The University of the North Shore hath spoken and decided upon its 2018 graduates. The University of the North Shore is different though because unlike most universities that release a couple thousand graduates into the working world, UNS (University of the North Shore) only allows 10 people to graduate to its elite ranks.
Ladies and gentlemen, unless you’ve been living under a rock this week you would have heard that Steven ‘Steezy’ Sawyer boosted his street cred to a level higher than Snoop Dogg following his title clenching run at the World Longboarding Champs!!
• Softball and goalball are others to gain from ‘aspirational fund’
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Britain’s surfers, skateboarders and softball players are to receive official funding for the first time to help them qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
“Momentum Generation shows how one house in Hawaii nurtured a surf crew that would forever reshape worldwide culture in the 1990s ” – Rolling Stone “Momentum Generation won’t just appeal to the surfing fraternity.
Let’s be honest, who doesn’t love a cheeky doccie or watching someone bang that lip. This year the Wavescape Surf & Ocean Festival is screening a total of 29 surf and ocean films. With such a stacked lineup, there’s no doubt something for everyone!!
This year the Wavescape Surf & Ocean Festival hosts the third iteration of their filmmaker’s masterclass presented by Wesgro. The masterclass will bring together some of South Africa’s top Directors, Producers, and Editors, as well as the Documentary Filmmaker’s Association and FILM Cape Town, for a frank discussion of the issues around being a documentary filmmaker in South Africa.
Slide Night presents an evening of 10-minute talks by thought-leaders intimately connected to the ocean. They include artists, craftsmen, athletes, activists, scientists and personalities who will share their inspiring ideas and adventures in an informal, fun gathering.
South African Steven “Steezy” Sawyer has just taken out the 2018 WSL World Longboard Championship at the Taiwan Open of Surfing in clean, 2-to-3 foot waves at Jinzun Harbour. Sawyer came up against Longboarding legend Kai Sallas in an incredible 25 minute Final.
Steve-O, remember that cat? The loon who went and got a chop of him pulling a thumbs up as a huge back piece. The guy willing to do whatever it took to become famous, even if it meant stapling his ball sack to his leg.
Although many surfers might consider the ‘boogie board’ the black sheep of the wave riding world, one things for sure, just like surfing the sport has progressed like a bat out of hell. You could easily argue that boogers have taught surfers a thing or two when it comes to taking flight.
Earlier on in the year, we hit up a couple of Mzansi’s finest creative minds when it comes to surfing. Taking the camera and turning the lens a full 180, setting the focal point back on them!! The brief was simple, we want to hear their thoughts on shooting video, as well as see a little bit of what they’ve been up to.
Wavescape, proud to have become one of Cape Town’s premier summer festivals. Vans invite you to the screening of the Can’t Steal Our Vibe documentary film at the Wavescape Surf & Ocean Festival 2018.
There has been more blood spilled at Longbeach in the last week than in the last few years combined. The blood isn’t from thugs beating each other up in the carpark, spilled over drugs or alcohol, nor even surf rage.
Hawaii is going berserk right now, and you’d be proud to learn that there’s a few Saffa’s putting their hands right up and proving their mettle. Grant Baker went so ham on a monstrous Peahi bomb you’d be forgiven for thinking he was trying to prison break out of Alcatraz.
