours for FREE.

Tuesday 10 September 2013 This epic new surf spot comes to life north of Namibia, waaay north, in Angola in fact. Davey and Benji Brand ride a sick 3km barrel past the border with Namibia. Looks easier to surf than that other silly wave! But harder to find ... and fund.

Tuesday 10 September 2013 Ah ha. So there ARE waves here. Only 1,140kms from Joburg. The mystery surf odyssey into the Indian Ocean begins to unravel, in the form of reef-cracking peelers, for brothers Conn and Greg Bertish.

Monday 9 September 2013 For the 7th year running, Border has won the SA Masters Surfing Championships. This year, at Outer Pool in Mossel Bay, their surfers won 3 of 7 divisions, taking almost a quarter of the total 28 podium slots in the four-man finals.

Saturday 7 September 2013 The Bertish brothers find some uncut diamonds on their mission deep into the Indian Ocean. Diamonds are rocks, and rocky reefs surround these islands. Where the heck are they?

Sunday 08 September 2013 Legend kneeboarder Steve Cruikshank, filmed here on a Super 8 camera back in 1978, by his school mate, Geoff Ross, who was bunking music lessons at the time. Kalk Bay Reef and its inhabitant’s haven’t changed much over the years.

Wednesday 4 September 2013 A gruelling flight through Africa, planes stuck together with tape, a customs hall comprising a tent on the tarmac? All part of the mystery surf odyssey into the Indian Ocean for brothers Conn and Greg Bertish.