James, Christina and I went on the ski to suss out the waves, on our way out we stopped off at a seal colony that live on these rocks out in the middle of the ocean. The seal’s were classic, such funny characters. I got a few clips on the go pro, they were nervous of me on their island, but were so much more confident and inquisitive in the water. Here is a few frame grabs of them and a southern right whale. Cape town is just teaming with life, its amazing




Where will things go next! My good mate Robbie sent me this link of “Tarp surfing”. You have to see it to believe it,  classic stuff!



On My first day in Africa we headed up the West coast, to find this empty beach break doing it’s best impression of  La Graviere. Andrew, Simon, Jacques, Philip and I traded barrels all morning long before the wind came up!
The boys were so happy with the find and I was in awe of my first day in Africa



After 19 hours of travelling I finally touched down in Cape Town. My good friend James Taylor and his lovely lady Christina pick me up.James broke his back earlier this year but luckily didn’t sever his spinal cord. James won’t be surfing again until October, you should check out the video he posted of the whole incident.





Here is James’s winning wave from the 2008 Redbull Africa, taking home the biggest wave award.




The quickest way to South Africa from Australia is straight over the Antarctic. We flew over it for most of the 14 hour flight before touching down in Johannesburg. Here is a few pics, The light wasn’t amazing so excuse the poor photography.



Here are a few frames from the same session taken from my go pro footage. I had the camera strapped to my upper arm which didn’t work out too well as I was moving to much.  The frames came out pretty good though.