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Imagine someone coming into your room in the middle of the night, sneaking up nice and close to you with a giant gong and smacking it as hard as they can every 5 - 10 sec. Now allow your room to rotate and twist. Suddenly you have rolled to one side of your bed, and then the other, and then back again, all the while the gong keeps going. It is hot and you are sweating profusely despite having thrown your only sheet to the other side of the bed.
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Frequent blog followers will be privy to our search for a mystical barrelling right hand point break on St Helena Island, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. When we arrived after 12 days at sea, we almost fell over ourselves getting off the boat, into a rental car, Sitka boards on the roof, Globe sandals on, Livity hats on and driving to the beach.
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The popularity of surfing and surfers has been in flux since the first wave riders experienced the thrill of rushing towards shore, powered by the liquid crashing force of waves. The ancient Polynesians and Hawaiians are heralded as the forefathers of our sport. Early European explorers and discoverers were astonished to see "savage" natives riding broken waves in their canoes or on rough hewn log planks, for no other purpose than recreation. Unfortunately, many of these early explorers were also vehement Christians spreading their versions of the word of God.
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The Ocean Gybe gang spent a little time giving surf lessons to street children and cleaning up the beach at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town. The "Let’s Go Surfing" project is a drop in centre on Saturdays and Sundays for kids to go to the beach, get a free surfing lesson, grab some food to eat, do a beach clean-up and learn about the ocean.
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A new short video of Mr. Pete Devries, filmed and edited by Adam Chilton.
Click on the second thumbnail to watch. Enjoy!
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Mischa Davis surfs for our Auckland, New Zealand shop. When she's not carving on top of waves, you can find her gliding beneath them as the mythical mermaid might.
Mischa has been making mermaid tails out of wetsuit materials and free diving fins for quite some time now. Single Fin Photography recently caught up with her and posted these photos of Mischa and her fellow mermaid, Ariel.
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We recently recieved an update from Sitka surf team member, Leah Oke. Leah is currently enjoying some sun and waves in Panama. Read below to find out what she's been up to, and check out her new photos.
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Sitka Surf Team rider, Noah Cohen, recently made a trip to the East Coast of Canada in search of swell from Hurricane Katia. He and a few others found what they were looking for.
Watch the video on Surfline and read what Noah had to say about the trip below:
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SBC Surf recently posted an article on The Water's Edge Project, which is an initiative designed to advocate for cleaner and safer coastal communities at home and abroad. It's lead by surfers from Vancouver Island, including Sitka surf team member, Christian Moutinho.
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Sitka Surf Team member, Leah Oke, recently got the first women's cover of SBC Surf Magazine ever! You probably already knew that though. But, you may not know that Leah travels the globe whenever possible searching out the best waves on which to surf and the nicest beaches on which to chill.
Leah relayed a story from one of her recent travel experience, which we've retold below. You can also read an interview with her for SBC here.
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