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Wed 23 January 2012 Simon takes no prisoners as he weighs into the fracas around the dunking incident up the Wes Kussed. Wrestling with threadbare cliches, mad dogs and pale faced Englishmen, this is the long awaited new edition of Simon Says.

Wed 23 January 2013 The so-called Surf Rage incident has sparked a lot of reaction. Here, surf writer Anton Louw feels compelled to reflect on our situation using some historical and social context.

Mon 21 January 2013 Local ballie Peter Mel, 43, won the Mavericks Invitational at Half Moon Bay in clean 18' surf yesterday. None of the two Saffas, Chris Bertish or Grant Baker, could find the right waves in the long period swell.

Sun 20 January 2013 The grinding Pororoca river bore features in this TV commercial by a SA ad agency who went on an adventure into the Amazon for the shoot (for Investec Asset Management). Pretty cool interview with the director follows.

Sun 20 January 2013 Cape Town's rising star Mikey February reaches high as a pumping southeaster propells him to new heights during a summer session. The lulls were long so Tao Farren films some weird stuff between the moves.

Sun 20 January 2013 Wavescape catches up with Deon Meyer and Sean Tickner, two bodyboarders who are about to attempt the world's toughest mountain bike race, The Cape Epic, all in the name of charity. By Pierre Marqua

Sun 20 January 2013 The Mavericks Invitational is running in glassy 15-18' bombs, which looks a little smaller than organisers may have hoped. Catch it live on Surfline or Red Bull TV or Mavericksinvitational.com.

Sat 19 January 2013 This funny video shows rugby player AJ Venter punishing Wok with a bone-jarring tackle for all those drop-ins. Wok, you are a stir-fried mullet, but great to see some whackiness to break up the humdrum.