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Surfing the real Flintstones

Surfing the real Flintstones

After getting in a good session surfing at Flintstones Too, a few days later and we got back on the jungle trail around Port Shepstone. This time the path led straight to the real Flintstones and the guns were out.

Roosta, Calvin and Buzz took on the shallow reef ledge with lefts and rights coming in like a little miniature North Shore. The spot seems to hold semblance to a bunch of others close by – powerful, fast and challenging.

It has been a fantastic summer so far, the swells have been thick and fast – we even had a few bigger days at the end of January. In fact, speculation in the carpark calls the summer a better winter thus far.

The offshores have been holding way into the morning, and the water has been over 24 degrees most of the time. Crystal clear too! The fishing conditions are superb and many a spinning angler can be seen at our favourite beaches up and down the KZN South Coast. Today was another surfing treat as Hibberdene turned on the juice for an entire low tide – barrells in summer!

These videos are part of a series documenting the Wedge Blacktop series of surfboards – stay posted for more Surfing the South Coast in summer!

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A quick visit to the Wedge Surfboard factory…

A quick visit to the Wedge Surfboard factory in Umzumbe, by Craig Sinclair, with a load of surfboards in for repair, after the carnage left by the swell over the last spring tide.

Craig Sinclair sets up his Little Pony for a ding repai at the Wedge Surfboard factory....
Craig Sinclair sets up his Little Pony for a ding repair at the Wedge Surfboard factory….

One broken, 2 with fins out and a smash into the “My Little Pony”.

Robin Beatty ordered this super fast 5 fin fang it model...
Robin Beatty ordered this super fast  Disco Biscuit5 fin Fang=it model…best he come fetch it soon!

Gary and Justin Maisch (and company) are busy with all sorts of projects in and around producing quality and deadly surfboards every day. Ding repairs can be requested and slotted into the hectic production schedule though.

John van Reenen displays a design by surf artist Caroline Wood...
John van Reenen displays a radical piece of art by surf artist Caroline Wood…