SURFING (ENG/POR): A winter storm creates that rare break again! BB🐝

(Por favor, veja a versão em português deste blog abaixo da versão em inglês!)

Hello everyone, and especially the SurfHive Community! It's Jasper, the musical-surfer dad from Cape Town in South Africa.

Last year to make life more interesting I created a challenge with myself to surf a new spot at least once a month. One of the biggest scores was in September, when I managed to surf a place that is so sheltered from swell, that it only breaks in massive storm swells! However, when it does break, it is good - so people want to be there!

Here is that old post! https://ecency.com/hive-141964/@jasperdick/surfing-new-wave-of-september

Well, it happened again on Sunday. A bigger swell, but more Westerly, meaning it had to wrap around even more into the sheltered bay, meant similar conditions to last year's session. Only this time, it was a weekend, and so a single peak was crowded with over 20 people!

So it meant I left going right to the pros, and competed for the long lefts instead. It was a great time. It rained hard, with little bits of hail even, as I was about to change into my wetsuit, but luckily that was it for the time I was in the water, which felt really warm in comparison to the air - a rare situation for Cape Town! Hahaha!

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Olá a todos, e especialmente à Comunidade SurfHive! É Jasper, o pai surfista musical da Cidade do Cabo, na África do Sul.

No ano passado, para tornar a vida mais interessante, criei o desafio comigo mesmo de surfar em um novo spot pelo menos uma vez por mês. Uma das maiores pontuações foi em setembro, quando consegui surfar num local tão protegido do swell, que só quebra em ondas fortes de tempestade! No entanto, quando quebra, é bom - então as pessoas querem estar lá!

Aqui está aquele post antigo! https://ecency.com/hive-141964/@jasperdick/surfing-new-wave-of-september

Bem, aconteceu novamente no domingo. Uma ondulação maior, mas mais de oeste, o que significa que teve que envolver ainda mais a baía protegida, significou condições semelhantes às da sessão do ano passado. Só que desta vez era fim de semana e um único pico ficou lotado com mais de 20 pessoas!

Então isso significou que eu saí direto para os profissionais e, em vez disso, competi pelas esquerdas longas. Foi um ótimo tempo. Choveu forte, até com pequenos pedaços de granizo, quando eu estava prestes a vestir a roupa de neoprene, mas felizmente foi isso durante o tempo que estive na água, que estava muito quente em comparação com o ar - uma situação rara para Cape Cidade! Hahaha!



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Freedom found surfing a great release to tension being out there, heavy stormy seas that hung around recently definitely not time to go out. Superb photography, have a great day.

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Anyone that surfs is just going to be my friend because it takes a lot of confidence to do it. It also means you're a risk taker because this is pretty risky bro. Perfect shots, it's amazing how you're able to get the shots while pulling the stunts

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I suppose the riskiness is all relative to the kind of surfing you're doing! I think motorbikes, kite-surfing and paragliding are way more risky! (And things likes wing-suiting obviously! Hahaha!)

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dark and cold that is dedication
!PIZZA
!LOL

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Apparently adding herbs to your garbage can makes it smell better.
But I don't have thyme for that rubbish.

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Oof, that looks like a nice little wave!

How cold does the water get down there? I just bought myself gloves for the first time, mainly for dawn surfs, but I still hate the hood - I probably just need a better one as every time I wipe out water rushes in.

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The camera on the nose angle is always deceiving - the waves were actually about head high + some bigger than that! (In one photo where the wave behind me doesn't look that big, you can see someone else's foot going over the top and you realize that it's bigger that it looks...)

Cape Town is where two currents meet - so the False Bay side is warmer - about 14-15deg C in winter up to nearly 20deg C in summer. The West side of the peninsula is where the Benguela current comes up from the Antarctic... it's actually colder in summer because the summer offshore wind blows surface water out to sea, allowing this deep water to rise to the surface at about 10-12deg C, which is really cold. Booties and hood, and still your hands struggle with the zip on your wetsuit afterwards.

Here in False Bay I tend to wear booties more for getting in and out over rocks than the cold aspect. On the West side it's usually for both reasons!

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Yeah we are at 10 degrees down here currently! Icecream headaches at dawn!

It does look bigger in the landscape shots. Lush line up!

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I don't know if you're into the cesspool called Facebook, but apparently it looked like this just a little later in the day:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1458907877747003/permalink/3459014257736345/

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Facebook is fine for many things. It's how you use it. It wants me to join the group so I can't see the photo.

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It looks like this... credit to Warwick Wallace, looks like he was there when the sun came out more...

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Manually curated by brumest from the @qurator Team. Keep up the good work!

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Wow! That looks incredible! Did you manage to replace your gopro after all?

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Yeah, I found a deal but still a sickening amount of money that I'd rather not recall spending... I'm using a floaty housing instead, which means trusting the GoPro's own waterproofing, but at least it should float!

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eeeeeeeek!!! Well, hopefully, it will slowly pay itself off here on ecency :)

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