This blog post takes me to the West Coast of South Africa
on a last minute surfing mission with a few friends and what a great time we
had.
Leaving Cape Town late on Saturday afternoon, we arrived
in Elands Bay in the evening and decided that we were going to stay in the
Hotel Backpackers for the night, as the wind was blowing and it was cold. We
settled in and got a fire going, had some ice cold beers, trying to take in the
“Wes Kus” as the surfers saying goes. We had a braai, some boerewors rolls and
then it was bed time as we all pretty tired from the day and the drive.
We woke up at 8am hoping to get some waves, alas the
swell had not kicked in just yet, hoping it would be coming with the pushing tide.
We took a drive up towards another town up the coast looking at certain spots
and the wind was wrong, it was pumping and it was cold, we all felt so bummed.
I said to the Gary and Kristin that I was pretty amped to head back to Cape
Town and surf there, as all I had was my friends saying…..Kbay is firing, Hoek
is cooking and here I am at a dead flat Elands Bay.
Gary twisted my arm and said he saw a place called Pili
Pili some surf backpackers in town, we pulled in and what a great idea. This
place ROCKED!!.
Above: Pili Pili Surfshack and Backpackers
Cruising inside we were met by 3 guys – A Swedish guy who
had ridden his bicycle from Cairo “Yes Cairo in Egypt” and Ricky and Patrick
the guys running the spot. These guys were both super helpful. They made us
some wicked food, played non-stop surf movies and even made us “Rooste Brookies”
for dinner that night after we decided that we were going to stay and hope to
get some waves on the Monday.
We went for a little surf in tiny waves down the beach and I noticed so many Crayfish on the beach, recent events made all the crayfish walk out the water due to no oxygen.
Pili Pili Rocked in the night, we had a great
braai, and had a good couple of beers and heard some amazing stories from
Daniel the guy who is riding from Cairo to Cape Town.
Above: The Crew at Pili Pili and Daniel on the right almost at his destination.
We woke up on Monday morning to an amazing day, not a
breath of wind but no swell around, wellat least not at Elands Bay. We decided
to mission and go find some surf. We found some really good waves and had a fun
surf – I can not mention the spot as to keep in as pristine as possible.
Above: Bkphotoza sneaking a couple fun waves.
Above: Gary sneaking a few on the knee.
After the days surf, we headed back to Cape Town, all
really tired and super amped to get into a nice hot shower and relax on the
couch.
Till next time.
Cheers,
Brandon Kilbride
bkphotoza
