KEIKI

December 30, 2012 – Sometimes you’re in the right place at the right time. The morning rained hard and I struggled to find a large enough tree to hide under. All the good ones were occupied by photographers. I eventually ended up squatting next to one with a lens long enough to see facial expressions. A heavy downpour forced all the shooters next to each other under the tree in front of the bathroom so I decided to hide in the car and enjoy my paper bag lunch early. On the way back to the Pipe I ran into a friend of mine that shoots the Oakley team who informed me that most of the pipe regulars were on Maui surfing Jaws and that there is a body boarder out right now going mental. I got these clips within an hour with barely any other shooters on the beach.
Featuring Andre Botha, Trevor Kam, Davin Alexander, Christopher Taloa and more. Chris chose “King Heroin” by James Brown as the tune. Mahalo 662 Mob, Empire, ERS4, Ally Swim fins, and NMD.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Charlie Holt
Episode 1
All the waves are based around his Port Macquirie home breaks.
Filmed, edited and produced by Samuel Rutherford. 

This is the 4th annual event with R10 000 worth of prizes up for grabs.

For the Top high school and the Best riders in the schools.

Presented by NMD, VS, Churchills, Sanuk & Aloe Vera.

Co-Sponsors: Bos Ice Tea, Dual Shaving, Lion Match Shoe Polish, Glasfit, CKZN and Keiki.

Dates: 2, 9 and 16 March 2012

Venue: North Beach (Far bowl)

Time: 2pm to 5pm

Entry: R100 for all 3 events or R40 per event.

8 riders per school.

4 Juniors.

4 Seniors.

If you cannot get a full team you can still compete in the event.

You can enter on the 2nd of March at North Beach.

If you would like to enter please get hold of me on 0848700032 or mail me at info@keiki.co.za.

A Holiday
Ben Player takes some time out in Bali to contemplate what his future holds. 
Filmed over 5 days in Bali in October 2011.
Shot on a Panasonic GH2 and Sony F3.
Enjoy! 

PRIDE-NMD-VS-STEALTH Promo Tour with:

Pierre Louis Costes,Jason Finlay,Ben Player,Ryan Hardy,
Dave Winchester,Jake Stone and Joe Clarke… 

in Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary Islands.

He led the world tour most of the year, but in the end, all Hawaiian Jeff Hubbard, could do was wait and hope that his nearest rival, the new kid on the block from France, Pierre-Louis Costes, would not make it into the semi-finals of the 2011 NMD-Pride-Stealth Fronton Pro today. The French 21-year–old took off deep on a ten foot set wave in his quarterfinal heat, disappeared behind the thick lip came and out seconds later on the foam-ball with a clenched fist. Pierre-Louis Costes will remember the wave as the one that won him his first world title. “That was the wave of my life. I will always remember that wave; I will always remember Fronton. I love this place”, said Costes.

The schoolteacher from Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia with a passion for big waves, recently signed a board sponsorship deal with NMD- one of the event sponsors- and was selected to be the international wildcard for the event. Jason Finlay, the man who stopped Jeff Hubbard in round four yesterday, put on a display of seamanship for the spectators as he pulled into barrels the size of two story buildings, aimed for the lips and went for airs on his way to victory in the heaviest waves ridden all year on the Men’s World Tour. “I’m the happiest man in the world. The main goal was never to win the comp, I just wanted to do some big airs and try and mix it up with these guys. The whole comp I tried my hardest, so it paid off”, said Finlay.

NMD signs their newest team rider Jason Finlay…
He joins the likes of Ben Player and Dave Winchester on the killer team, and will be strutting his stuff as the only international wildcard in this years NMD/Stealth/Pride Fronton event in the Canary islands. 
Check out the clip, and wait for his new signature model to be in stores soon.