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Ciao 2016

12/30/2016

 
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© Indian Swell Productions
Here's to 2016. You weren't the best year for surf, that's for sure. But hey, we had waves. We also had wind, And sunshiney days and spectacular sunsets. Some stunning sunrises. A few big days. A few very big days. Plenty of little days. And the absolutely v*k-all days. So yeh, overall you weren't so bad I guess. Let's run you through the year.

January

The waves pumped! Oh wait. That's cos I was in Indo....
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The bay didn't do too badly either....
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© Luc Hosten
As long as you didn't mind sharing the sea with the summer critters.
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© Sean Thompson

February

Funky perspectives kick-started the month. The first in what was to be a year of amazing images from PE's eye-in-the-sky Dean Cothill.
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© Dean Cothill
The perceptiveness of PE surfers was shown with a punt for the #mustfall campaign 10 months before it started....just swapped Zuma for fee's.
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© Fernando Tallie
The pier had it's share of the Pied Piper and his Merry men....
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And some wargames kept the locals entertained.
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© Charlie Hugo
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There were a few waves here and there.
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© Luc Hosten
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© Chris Scott

March

Our hood sure is pretty from up on high
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© Dean Cothill
March saw some mini-grom mayhem descend on Pipe for the annual Grom Games.
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© Kody McGregor
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Local restuarant Muse steped up to the plate with an ocean inspired dish from surf chef Allan Bezuidenhout. An edible coral reef for mains.
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Surfer magazine founder John Severson famously said "“the surfer can still seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts.” Or alternately, they can just sit by themselves on the beach at Seals.
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© Richard Arderne
PE finally landed a feature in the Zag just to show the rest of the country that we actually do get the odd wave.
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Perspective is everything. In PE you need it to make the waves look good.
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© Pierre de Villiers
March ended with a bang at least...
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© Robbie Irlam

April

April Fools says Cape Recife has a grinding right point. The irony is that actually it does.
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© Dean Cothill and a bit of Photoshop
Funnily enough there actually were waves on the 1st
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Just a taste of sunsets to come, as autumn started to get it's act together.
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The saying goes that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Add to that waves in April.
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© Robbie Irlam
The wildside doesn't always have to be wild.
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© Etienne Stassen
The locals just reminding everyone why PE's now called the Dolphin Capital of the world
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© Lloyd Edwards

May

May madness at Millers
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© Dean Cothil
And the NMBM Masters grabbing 2nd spot at the SA Champs
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The days started pretty...
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© Gideon Brunsden
...and ended the same way.
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A coupla waves about that were worth a shout.
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© Petronel Posthumus
If you change the way you look at things the things you look at change.
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© Dean Cothil

June

June means JBay time.
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© Deon Lategan
It also means stormy Seals.
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© Chris Scott
Did I mention JBay?
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What about a pretty sunrise and JBay? Yeh - it would definitely be June.
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© Robbie Irlam

July

July means the JBay Pro
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© Robbie Irlam
When ou's get to meet famous people like CarPark John and Chris.
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And even surfing superstars show they aren't immune to the bricks
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© Indian Swell Productions
There're even waves in PE.
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© Luc Hosten
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And nothing beats a midwinter sunset.
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August

Winter might be on the wane, but the waves weren't
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© Richard Mangold
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Little people began to believe in big things...
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© Eben Swanepoel
Other people just did stupid things.
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Nature continued with her show.
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© Luc Hosten

September

A month of youthful optimism...
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And absolute bloody morons...
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The surf still delivered.
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© James Flood
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Whether it was single-fin logging...
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© KodyMcGregor
...or Seal point speedlines.
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No takers on the Bird Rocks barrels though.
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October

Started off like a lake
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© Dirk Moggee
And then got breezy.
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Went back to looking like a lake.
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© Zelda Gerber
And then went back to being windy again.
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In between the extremes there were some waves.
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© Chris Taljaard
And some sage advice from a Seals elder statesman.
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© Grant Beck

November

The friendly fins continued their daily patrols along the backline.
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© Luc Hosten
A few unseasonal swells popped up.
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Chomp Rock tried to hide away...
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But the moon didn't.
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© Nick Cadle
Some might say there's light at the end of the tunnel. But a wave will suffice..
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© Matthew Overton

December

And before you know it the last month of the year sneaks up on you.
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It did try throw out a few waves.
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© Chris Scott
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© Robbie Irlam
Some ou's came to a stop...
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© Chris Scott
...at Full Stop
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© Stan Blumberg
Peeps were in such holiday mode that lil runners like these broke with not a soul out
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© Lisa Kretzmann
Avo's was more of a fishing spot than a surf spot
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© Luc Hosten
But early birds still got the worms.
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© Aiden McKenzie
The Season opened and the Year came to an end.

​2016, to be honest you were pretty kak for surf in the bay. There were some good days and some epic days, but overall we wave you goodbye happily and hope 2017 delivers a bit more!
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© Karin Anker
Steven
1/3/2017 02:51:59 am

Thanks for keeping us informed and up to date throughout the year on PE spots and peeps. Wishing you an awesome 2017 and keep the great vibe to the max. One love


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