Amped on the South Coast

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Amped on the South Coast Amped on the South Coast: The Sardine Newspaper is the culmination of many projects over the years, and went under successively different names. At a stage we called ourselves SurfTV.co.za, a fantastically successful name, but was stopped in it’s tracks, due to copyright issues with SurfTV.com. Guy Bishop, one of … Read more

Why fishermen should stay humble – by Brandon Parsons

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Why fishermen should stay humble – by Brandon Parsons “After landing your first few really big sharks and fish in your life – your confidence builds and builds – until that day…” – Brandon Parsons Feeling strong enough to handle whatever the ocean throws your way, out goes the bait – the perfect bait, perfect … Read more

Movember Retro Surf Event Promises Seventies Fun Day Out

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Movember Retro Surf Event Promises Seventies Fun Day Out 

 

Sixty surfers will be participating in the Off The Lip Movember Surf Jam which will be held on the 22nd November at Beach Bums, Tongaat. The event is a fundraising event for the Movember Foundation. Pictured: Jake Stewart (Umdloti), Daniel Redman (Durban North), Neil Claydon (George, Southern Cape), Jono James (Glenwood) and Rory Beach (Glenwood). Photo by Nick Ferreira
Sixty surfers will be participating in the Off The Lip Movember Surf Jam which will be held on the 22nd November at Beach Bums, Tongaat. The event is a fundraising event for the Movember Foundation. Pictured: Jake Stewart (Umdloti), Daniel Redman (Durban North), Neil Claydon (George, Southern Cape), Jono James (Glenwood) and Rory Beach (Glenwood).
Photo by Nick Ferreira

Beach Bums, Tongaat – Saturday 22nd of November will mark the second edition of the Off The Lip Movember Surf Jam at Tongaat’s Beach Bums. This event, which is hosted by Quiksilver and the Movember foundation, is aimed at creating awareness as well as raising funds for men’s prostate cancer, testicular cancer and other men’s health issues. Surfers participating in the event are encouraged to dress up in seventies surf gear, alter-ego’s welcome, use surfboards from the seventies era and show off their bushy upper lips while creating awareness for the Movember movement.

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Surf trips to Tofinho

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Surf trips to Tofinho

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Ozzie ripper Lucy Small, captured here in a ray of glory, surfing at Tofinho Point with our crew (c) Xonalanga

Since 1991, we have been surfing up and down the East African Seaboard, hauling surfers old and young, beginners and jaded…through some of the finest surfing conditions that the world has to offer. Surf trips to Tofinho and beyond are an email away…

In winter time, our beat is to wait for a solid cold frontal system, and chase it from Cape Town to Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mocambique – thousands of kilometres of travelling and chasing swell. There are so many spots along this route, that many spots have no name – and like Africa – it’s gonna stay that way!

In summer, it’s all about cyclones – and if the stars line up, and the right swell sneaks in just skirting the southern reaches of Madagascar, it lights up all the usually dormant superbanks littered all over the Mozambican coastline. There are just sooo many!

These two situations do occur seasonally as described, but also at odd times, so once you book, we will plan your trip with the most chance of catching it all – ON!

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