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	Submitted by capdog on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 08:37	Durban
	My dirty little secret is that despite always thinking of myself as a bone fide Durbanite, I only started surfing this year. Shameful, I know, and be assured I spend sleepless nights thinking about how many good waves I’ve missed in my lifetime. Thing is, until recently, I’ve always thought that people who wake up at 5:00am to go to the beach in the rain were suffering from the condition known as ‘insanity’. As it turns out, they’re right and I was wrong. Imagine that. Going surfing early is awesome, and to all you unbelievers who still think bed is the best place to be as the sun rises on a cold morning, reconsider! Get a board, and a mate, and go sit at backline waiting for that perfect ride to roll in. It’s not that hard to learn, seriously, if you can grasp the basics of catching waves (which are the same regardless of whether you’re swimming or riding a board), you’re half way there. Standing takes a few tries, but so long as the ocean is not barreling your head off there’s nothing to it. Paddling out can be tough, no lies. But here’s a secret: piers are your friends, and you don’t have to jump off the end of one to get the advantage. It’s enough to just paddle out alongside one and the current does the work of getting you to backline. Much, much easier than fighting foamies for ten minutes. It’s also quite safe to leave your car outside Joe Kool’s before sunrise – there’s a friendly car guard that keeps your keys while you’re in the water. Sounds dodgy, yes, but I’d rather trust her than lose a key in the ocean! My question now for you guys that have known about this ‘surfing’ thing all along: What is the attraction with North? WHY are there millions of guys clustered there when the waves at Bay are just as good? And where are the secret spots? Go on, tell me. [ add new comment ]

Subject:	Secret Spots
Author:	hedmekanik
Date:	21 September, 2006 - 08:58

There's one just past....hmm, can't remember. And the one that o's rave about is about three k's south of....damn, seems I've got amnes..what's it called again?
You have to find 'em yourself, I guess.
I bodyboard, and have been trying to teach my ex-Capetonian girlfriend to do the same...which has been fun, hilarious and at times life-threatening. Tried to educate her in the ways of shorebreak one day, took her to Beachwood...which was funny. The waves were merciless four-foot walls of boiling anger, heaving straight onto dry gravel.
Now you've gotta picture this - girl in bikini, not particularly agile in the water, getting sucked over the falls in a tangle of limbs, howling like a banshee when she comes up because she thinks she's going to die, bikini top strangling her while she tries to preserve her modesty as she shuffles outta the impact zone and away from the gleeful gaze of numerous shad fishermen. Yes, it's all a bit merciless of me but goddamn it, how in the name of all things blue and liquid is she ever going to conquer her fear of the ocean unless she goes through a couple of near-death experiences and survives to tell the tale? Precisly - that's how you acclimatise to the ocean, which is, after all, not a pond, not a stream, not a dam but is in fact a roiling boiling churning washing machine of joy. And once you figure out what not to do, you can get on with the business of enjoying yourself. Sounds simple. We're still doing lessons at Addington.

The force is strong with this one...