Waves school of surfing “news flash”

Well the fun just does not stop, 29th/30th I had a camp with 8 Kids in Still Bay the best thing was that we scored cooking 3f waves for two days totally uncrowded.
The 8 youngsters included,
Jordan Maree
Dave Burrows (out with an injury, stitches on his first day)
Steff Burrows
Ford Van Jaarsveld
Max Elkington
Jake Elkington
Matt McGillavray
Chaarl De Waal

We stayed in the beautiful thatch roof houses at Bosbokduin located in a nature reserve. The weather was fine with off shore wind morning to night. The general feel of the camp was very positive and the cherry on the cake were the waves, I believe every one of them learnt some valuable lessons.

GromZ go Crazy 3 is finally here if you’ve been ripping it up you’ll be on it. Shaun Joubert has a major section, once you seen it you’ll understand why. We also got some undergrounds and some super groms all ripping it up.

You can check it out on www.magicseaweed.com or www.zigzag.co.za . Zigzag have just launched their new and improved user friendly website. If you enjoyed the zag website before you’re going to love the new one,so hurry and go check it out.

You can also see the movie on all other major sites www.youtube.com, www.dailymotion.com, www.yahoo.com, www.metacafe.com, www.blip.tv . If you missed GromZ Go Crazy 2 check it out on www.wavesschoolofsurfing.blogspot.com

Davey Brand after winning the Quiksilver King of the Groms series has earned himself a spot in the King of the Groms Grand final in France from the 20th September to the 4th October. This is a momentous occasion for this young man and a great opportunity in his career to make a name for himself. After much consideration I decided that I will be accompanying Davey to the event.
If the contest finishes early I will be sure to get in touch and inform you of availability to coach and assist at Billabong Junior and S.A junior Championships.

The Freestyle Surfabout was held at Table View beach both days. The first saw nice clean 4ft conditions with a serious shore break on high tide with some of the competitors floating the section and landing on dry sand. The second day started with light NW wind that picked up through the day with the finals being held in strong side shore wind.

The U/14 final was made up by some talented groms with Steffen Burrows taking the win with Jordy Maree 2nd, Dylan Wichmann 3rd and Ben Alheit 4th.

The Ladies was contested by the usual suspects, but it was Freestyle team rider Stacey Guy (Melkbos) who came out tops with Penny Stemmet (Strand) close 2nd, Tanika Hoffman was 3rd and Chantelle Reutenbach (Melkbos) 4th.Tanika has been showing some real focus a dedication in our coaching sessions and its great to see her reap the rewards.

In the U/18 final it was almost an all West Coast/Melkbos affair except for Michael February (Kommetjie) who took the win from Justin Torode (Melkbos), 3rd was Leon Du Preez (Melkbos) with Jeandre Blignault (Melkbos) 4th.

The Open men was an exciting heat between old and young. Ian Armstrong showed the youngsters how it’s done and took 1st place and a R6000 cheque, second was Dave Richards (R2500), 3rd went to Wes Grey (R1000) with the U/18 Jordan Alexander (R500) in 4th.

The Freestyle Surfabout was a great success with more than 85 entries in total and good waves.

Terrible news about the shark attack in Glentana, our condolences to the Van Zyl family off Mossel Bay, Gerhad you will be missed in the lineup. This is now a good time to raise awareness of shark attacks and how to treat them if you ever found yourself in that situation.
Four things you must do for a bite to the leg:
1. Call 082911
2. Indirect pressure (if the leg is bitten put direct pressure on the femoral artery, use force)
3. Torne quay (use a leash and wrap it around as many times as you can)
4. Direct pressure (use sand free towels and shirts and apply pressure to the wound site)

Good luck to all the Metric’s for the exams study hard and ace them. All the best for the events to come.