Training camp a success

Hi everyone, i am so proud to inform you that the first of many training camps was an absolute success. During the S.A champs i rounded up 10 of the best surfers in the country including Shaun Joubert, u/18 S.A champ Matt Bromley, U/16 S.A champ Davey Brand his brother Benji brand, u/16 girls S.A champ Bianca Buitendag just to name a few. Jacob Mellish and Tanika Hoffman also attended from Cape Town , Arthur and Vincent Withers as well as Daniel Buitendag also attended the camp.

On the first day we woke up to a beautiful sunrise but very disappointing surf, howling onshore and lumpy. We started the day with a nice run along the the beautiful Bosbokduin beach, we did a dynamic warm up session and played some touch rugby. On the run back we found a lekker big dune which we ran a few times to finish off the morning training session we did about 30 min stretching.

Everyone retired to their castles for breakfast, i had arranged 4 thatch roofed houses in the Bosbokduin nature reserve right on Dolphin point, the perfect setting for such a camp. After breakfast we headed to Still bay main beach where we played some more touch as if we were preparing for the Currie Cup final we topped the session off by playing the life saving game, flags. The idea was to add an element of fun into the rigorous fitness regime.

As the surf was not playing along it was impossible to do heat drills, at this point the kids just wanted to surf. The kids surfed and where filmed after which we went home for late lunch and video analysis. We finished the day just in time to go to the local pub to watch the Currie Cup finals on the big screen. That evening we got together and had a lovely braai fortunately we had an indoor braai as the wind was still very strong.

Day two the onshore was still blowing so we started the day with a very similar warm up and fitness session. After breakfast the sun came out and the wind dropped off to turn out into a perfect day. We were also pleasantly surprised to find a super fun right hander right on our door step, this would be the venue for the mini contest.

The contest went down really well and the on form Shaun Joubert took the win over a hard working absolutley ripping Matt Bromley, Davey Brand finished 3rd and Jacob Mellish 4th. Families hung out on the beach while the kids competed, all in all i believe everyone had a great time. It was a great way for the families to have a weekend away and the kids to learn, it was an awsome weekend which everyone enjoyed. I am really looking forward to holding more of these camps in the future.