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Monday 18 April 2011 So the Wavescape Win a GoPro Hero competition is done and dusted and we have the winners! GoPro Cameras South Africa and Wavescape have randomly selected five people from the 464 entries we got, and they are ...

Sunday 17 April 2011 Gerry and Vito, our travelling bug duo, park off in the Kei searching in vain for 'The Door'. Where can it be? All of a sudden ... something fishy happens!

Friday 15 April 2011 This morning, Durban dawned true to its name, Surf City, and Justin Klusener was up with the early birds as they gorged on a juicy cyclone swell that pours through from the east. The charts are calling it 10 feet at 12 seconds 96 degrees almost straight east. Epic.

Friday 15 April 2011 New Pier, Durban – The Quiksilver Pro Junior 2011 surfing contest headlines a Easter Weekend packed with cool stuff to do along the city's Golden Mile and beyond, according to a press release.

Friday 15 April 2011 Alan Robb looks back at the crazy month of March. This clip features a showcase of Kommetjie talent at a couple of Atlantic spots around Cape Town and features sick barrels from Brendon Gibbens and Dave Richards and hot surfing from Tanika Hoffman, Cameron Gouws, Dean Hill and friends.

Friday 15 April 2011 To review the GoPro Hero HD video camera, Chris Mason, with initial assistance from Spike, subjects it to a tough technophobic test. Fortunately for one of the curators of a surf film festival, he manages to show how easy it is to make a surf movie.

Friday 15 April 2011 Why does the swell always arrive when you are at work? Jordan Alexander takes a mid morning coffee break and grabs a few smokers just left of the Cape Town city bowl. Ian Thurtell opts to stay dry and catches the action from the boardwalk.

Thursday 14 April 2011 The volatility of the change in seasons brings a SE gale smacking down 10 foot bombs along the SW Cape tomorrow and Saturday, while a pulsing 8' east swell pummels the East Coast from today until next week, with periods of heavy rain and strong onshores (E Cape) or rain and fresh westerly busters (KZN).