Here are a few more shots from the RED Team photo shoot. Fun weekend !

All pics (c) Pierre Tostee

Tammy-Lee Smith has this to say about today :

“My friend Stacey goes hard when she surfs!  She likes to get high… in the air… on her surfboard.  Today proved this when she tried her trade mark frontside punt but Salmon Bay backwash was cruel.  She came off second best to the shallow bumpy sand bank waves and tweaked her ankle.  I personally thought it was broken so I bought her NikNaks to make her feel better. It still might be broken, she’s gotta get x-rays  She was brave. “

Tammy called me brave ! First time ever. Ya. So. I messed up my ankle. it hurts. It’s a now a Kankle. I went for a frontside air on a tiny wave and landed SO wrong on my back foot – its beyond swollen and I have been taking painkillers ALL day. yoh.

I have to have X-rays tomorrow morning at Alberlito Hospital to check out what the vibe is.

I have pics. Cos yup, we are on a photo shoot and Pierre is always pointing his LARGE lens at us.

BELOW IS A SEQUENCE OF THE WAVE I BROKE MY ANKLE ON :

1st frame….2nd frame…..and 3rd frame is split seconds before I landed so very wrong.  I’m about to cry when Tanah and Mich are helping me up the beach. Shot guys.

In Ballito for a Mr Price/RED Surf team shoot.

Arrived in KZN around 08:00 Friday morning, got some admin done in Durbs – visited one of my sponsors ISLAND STYLE and my board shaper BARON STANDER. Got to Ballito early afternoon and went straight down to Sunrise Point for the first shoot. It was around 3-4ft, dead low and blowing onshore NE. If you have ever surfed Sunrise you will know that it gets super heavy and Friday was no different. For some reason I decided to surf the Quadpod (WTF!?) and got worked – not enough drive/hold/complete opposite of the board I should have been riding out there. Had a few fun waves, nothing great. The boys were tearing. Here are some of the shots (c) Pierre Tostee

Monday Day 4-  5:00 Wake up call. Back to the left at Seals Beachie. Offshore. Low tide. Breaking really fast. Freesurf. 3hr coaching sesh with Hynsie. Hard work. Mock heats. Difficult to pick the good waves. Greg went flipping mad – he gets so much speed its incredible. Everybody is surfing their best. Back to the palace around 11:00. Huge breakfast spread waiting for us. Pack up after breakie. Check the surf. Goodbyes and THANK YOU’S at the beach. Home.

Thanks to OAKLEY SA for putting on such an awesome camp. We have all improved and learnt ALOTTTT. Watch out for the Oakley Team this year folks.

All pics Craig Kolesky/Sandisk

Friday Day 1 - Woke up early, like really early. 3:30 early. Left Cape Town at 4am. Got to J Bay around 12:00 to find CRANKING 4-5ft waves. We all got out there asap and ended up having two rad sessions. Greg and Davey were on form, it’s crazy how well those guys surf Jbay. It’s such a difficult wave and they have it SO dialed. Makes me jealous. haha. I also saw Tammy-Lee get a cracker. That also made me jealous haha. From what i saw Royden was the standout, he rips at Jbay. He gets so critical and vert – it’s silly. He’s such a chilled, mellow dude but when he hits the water he goes nuts. I got some bombs – definitely one of the best surfs I have had out there. Oh ya – I saw Shaun J doing some RAD frontside fins free turns and a mad air reverse. I’m learning from these boys. Friday night we had a meet and greet with the Oakley South Africa family and we got spoilt ! Thanxxxx guys.

Saturday Day 2 - 6:00 wake up call. We got robbed. In Seal Point. They took laptops, video and camera gear. Not Rad. Learnt pre heat warm-up techniques with Lawrence. Got to the surf mid-morning. The Beachie. 3ft. A couple bigger sets. Left Bank. Coaching with Hynsie. Royden got so pitted. Shaun got upside down on a backside air reverse. I got a couple. Davey put his fins out on every turn. Royden made a SICK frontside double grab. Tammy went vert. Lungani dropped in on me and smashed the wave all the way to the beach. Matt is 12 and surfs like he is 14. Greg didn’t surf cos ETV came to interview us all. Sat arvo we had a life coaching sesh with Jackie followed by some average howling onshore baby waves at the point. Still fun though. Dinner at Barrons. Lank tired – BED. Sleep.

Sunday Day 3 - 6:00 wake up. 7:00 warm-ups with Lawrence. 7:30 till 12:00 mock heat coaching with Hynsie. Hard work. Fun waves way down the beach. Lunch. Down Time… That’s right now. West is up////// Hoping for fun waves later.

All photos - CRAIG KOLESKY

Happy Happy New Year folks! I’ve been lagging big time with the updates on here. But I’m about to up my game. Look out. HA. Heading up to St Francis tomorrow with the OAKLEY Team. Excited. Will post some pics and vids up here.

I cracked the nod for JETTY GIRL’s 70 girl surfers of 2009.  Nikita, Tammy-lee and Rosy also made the cut. Reppin’ South Africa! Also stoked that Rosy and Nikita have both qualified for the WCT 2010 !! niiiice.

Read about it HERE

Today I surfed Big Bay. Tyron took photos. The waves were not good. I am fine with that at least there has been a bit of swell.  

Click ‘em to view ‘em. yo.

It happens.

Above: Me trying to take off in the lip. Weird. Fine with it though.

Below: My good friend Warren getting slapped. How’s the step in the wave face??

Today I saw the trailer for J.Wilson’s new movie – ‘Scratching the Surface’ ! cant wait !! Check it out HERE…. The waves have been so tiny in Cape Town but apparently there is swell on the way. HOLD THUMBS!…. here is a cute little sequence from Melkbos. Sweet.