KEIKI

Cave Rock , Durban 23/2/2013

Footage from Bruce Donkin’s
Go Pro HERO 3 Black Edition Head mount
at Cave Rock.

In Part 2 we cruise the beach breaks of Cape Town, South Africa.
Filmed over 1 week by Emilie Ouellette.
Featuring Jared Houston,Sash’Spex’Specker and Greg Vorster.

Part 1 in a series of clips to be released from a 2 month trip Greg Vorster and Emilie Ouellette
take through Mozambique and South Africa.

Featuring: Mark McCarthy, Greg Vorster and Rheinard DuToit
Filmed by Emilie Ouellette
Song: Great Heart by Johnny Clegg

We catch up with Mark McCarthy in his hometown of Richards Bay, South Africa
and find out what he has been up to since the last event on the World Tour.
He shares his thoughts on the upcoming Pipe event and what he hopes to see for the future of his sport.

South African Superman Billy “BillyBuster™” Tennant leaves for his fourth World Flow Champs in Spain.
He is in his prime this year and looks to regain his World title with the help of his new Thiel Board Co. BillyBuster. 
Check him out in the new Thiel Promo for the up and coming World Champs.
Flow Bodyboarding at the Wavehouse in Durban, South Africa.

Cool edited clip from Jared Schafer, in & around Durban, KZN, South Africa.
Song: Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx – Night Call
This should get you amped for waves this long weekend!
Happy Freedom Day!!! 

Name :
Brian Wise

Age:
37 years old

Favorite Wave:
Bath tub waves and the North Shore, Pipeline.

Place: North Shore in the summertime is relaxing.
More time with the family!
It’s my home and always will be.

Music:
All depends on the mood at the time that we are in.

Food:
Veggies, fish right out of the ocean, and women

Riders:
GOD

Board:
CUSTOM X  – FREESTYLER BRIAN WISE MODEL

Fins:
VIPERS

What’s the best thing about Keiki ?
BW: KEIKI is a spot that changes more than people do!
I LOVE ALL SIDES and SIZES of KEIKI!
I’ve been riding that wave since 1991 and there no plans to stop ever…

Who rides there?
BW: Men that can handle a great beaten!
Shore break lovers, the people who have peace with the ocean.

What the craziest thing that happened there at Keiki?
BW: I have broken my neck, blew out my left knee!
I have ridden that wave from 2 feet to 20 feet Hawaiian style!!
With no one in the water or on land to see God’s Gift to me.

How big and heavy does it get ?
BW: It’s not always how big it gets.
Keiki throws out to the sand sometimes 10 ft on a 5 ft wave and lands on dry sand!
Heavy weight with sand, water, rocks, shells, people, sea life,and the list goes on and on…

What’s fun about ?
BW: Life is so simple that’s fun.
Huge waves small waves everyday…
Keiki can take care all of the world that we live in making a it happy care free day!!!

You made an amazing comeback in the sport and personally?
Tell us about your life?

BW: Life is a comeback I’ve had many in my life .
Life is an open book just got to write it second by second!
Let’s let it roll friends….

What’s the future hold for Brian Wise?
BW: Well stepping it up in all parts of life.
Enjoy the good and the bad, take the punch and get up with a smile.
One day at a time with our God

Any travel plans to come to South Africa?
BW: Yes South Africa will be in the future for sure !!
Going to California this summer and where ever God takes me.
Let’s hope to obtain some sponsors backing me up for all the rest of my travel plans.
Family gets most of my time in the summer,
Hannah and Emily my little girls are awesome angels.

What do you do besides body boarding ?
BW: Mountain biking,running,reading,cooking,carpentry,training,
and letting the mind run wild!

Are you a Keiki ?
BW: Always will be a Keiki that enjoys other Keiki in Heart
I have two Keiki’s who are loved dearly on a daily base!!

LOVE YOU HANNAH AND EMILY WITH ALL MY HEART. 

 Bodyboarders?

Jeff Hubbard, Mitch Rawlins, Pierre Louis Costes, Jared Houston, Ryan Hardy.

 Spots?

Pipe, Swell Cafe, Cranzgots Pizza

In a contest?

I like to surf with dignity if I can…

  Reasons to bodyboard?

It’s the most exciting sport ever!

 Career highlights?

1st, 1st and 1st.

 Local bodyboarders?

Guy Williment, Spencer Frost, Gherkin, Toby, Tate.

 Drinks to get confidence?

Coffee…

 People to party with?

Toby, Tate, Gherkin!

 Injuries?

Some but not many…

Ways to meet a girl?

Go to South Africa!!!

 Things about your town?

Quiet but nice.

Things about having a girlfriend\wife?

Don’t have one so wouldn’t know.

 Top 5 Goals?

1st, 1st, 1st, 1st and 1st.

Spots u want to ride?

El Pointo (secret spot).

Best things about the Pipe event?

It is so exciting watching the best bodyboarders in the world displaying and showing there best array of  moves.

Reasons to come to South Africa?

….to meet a girl of course… Ha ha

The dust has settled after a weekend that saw probably the greatest wave conditions and riding performance for a Cape Classic and arguably any SABA event.

Western Province Bodyboarding Association kicked off the development clinic, teaching basic fundamentals and skills of Bodyboarding in Big bay. We invited everyone and anyone keen on getting involved, and found our presence was graced with organizations like wowess (Women of waves) and TLC. Everyone had a great time and I’m sure we are going to be seeing a lot more faces in the line up very soon.

