Vissla South Africa is proud to announce that they have signed up dynamic young Durban surfer James Ribbink onto their team. James will be wearing Vissla threads, as well as sporting Vissla wetsuits in the water.
The Chatham Islands is a small archipelago littered with waves about 800 kays east of New Zealand. The question is, do you go surfing or not? “Great white shark in Chatham Islands New Zealand, Sorry about the commentary was frothing on seeing one of these!
Africa, a land of contrasts where culture is everywhere, on the streets in the water and in your face. A place oozing with untapped opportunity. Five-star accommodation sure, but who needs it. Rather whip out those mosquito nets and ball busting humidity.
Nixon proudly announces the launch of the original eye-free time teller, the Dork Too. A smart ass watch with a personality all its own. The Dork Too is an iconic Nixon style that doesn’t take itself too seriously, with a mashup of retro electronics, simple, modern forms, and progressive maker culture.
After 15 years of using trained observers (spotters) to successfully reduce the risk of shark bites in Cape Town, the Shark Spotters programme is launching a new research project aimed at creating an automated shark spotting system that will enhance their pioneering sustainable shark safety service.
Grant Twiggy Baker, not one to shy away from pits big enough to park an entire heard of elephants in, has in the past 6 months plastered his face all over the internet. Back in July, he sent the South African surfing community into an absolute froth fest with his submission into the Striped Horse Challenge.
Ladies and gents your 2018 Striped Horse Challenge Winners Davey Van Zyl & Jake Kolnik. Two huge events went off in Cape Town last night pulling in people from around the country. The first and lamest being SONA which created a bit of noise.
News from the Lennox Longboarders Club for Feb Lennox Longboarders Rounded off 2018 with their Xmas party & club presentation on the Saturday Dec 15th. At the Williams Reserve Sports Club house.
Ladies and gents, little over 24 hours to go until we crown the 2018 Striped Horse Challenge winner!! The froth is palpable!! Join us tomorrow night (07 Feb) at the Striped Horse Challenge Awards Night, 84 Kloof Street, 7 PM – Late!
Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day.
Before crowdsourcing, there was crowd-surfing.
So the first month of the Monster Combo just damn right flew by, probably the only thing to go quickly this year-long January. We got some good entries to get the ball rolling, hopefully, with a bit of swell rolling in this Feb (fingers crossed) the entries will just get better and better.
This some ‘Deep Blue Sea’ shit right here! So, a father (42) and his laatie (19) were out on a routine field expedition to vang some fish offshore in Mtunzini, KZN. The area, notorious for big fish, lies just south (110 km) of St.Lucia….a place where you could find not only sharks in the lineup but flippen crocodiles and hippo too.
Josh Redman, the Vanilla Gorilla, recently boarded a plane jetting off on a sneaky solo strike mission to Ireland. Naturally, we got in touch with him to fire off a quick couple Q’s to get the scoop behind his visit to the Emerald Isle, oh yah and did we mention the brother stitched together a sick edit for all you guys who don’t like to read, enjoy!
The Chinese, they’re everywhere. Turn basically anything upside down and you’re likely to see the words ‘Made in China’ etched into the bottom. A powerhouse nation that is getting stuck into anything and everything they can, just look at their hand in Africa’s developing nations for example.
