With the dust from JBay settling in the rearview, the Corona Coastal Cleanup Tour headed off to one of the most aesthetically pleasing stops along the Durban to Cape Town stretch, Wilderness. On route...
Hats off and hands up for the Twig. For the last almost 20 years, Durban’s Grant Baker has been flying the flag representing South Africa’s big wave pedigree on the world stage. His latest win at the Nazare Challenge in pumping 20 ...
Join founder of Wavescape.co.za, surf forecaster Spike, for a fun and graphical evening of ocean study as we head deep into the ocean to watch fierce storms create giant waves, and learn how this occurs and why swells radiate away from these generating winds.
Grant Twiggy Baker, a tactical beast when it comes to Big Wave events, has gone ahead and proved exactly that winning the Nazaré Challenge 2018 in Portugal. Let’s take it back to his first heat, where he observed the wave...
Big Wave Night hosts a trailer for Satori Film, an upcoming Cape Town big wave documentary; the launch of the portrait collection Under the Sentinel that will be projected onto a screen, and a special panel discussion with big wave surfers and big wave board shapers.
The Corona Coastal Cleanup continued their southward mission, as they headed for Jeffreys Bay, the froth in the car was palpable. Frank Solomon and the crew, with Corona on ice, arrived to 40-knot gusts of wind that threatened to strip the flesh from their bones...
The ancient fishing village of Nazaré, a place where Portuguese pensioners source fresh fruit and vegetables while retired fishermen exchange old fables over coffee and record-breaking waves detonate below the cliff face.
The Wavescape Surf and Ocean Festival will exhibit the largest collection of big wave surfboards seen in South Africa during a special Big Wave Night to celebrate the heritage of big wave surfing in the Cape.
The WSL Big Wave Tour has issued a Green Alert for the Nazaré Challenge in Nazaré, Portugal to run on Friday, November 16, 2018. The large WNW swell headed toward the region continues to look favorable and the big wave competitors will now make preparations for the event start.
Byron Machado was fishing off his ski, 60kms north of Durban, when he was struck from the deep by a great white, launching both him and his ski into the air according to the North Coast Courier. ‘All I remember is seeing a flash on my left side ...
Russel Bierke, at just 21 years young, is lucky to walk away with just a mild bit of whiplash following one helluva beating at Nazaré, a wave many have paid some serious tax to play. Bierke, no stranger to waves of consequence, is a highly respected talent in the Big Wave Surfing world.
Surfing Playa Dominical beats surfing pretty much anywhere else on earth. Although we’re a small town, we have lots to offer....
The Corona Coastal Cleanup moves on to JBay, following an epic 2-day retreat in the beautiful and idyllic Transkei, one of SA’s many surfing treasures. Trading sharks for cattle, Frank Solomon and the crew parked the bus and kicked their shoes off in Mdumbi.
So, here we are, sweating under the African sun while the summer season bleaches our bodies, minds and souls. Nothing a cold Striped Horse brew can’t fix. Just not before you’ve finished work, alright?
Yesterday, the Associated Press called the race for Democrat Harley Rouda. Rohrabacher has not conceded yet, releasing a statement that he'll wait until all the votes are counted. But that will just prolong things, as Rouda's lead is insurmountable.
