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Wavescape Surf Film Festival 2008

nick — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:41:02 +0000

Wavescape Surf Film Festival Poster

Wavescape has organised another Surf Film Festial between 5 and 14 December in Cape Town, where they will be screening epic surf movies.

They’ll have an art exhibition of nine crafted spoons, as well as a exhibition of underwater photographs by Tom Peschak. The exhibition will be held at the VEO Gallery from Wednesday 26 November until Wednesday 3 December, when we will auction the boards.

The final list of artists is Kim Longhurst, Scott Robertson, Trevor Paul, Ross Turpin, Leonora van Staden, Konradski, Motel7, Mak1, Willie Bester, and ND Mazin.

There will be eulogies to gritty documentaries about surfing in the Vietnam War; from big wave tow-ins at scary spot Aileens in Ireland to classic longboarding in two-foot Robertsport in Liberia; from the lanquid lyricism of longboard ballet in Beneath The Surface to an uplifting South African story about the Zulu surf riders of Umzumbe.

Wavescapes launches it’s Surf FIlm Festival on friday 5 December with a special outdoor screening at Clifton Fourth Beach (Saturday 6th is a weather day in case that southeaster is pumping!)

The venue is then move to the Brass Bell in Kalk Bay from Sunday 7 December until Wednesday 10 before returning to town for screenings twice a day at the Labia Cinema.

infoline 082 360 5231
Brass Bell: 021 788 5456
Labia Cinema (Orange Str): 021 424 5927
VEO Gallery: 021 421 3278

Rocklands – Sea Point

nick — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:05:19 +0000

I had another 1 wave surf at Rocklands today. I held out on my last one wave surf at Rocklands, mainly because the surf was too small to write in for, but today it was much better.

With 4 people out, and shoulder high sets, the waves were breaking quite nicely. Unfortunately, the sets were coming through every 10-15 minutes and they were only 1 wave sets. So in 45 minutes, with all the sharing of the waves, I only got one. One nice one though.

I’ll do a dedicated page on Rocklands next week sometime, and I’ll snap a picture too.

Fin Owner Found

nick — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:35:19 +0000

The surf today isn’t ideal, but I have been bursting to get in the water after what must be a 2 week dry spell. The swell seems fine, but the wind and swell direction seems to be messing everything up.
I zipped over to Thermo’s – Nothing. Then Off The Wall – Nothing. Nothing all the way to Camps Bay. But in the corner of my eye I caught a wave at Glenn beach, so I turned around a jumped in.
As I was getting changed I saw some fins on a board that looked like the one I found at Off The Wall. So I asked the guy if he had lost a fin, and he had. So Clive will be re-united with his (nearly new apparently) fin in time for Christmas!

Clive’s Lost Fin

See the post where I found the fin
See the post where I reunite Clive with his fin

Always carry a wheel spanner!

nick — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:27:46 +0000

The surf over the last couple of days has been pretty flat, which is why the reports and pictures have not been forthcoming. But the day before yesterday (Wednesday) was special. I had planned to go surfing that morning, because of a tip the guys at Surf Zone in Cape Town gave me, but when I got there in the morning, the swell had not arrived. When I went back later in the day, the swell had jacked and it was going off, but I didn’t have the time to jump in – gutted.

Since the swell has been good, but the wind hasn’t been great, leaving Greenpoint a little bumpy.
So the moral of the story is, when you are driving in South Africa always make sure you have a decent spare wheel, jack and spanner in you car. I was driving home last night and a log was rolling down the road. Rolling log plus the side of your wheel leaves you with what I had in the picture below. Unfortunately for me though, I didn’t have a wheel spanner so I had to wait for a friend to come and help out.

Misty Surf in Cape Town

nick — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:16:03 +0000

This morning at off the wall was onshore and misty. The sets were taking about 10 minutes to go through and the tide was being weird. Most of the waves were really lame, but one okay one came through.

I also drove over to Thermopylae, to see if any of the sets were breaking big enough, but they were not.

There was a big mist over cape town this morning that is still lingering around. The mist has cleared from the city bowl, but is still lingering over the Atlantic coast, causing onshore conditions. As soon as the sun comes out the wind should switch offshore again. See this panorama picture I took at Greenpoint Stadium. You can see the mist looming over the sea, and the clear skies over Cape Town city bowl. Lets hope it clears before everyone gets off work!

Surfing World Record Broken in Cape Town

nick — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:55:00 +0000

Last weekend (September 16-17th), at Muizenburg beach, the world record for the most surfers on one wave was broken.
The previous record of 44, that was set in Ireland was broken last weekend when 73 surfers manages to stay up on the wave for more than 5 seconds.
Proceed from the event are destined to go to the shark spotters fund to help keep surfers and bathers safe from shark attacks.
The event was held to build awareness of shark attacks in false bay and to try and help the problem in the future with sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions.

Off The Wall – Mouille Point – Cape Town

nick — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:43:34 +0000

Here is a little picture of off the wall this morning. I am trying to sort out a nice photo-blog, with comments obviously, sorted for this blog. Seems like there is a lot of crap out there, so I’m holding out for a good one.
Off the wall is a special spot for me. The wave breaks over a shallow rock, so you have to balance taking off on the wave in between the death drop and the flat shoulder. Great fun, as long as you don’t slam into the rock like I did the first time I surfed there.
Unfortunately, and fortunately, its not suitable for beginners due to the sharp rocks you have to clamber over and the small take off spot.