BIG NEWS

So after many talks and debates about whether or not I was going to put my neck on the line for a dream, I made the decision to take the risk. I am pleased to announce that this year will be one to remember in South African bodyboarding(if mother nature plays her role), for the first time ever there will be a high performance invitational event at the one and only, Tand. The TAND Invitational 2011 is hopefully going to be the best high performance bodyboarding South Africa has ever seen. To read more about the even, head over onto facebook and like the TAND Invitational 2011 page, here is the link, http://www.facebook.com/pages/TAND-Invitational-2011/146348852103476. Like it and spread the word, this event will be one for the books!
Fingers crossed!

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days have gone by. Not much to blog about. So here is a cool pic I somehow did, wish I had taken the photos more towards the end of the sunset, but hey, im learning. 

I have some exciting things that are going to happen in the very near future. Watch this space!

Pen to paper

So recently I've been doing quite a bit of things. Keeping real busy actually. I have been working heaps, studying for UNISA, assignments for UNISA and writing exams. I haven't been doing a lot of surfing. Largely due to the fact I have no wetsuit as the zip fell out of my old one. The last 2 weekends have been filled with high high hopes but conditions werent as forecast so plans fell through. However this weekend looks to be very different. I am lucky enough to be borrowing a highly average suit from my mate which has no arms but hey, "You gotta take the good with the bad!"

Here are a few random pics from the past week or two.

wreck

brother had a solo surf

my little friend

my MUCH bigger friend

sunset off my temporary balcony

night shot

Easter

Easter 1 - Jarret 0

Easter got the better of me this past weekend. Had a real KAK surf full of oil on thursday arvo and the rest of the weekend was spent indulging in delicious easter eggs in bed with my beautiful better half. What an amazing weekend!

We currently have a strong onshore wind with 7 metre swells, not really worth braving the freezing conditions with a suit that has no zip to close my back up. 

Here is a shot from a couple weeks ago, I kinda enjoy it. Pic by Simon Heale.

Adjectives

Fun, amazing, enjoyable, beautiful, exciting...actually, any adjective with similar or the same meaning to those that I mentioned could be used to describe this past weekend I had.

Friday night - Dias Tavern with my beautiful lady for amazing Portuguese food

Saturday - surf mission with the boys! Freezing but so sick. Check a full run down on Si's blog. I got a coupla shots

Sunday - a walk up lions head with a few mates, the girlfriend and an old mate (JP) to watch the sunset and the moorise. Surreal! 

Perfect weekend

Photographs:

fun bowls

amazing colours

sunset

purple mountain moonrise

cruising

eerie

change

Change is inevitable. I need to change. I over psyche myself up before contests, I psyche myself out, I over-think it all and end up almost trying too hard just to fall flat on my back. I've lost the fun I got out of it, the stoke seems to be kinda missing. The last time I had good proper fun in the water was probably back in Hawaii, whilst swimming at Keiki, not even surfing. It really isn't what I want, to be honest. I set myself up for disappointment almost every time I enter an event. I tell myself that this event is the event, I tell myself to relax and take it chilled, and nothing has worked. Im going "back to the roots", im gonna surf for the fun of it, im only going to do what I enjoy doing, I am completely over that feeling. For now Im just going to take it as it comes, and I'll surf to only enjoy it, nothing else, and if that happens to be in a contest, cool, and if I happen to do well then it will just be bonus.

Here's pics from the weekend I still was able to enjoy after falling down once again.

A Fiery Sky - Natasha Silva Photo

Sea-weed playground - N S Photo

room mate Roofey cooking delicious brekky

Don getting me pretty good!

Stunning Reflection

Little mouse

Ruf Reflected

So

I havent done a post in long. I dont care, I think about doing posts alot, but just never get round to it, its tht thought that counts anyway! But here is one cause I thought about it more than usual. In a couple hours, my girlfriend and I are heading up the coast 2 surf the Wes Kus Classic, pretty amped to say the least, but the lack of swell is a tad dampening but hey, I've surfed contests in small waves. I havent been up to much recently, just working pretty hard, studying too, surfing when the conditions permit, cruising with Tash, braaing meat, shaving, spending money. Enough rambling for now, will most likely do an update after the contest. Here is a few pics.

i took a shave

my local pumped with me at work

my local was onshore ALOT