2012 - the wrap on PE's surfing year

Here's a quick look at 2012 - the good, the bad and the ugly. There were waves, there were wipeouts, we had flat spells that would make you go jump off a bridge, but then it also went off it's pip at times, there was rain - kak loads of rain, ou's did crazy things, peeps broke bones. Just another year of surfing in the Eastern Cape. Check it out!!

January

Stoked to score a double page spread in the January Zag of my Seals shot. Thanks to Josh Mc for submitting it.

Got my new GoPro Hero 2 and took it out for a trial run. Here's Anne Pudney flying along a mini-millers wall.

Plenty of dolphins about this time of year

January means min waves but lank wind. Gordon Munro making the most of the conditions

Jaryd Mason spotted with a decent logo on his board at last! Image Dirk Erasmus

January threw up some double overhead conditions at Pipe...that's if you're a 3ft micro-grom! Image Rod Fox

February

February had some ridiculously good surf. Jakes flying high. Image Luc Hosten

Dennis's Vetkoeks hit the scene...and peeps discover these things go off. Here's Josh Enslin putting one through it's paces

Grant Beck doing the eye-candy thing for the chicks. There were reports of multiple faintings....

The local Pipe crew on their local Pipe. Image Basheer Britz

The locals discovered skaing the Donkin. Here's King Casey cornering. Image Ang Slabbert

March

March surf cooked. Dane grabbing rail and pulling in. Image Jono Pledger

But as the surf cooked, so did the crowds. Here Amba is about to teach ou's that you must paddle BEHIND the surfer on the wave!

Plenty of summer sunsets

Faye busts her leg skateboarding in Aus whilst over there for some surf comps

So Grant Beck decided to break his leg too...bombing the hill outside the Seal Point caravan park. Image Kody McGregor

April

Lil April Fools joke had the ou's guessing...

Dave Mandel dropping in with his jet

Trying out the Gopro pole cam. Anne obliging by trying to ride into my head.

Helloooooo winter!

JBay cooked in April. Image Jono Pledger

But surf in April was pretty small in PE. So Taz decided if he sat on his board he could make it overhead!

The annual Ironman saw some real Iron Men take it on.

Hobie Beach looking like it was going to war! Actually was just making the beach volleyball area for the Splash Festival.

May

The surf in May was off the Richter scale. Waves almost every day. Image Dirk Erasmus.

Vic Bay went off for the SA Longboard Champs. Plenty longboards became shortboards in the triple overhead conditions.

Everyone and their dog is now on a SUP

Local skate crew jump into the taxi on the cliff at the Donkin for a classic pic

June

We ducked off to the Maldives for some boardie sessions...

PE got some fun days in June...

But Bay went off it's pip a coupla times. Mike Hill on a bomb. Image Zane Hobson.

July

July had a few decent days....Blaine Armstrong tackling big Clubhouse

If you look closely you'll see Stompie on that wave. Rode it all the way from the back of Millers to the lifeguard hut on Hobie.

Bruces fired. Image Stan Blumberg

Local surfer Cliffie Hamilton starts making fins outta recycled plastic. You can now buy em at The Boardroom.

Johnny Bakker gets voted in as Vice President of Surfing South Africa. EP represents!

Photo evidence comes to light that Big Dave was once-upon-a-time hunky Dave! (far left)

August

Biggest swell of the year hits on 8 August. This is a set slamming the 3rd pylon at Hummies

Greg Heasley with one of the waves of the year on the day of the year at Hummies

Dane in a drain. Hummies delivered all August.

Even the Pier was going off during the solid run of swell -and for a change tit weather whilst we had surf

Millers looking like a real wave...doesn't happen often!

And in between the big days there were some fun lil days. Dylan McLoed hanging heel.

September

This lil bit of grafitti sparked plenty of debate!

Lank slow month for surf. Here's Luke making the most of one of the few surfable days.

We escaped the flat spell by bailing to the Maldives

Billabong Juniors at Seal Point had some kiff weather to contend with

Was the month of amazing sunsets. Almost every evening was picture perfect.

Millers tried to become a sand point for a while

October

EP Juniors claim their first ever victory at SA Champs!!

Dan Chipps and Zoomie Arderne surf the Sand River in SF after the floods

Let's just say it rained a lot! Water collected behind Santareme in SF

Hummies pillars keep getting smashed! Image Mike Holmes

Visiting windsurfer Mitch Wagstaff starts a new trend! Boardies over wetties!

Not many waves in October. Stompie getting wave of the day at stormy Hummies. Image Margot Saunders.

November

Finalists of the RVCA Snap Bucket announced

Local booger chick Pam Bowren takes a 4th at the World Champs in Venezuala

Lifeguards go on strike cos the municipality rather pays themselves big-ass checks instead of the ou's that actually do the work!

New skatepark gets underway at Kings Beach

SF nearly burns to the ground as 70 houses get lost to the flames.

There's vok-all surf in November...this ou rode probably the only wave of the whole month!

Boredom gets ou's creative. Dieter and mates climb the pylon at Hummies for a braai!

Kody and Dono team up to win the Zag Photo of the Year

December

Kody scores a kiff shot of Kyle Jacobs at Suicides in Dec Zag.

Legend shaper and ex JBay/Seals local Mark Spowart aka Spowy passes away. RIP bro.

Kiff summer sandbanks at Seals - as long as you don't mind sharing waves and the fact that the water will freeze your nuts off

And that's the wrap on 2012 - see ya next year!