SURF’S UP
After a quick break for some fresh fish and salad for lunch from the restaurant at deAction centre, we were straight into the next challenge with a surf session at a beautiful break called Freight’s, five minutes down the coast towards South Point. Once again we wasted no time at all hitting the water for a fun session on longboards with all of Brian’s five children – Sunshine (13), Starlite (11), Lion (8) Rainbow (6) and Ocean Blu (4) joining us. Freights really is your dream set up, the offshore wind grooms the waves as clean as a whistle and the turquoise water is so clear it is ridiculous.
Over the next two days the action never slowed down, with constant banter between us all and non-stop sessions on the water. ‘Crown prince’ had been ill for the first two days, but once he hit the water he was having a blast, especially sup’ing the waves on the far side of the island at Basheba. ‘Wydle style’ spent a lot of time encouraging Brian’s children to surf which was cool to see, while Hope charged hard on her kite, in the surf and even learned to windsurf. Over the weekend the wind did its thing in the mornings and dropped slightly in the afternoons, but there was still plenty of breeze for Brian, Youri and Ronald to all take the freeride gear out for a beautiful blasting session outside the centre. Each evening we would vote on a champion for the day, basically the male or female that had embraced the essence of the Beach Culture World Tour, had the most fun and scored the best shots was voted the winner. The pace never slowed down over the weekend until it came time to the final results, where we all cast our decisions at the final voting session. The atmosphere was tense as everyone handed in their slips and it was down to me to work out the winner, the pressure was on! Hope, Fiona and Brian all clocked up several votes but storming ahead to be the Beach Culture World Champion was Youri, who’s constant efforts windsurfing, sup’ing and kiting were enough to sway the decision from the majority. In the windsurfing department, I’d say Brian had to take the glory but with that sneaky advantage of the 6.2m, ‘Wydle style’ never had a chance on her 4.5m!