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They say people in Cape Town don’t work… If it’s a nice summers day, doesn’t matter if it’s a Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday… the beaches are packed and people are out doing their thing. I’m starting to think the same about Durban, not so much weather but for waves. If the surf’s good and manageable (under 6ft) doesn’t matter what time of the day, it’s going to be crowded! All you have to do is ask Jordy Smith, seems everyone wanted to give him a welcome home drop-in yesterday at New Pier, pregnant women and all haha! 

Here’s PC this morning deciding to shake off the crowds and go left.

It may not be everyones number one choice in surf destination but over the last few years the surfing world has been taking notice of what Africa has to offer. Not long ago if you had asked an American or Australian surfer about Africa and surf they would have understandably said South Africa, maybe Morocco. But with the interest our coastline has been getting recently and the trips and discoveries been made, not to mention what else is out there… It seems it is the year of Surf in Africa. 

(Surfer and Tracks Magazine both running our Nigeria feature, Anarchy and A-frames in their latest issues.)

Greg Ewing profile on liebenpix.com, check it out here

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A Surfline Spot Check on St Leu, Reunion Island with images from our trip last year, narrated by Romain Cloitre. Reunion Island has to be the most beautiful place i have been fortunate enough to travel to and has an abundance of world class waves. For South Africans it’s just a short flight and is surprisingly affordable. So if any of you are looking for a surf destination, i highly recommend Reunion. Take the Mrs, there is plenty of shopping and sightseeing, or go with your mates, the French ladies are not too bad…

Check out a little Q&A i did  here with www.phototalk.co.za. Thank you to Gerhard Steenkamp for the opportunity, appreciate it!

It’s pretty much that time of year when i really question why I’m an outdoor photographer living in Durban… Sure we have great weather most of the year and i wear shorts and slops in winter… but a month of pretty much constant rain kind of gets to you, shoots being postponed, put off… Lots of time for admin and selling, which is not all bad i guess. This drenched Kingfisher knows my pain, hey buddy haha. Saved him the other day before my evil cat had a chance to pounce, well Mina isn’t actually too gifted in the hunting department but this poor guy was a sitting duck.

Ok back to the office work, enough of a rant for now…

A couple of years in the making and it’s finally here. My good mate Jason Hearn’s much anticipated film, The Africa Project will premier on Friday 25 November at Trinity, 15 Bennett Street, Green Point, Cape Town.

If you’re  a surfer in South Africa you would have heard all about it. For those of you who haven’t, it’s basically a film or documentary about Africa and travel in Africa seen through the eyes of a surfer. I was fortunate enough to be involved in the project, traveling to Senegal, Morocco, Reunion and around South Africa shooting stills and seen the footage. This is definitely something you don’t want to miss!

Pre-drinks at 18:30, Movie starts at 20:00,  it’s free so if you in Cape Town, be there… For those who are not, don’t worry, a road show is been planned heading along the coast up toward Durban in January…

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So I was going through my files from our Morocco trip last year and had a good laugh when I found this one from a spot down south Denny took us to. It’s way off the map and unless you know someone who knows someone… chances are you’ve never heard of it, but thats beside the point… Nice West African line-up but Denny, come on bro, did you have to give your ass a good scratching just as a perfect set pulled through?? haha