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Coastal Living Bru “Fleur Du Cap So You think you can cook Ballito Style?”

Coastal Living Bru “Fleur Du Cap So You think you can cook Ballito Style?”

by Olivia Jones Communications

The Coastal Living Bru Food and Wine Exhibition (July 1-3) returns to La Montagne Resort in Ballito and promises to be a smorgasbord of sensory experiences. Coastal Living Bru forms part of the Mr Price Pro Ballito, an international surfing competition and beach and lifestyle festival (June 30 to July 6) that offers families plenty of fun in the sun with activities like extreme sports, beach action, a surfing competition, free music concerts and retail delights.

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Photographer: Ryan Janssens

The extremely popular, “Fleur Du Cap So You think you can cook Ballito Style?” returns for another tightly contested battle between some of KZN’s best professional and amateur chefs. Eight teams will test their culinary and creative skills to produce a mouthwatering dish combining mystery box ingredients with one of the five elements of fire, water, wood, metal, or earth. The tough panel of celebrity judges will decide which teams proceed through the two elimination rounds (July 1 and 2) to the final round on July 3 to win the coveted title of Mr Price Pro Ballito Chef and the grand prize.

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Swan Surfing Kirra

Swan Surfing Kirra

Now how do you explain this?! Perhaps the black swan is so cognitive, they saw Kelly and crew ripping the place apart, whilst flying over, stopped to watch, and as soon as the famous break got uncrowded – out they paddled (uh flew…).

Kel Mills who lives in Kirra, shot and narrated the clip. 

From the website…http://www.svswans.com/black.html

“Before European explorers had reached Australia, it was believed that all swans were white. Dutch mariner, Antounie Caen, was the first to be amazed at the sight of Australia’s Black swans on the Shark Bay in 1636. Explorer Willem de Vlamingh captured two of these creatures on Australia’s Swan River and returned with them to Europe to prove their existence. From that point on, black swans and Australia have been closely linked. During the nineteenth century, the original Western Australian colony was called “the Swan River Settlement.” In 1973, the black swan was officially proclaimed as the “bird emblem” of the Government of Western Australia and now appears on the state flag.”

Click here for more information on the surfing Black Swan of Australia…http://www.svswans.com/black.html

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Deep barrel by Fred!

Deep barrel by Fred!

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The evergreen Greg Wigmore (Fred) caught deep in the barrel on the KZN South Coast. This shot, taken by pro photographer and producer, Craig Sinclair aka Baconovich, was shot in amongst shoals of fleeing bait fish as they were being hammered by predators.
It is a dodgy time of year to be chasing shots like this, but it paid for big time for Fred and Baconovich.

It’s been absolutely cooking at all the usual spots. Saints. Uvongo. Southbroom. Ramsgate. Port Edward. Glenmore. The fact is, that when one spot fires, they all do.

Check out Shonalanga Adventures for safe and reasonably priced options for surfing the KZN South Coast.

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Banana Beach estuary cleanup video #2

Banana Beach estuary cleanup

Local surfers have started cleaning the completely congested Banana Beach estuary. Water Hyacinth took over the blind estuary in a matter of a week or so. The Injambili River just north has also been taken over these alien plants.

When they have completely covered the surface of the water body, fish cannot get to the surface and in the shallows get caught up by the root system of the floating plants.

The worldwide problem of hyacinth can only really be combatted by physical removal, in a manner that does not affect the environment too much. This means getting in and getting dirty…

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Shaloha Uploaded

Shaloha Uploaded

Well, we have tried this before but were ruthlessly taken out of the sky by arguing IP control freaks. But luckily we are almost caught up with the content lost…the uploading of Shaloha by Bruce Gold and co, was one of those missing news items…

This video movie was shot from the West Coast to the East Coast of Southern Africa, by Bruce Gold and friends, in 2009. It is the end of a series of surf videos by the SurfTV organisation of old, made to pay tribute to, and preserve the heritage and culture, of travelling surfers. And who else but Bruce Gold, portraying Brucifire, to put the message across.

Rough roads, hard times, breakdowns, injury, disease, blowouts…and finally endless supplies of tropical and sub-tropical peeling and barreling waves.

The first few chapters are good to go and we will throw a few more later…enjoy!

“The journey’s over, the journey never began…!”, Brucifire.

“Like Jah, surfing will provide…”, Roosta

“Believe….don’t believe..!”, Shonalanga

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