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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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Surf team rider, Leah Oke, sent an update about her recent adventures. Read it down below and enjoy the pictures and video!
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If you're planning a getaway for this year, you might want to consider Angela Ritchie's Ace Camp with Chili Thom on May 23-30. You'd head to Pescadero, Baja, Mexico to surf, paint and collaborate.
Sitka's pal Chili Thom will be there and we guarantee he's a good time.
It's a pretty spectacular deal at $800 for everything included, even a boat cruise and a night in Cabo if that's your bag.
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Frequent readers of our wandering - both geographically and mentally - blogs may be beginning to wonder if we are really doing any sort of studies on the plastic refuse concentrating on our beaches globally. Stories of interesting people, obscure historical references and exciting adventures continually arrive on the website, with only the odd vague reference to garbage, plastics and their destructive effects.
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By guest blogger, Wendy Innes
"8 miles past the bridge" was about the extent of our knowledge of where we were going as we ventured up the Suriname River. How do you find yourself about to explore a country you know nothing about nor have even ever heard anything about? You simply sail there.
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From guest blogger, Shayla Hall:
Considering all the time I had to prepare for this beautiful stint aboard Khulula (1 week notice) you'd think I'd be prepared for every eventuality. However, as a true Polywog* I was most shocked not by the fact that Bryson now bakes fresh bread in the morning, nor by Hugh's neon yellow Speedo, but sea sickness so dreadful it made me consider jumping off the back of Khulula into the equatorial ocean.
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For those of you that missed this on Global TV about a month ago, here is Ryan Robertson telling to world what's up on The Khulula.
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