Durban Summer Bowls

Hot as Hell!

For everyone living in Durban at this moment, they know it's been unbelievably hot and pretty small waves. We've been fortunate , at least, that there have been one or two bowl waves around to please the appetite slightly but we are in need of some swell. I think we've only had a one slight cyclone swell to hit the coast here this year, and usually by now we would've had a few more. No sure if it's El Nino, global warming or what but things are changing. The Northern Hemisphere and especially the Pacific have had the craziest run of swell recently starting from around the beginning of December until now. Granted it's been their winter time so hopefully that means we're in for a solid winter. Surfing this morning, I was just looking at all the construction going on around North Beach and once they've got it all fixed up and the pipes are pumping sand out of the piers, we really could be in for some crazy times. Only time will tell but I'm super excited. Sand pumping can only be a good thing especially with the lack of sand on the banks right now, bring it on!

I'm still in the country for just over 3 more weeks, new baby due in just over 2 weeks time. Pretty crazy times ahead but looking forward to it!!! Next event up for me is Tasmania, 1st event of the Oneill Coldwater Classic series. Going to be meeting up with Shaun Gossmann and Royden Bryson. This will be my first time to Tasmania, really like the fact that I'm still going to new places after being on tour for this long. But before then , Oakley are having a launch party down in Cape Town on the 4th March which i'll be flying to for the night, they always put on a good show!

Will be posting up some new footage soon from this last week of surfing , some pretty small waves stuff but it's what we've had the last few weeks.

Cheers

Davey

Davey Weare - Clips from in and around SA

Back home...

So I'm back in good old SA now, my Brazil stint didn't prove to worthwhile but that's how some trips go, you win some and you lose some. Obviously you try win more than you lose, you try to at least. So I'm back now for about 6 weeks, have our second addition to our family popping out on the 16th March so it's just getting everything prepared now for her birth and also getting myself ready for a second one... Hahaha nah, just kidding, I'm ready, frothing for our newest daughter to come into this world...
Some say it's easier second time round, some say it's harder, know what, that's life and we're all along for the ride so whatever gets thrown at you, you try deal with it to the best of your ability. And then you ask for help...

But until then, hopefully I can score a few waves, really need to try get some barrels under the belt, feels like I haven't had any in ages. I see they scored epic waves for the Pipe event while we were in Brazil! Any ways, got a little mini vid going to post up now.

Hit me up if you know of any spots going to be happening any time soon...

Enjoy

Davey

So I'm here in the north of Brazil in a joint called Paracuru. It's bloody hot but the place does have a couple good set ups but needs swell. It's been around the 1 ft mark for 6 days now, the place looks like it could be snapper's brother but i guess we've had the wrong swell direction this week. Just lost my heat this morning in the rnd 48, not too happy about that but at least I still have the next event to look forward to in Fernando do Noronha which is a 6* Prime, where the serious points can be had. Apparently it's pumping there right now, 5 ft and barreling, I'm stuck here, 1 ft and flights are overbooked hahaha , pretty damn funny. Roy's still going in the event so that's the only good thing about still being here. Frothing to hopefully get some good waves next week, will be really great to have an event in good waves, seems hard these days to get that but let's hope....

My boards felt good in the small crap, stoked on what Elton has done with them, I reckon he's hit the nail on the head with the new batch I recently got. Stoked! Apparently they having a massive regae concert tonight at the comp site, definitely won't be catching me there but they say the guy is crazy good if you into that music.

Not really too much more to report back on here, hoping I don't get charged too badly for my boards next flight, these airline companies are loving the excess charges these days for boards...
Take it easy,
DW

Had a really cool weekend now, surfed in a fundraiser event for Kelly Johns in Ballito on Saturday. They had a really good turnout for the event, great vibe , fun waves and all in all a great success. I believe a nice amount of money was raised along with the indoor soccer event running alongside the surf event to help relieve the medical expenses the Johns family are having to pay for their daughter.
Had a great family day on Sunday, I'm off to Brazil in less than a week so it's good to have some quality time before the madness begins.
Picking up 4 new boards this week off Bilt, 3 new short boards and one old school styled single fin for those cranking days at New Pier and the coast. Actually reckon I'd love to take that board down to Jbay on a swell and test drive it there, it could actually go amazingly...sounds exciting!!!
So it's basically just a case of getting all my ducks in a row now before I leave, loving my new boards off Elton Fursman right now, the new adjustments to my dimensions feel great and has made me more excited for the year. There's actually nothing better for a surfer than getting a great board, just helps everything, your confidence, better surfs, better high. Just makes life a little more happier...
I've attached some pics from the O Camp shot by Kolesky/Sandisk
Will catch up soon, I'm also now on twitter for anyone wanting to follow, davey_weare
See ya
Davey

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