The next morning, and the first day of the contest was kicked off on a wonderful sunny day in Cape Town and very contestable, 4ft right hand wedges exploding in front of the onlookers and judges.Just off the back of Mark McCarthy’s second place at the Box pro,the riders braved the freezing waters and took advantage of the flawless conditions to prove the level of riding in South Africa is on par or greater than that of the rest of the world.Huge inverts,backflips and air roll spins from the boys division all the way through womens, to grand masters saw impressed judges, entertained spectators and high rewarded scores.

The following day saw a change in the swell height and the WPBA making use of the peninsular and the fact that Cape Classic is one of the only mobile bodyboarding events in the world. The decision was made to transfer the contest to caves in the heart of Koel bay.

A predominantly heavy 3-4ft right wedge was the platform for the final day of the contest. Once again the ocean came to the party providing offshore winds before turning cross-shore for the finals. Riders relied on experience and wave knowledge to stamp their places in the final and gain those ever so valuable, SABA points. 

I was personally very impressed to see the level of riding in the boys division and thought it is a great indication of the future and standard of riding still to come in South Africa.

Apart from the riders giving it all they got, the judges saw a judging error of 97%, meaning only a 3% deviation between judge’s scores across every heat and every division of the contest! This is an incredible score and is worth recognition. The best judge of the contest going to Riaan du Preez.

Given the quality of waves, the competition and the intimidating company kept at the Cape Classic, Dave Comacho came away with full 10’s across the judging panel to secure himself best rider of the contest with his deep barrel to floating barrel roll.

The final heats went as follows:

 Winners of the Cape Classic 2012

• Pros
  1. Rheinhart Du Toit
  2. Aden Kleve
  3. Adam Morley
  4. Wesley Potts
  5. Steven Du Preez & Bas Koopman
  6. Rory Fellow Smith & Ian Kruger

• Juniors
  1.Bas Koopmans
  2.Jason Fowler
  3. Niklas Martin
  4. Stephen du Preez 
   
• DK
  1. Aden Kleve
  2. Dylan van Tonder
  3. Wesley Potts
  4. Peet Verreyne

• Mens
  1. Dave Camacho
  2. Emile Maree
  3. Chris van der Westhuyzen
  4. Micheal Meyer
  
• Ladies
  1.Pamela Bowren
  2. Jannecke de Kock
  3. Rossie Lombard
  
• Boys
  1. Dylan Le Roux
  2. Tristan Roberts
  3. Jarred Thomas
  4. Aeden O’Brien

• Grand masters
  1. Marcel Habets
  2. Len Bradford

• Masters
  1. Sean Oberholzer
  2. Morne Laubser
  3. Melvin Victors
  4. Lee Moran

A big thank you must go out to the sponsors of our event and prizes, without you none of this would be possible and we truly appreciate what you’ve done and the fact you keep backing us from year to year. Another, congratulation to the Western Province Bodyboarding Association committee for all there hard work and tedious hours they put in, to making sure the event ran as successfully as it did. Congratulations to the judges and of course, the riders! We thank everyone for following and enjoying the Cape Classic 2012 with us and look forward to seeing you up the West Coast this weekend for the next event on the SABA calendar.

IBA 2012 Pipe Challenge
Event 1 of 8, Mens Grand Slam Series
Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
Feb 15-24th, 2012
ibaworldtour.com

Wednesday, 15th February 2012, Ehukai Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii – Day one of the 2012 IBA Pipe Pro started off with two Rounds of Women in flawless 4 foot waves at Pipeline and Backdoor. Emma Cobb (AUS) was a standout amongst the ladies, drawing clean lines and negotiating through a long barrels, showing that she deserves a spot in the quarter finals. By mid morning the top 16 Women had been decided as a new Northwest swell started producing a constant flow of bigger sets. Round 1 and 2 of the Mens got under way in building 4-8 foot offshore waves.

The best wave of the day was ridden by one of the youngest competitors at the IBA Pipe Challenge today. Lewy Finnegan, 17, from Australia, took off deep on a six-foot Backdoor wave, pulled in and road behind the curtain, came out long after the spit, and raised his fist as he pulled off the back. The top seeded riders will have to keep their guards up if they don’t wanted to get knocked out by the youngsters in this event.

 Alistair Taylor was camping in a tent on the beach and living off a bag of potatoes when he surfed against Hawaiian Kainoa McGee, in what most people recall as the biggest waves ridden in a Pipe competition. Fifteen years later, Taylor, orginally from South Africa, lives in Hawaii with his wife and two kids. He won both his heats today and tomorrow he will get to relive the past in waves that are predicted to be over ten feet.

The youngest competitor in the event, Tanner McDaniel, 12 years old, listened to pointers from his sponsor, and 11 times Pipe champion, Mike Stewart, before he paddled out in the first heat of the Men’s event to compete against guys ten years older than him. McDaniel came up against Ruben Quiñones, a two-time runner-up and local, Micah Oh, and was not able to advance into the next round. 

Today, the swell is predicted to jump to over ten feet by the afternoon with the offshore winds predicted all day. The first heat will be in the water at 08h00 local Hawaiian time.
8pm for all the South Africans watching so go support the
boys at the Pipe Challenge tonight.