This is snowboarding - LONNIE KAUK

The "This is Snowboarding" campaign continues with the go big or go home approach of Lonnie Kauk. This is one of the shorter videos in the series from DC, so far, but hell the bloke gives it horns!

Sharing Water - RVCA Surf Film

The new Surf Film from RVCA is on the way, check out both trailers.

Mental "special flip" - Nitro Circus

If you have not watched the Nitro Circus TV show, where have you been? Led by the absolutely nuts Travis Pastrana, these guys and girls basically challenge each other to mental stunts and life threatening antics every day, all for the sake of entertaining the masses. "Special Greg" is Travis' cousin and he invented his own BMX trick so he could fit in with the Nitro team's crazy levels, check it out...

Check out Nitro Circus

Cold Water Classic Wrap up - New Zealand

The land of the long white cloud. I had nothing but good times in New Zealand and really hope to go back. With the Rugby World Cup there this year it was probably a good move to have the Cold Water Classic, by O"neill, head there for the beginning of 2011.

Adam Melling claims victory. (Photo: ASP)

Shaun Joubert was the highest placed of the Saffers, but it was the top ranked surfers from the tour who did the damage. Adam Melling, who narrowly lost to Jordy at Jbay last year, took the victory and a lead in the Cold Water Classic league, for the big paycheck of 50'000 Dollars.

Check out the top 10 by MEsurfTV

Marta Jekot - World number 16 Slopestyle

Marta with brother, Marcin Jekot.

Thanks to our bud Andrew Royal, we have some video of our favorite ladies rider, AMA Smarty Jekot, throwing down sweet snow lines at the World Champs in La Molina. Marta did super well as the only South African, to finish 16th out of 27 competitors, and made us all proud Saffers! The video has all the information, but still go check out www.snowboarder.co.za to get involved in SA Snowboarding!

Check out Andrew's blog here - Andrew Royal Photography

Downhill Skating - Made to look easy

Came across this little gem of a video. Kinda made me miss riding hills on my longboard, but then I just remember how painful it is when I come off. Still, great to watch!

Heliski in India? "Special price laanie"

I was pretty gobsmacked when I saw this. Heliski and boarding are pretty much outside of our budget normally as South Africans, but the Indians might just save that. Snow in India, was my second major question,  but just check out the video and that query is answered.

Indian Pow Pow

Snow and Curry, sounds just about right!

The new Kid - Kolohe Andino

So just in case you have been living in a broom closet for the last few years and have not heard of Kolohe Andino, here is a quick low down. The son of famous eighties/nineties surfer Dino Andino, he has been a top rated junior surfer for a couple of years now. Now at the age of 17, he is competing in the men's divisions of the WQS and is looking to be the youngest surfer to qualify for the World Tour, ever! He has been called the future of surfing by an American surf public and media desperate for Kelly Slater's replacement. They are not half wrong though, the kid rips.

Andino Jnr on his way to the Title? (Photo: ASP)

This was proven by the young whippersnapper this weekend when he went on to win both the junior and senior men's titles at the Vans Pier classic at Huntington Beach, California.
After a spectacular performance to take out the Vans Pro Junior, Andino followed up by winning the Vans Pier Classic by jumping out to an early lead, holding the position throughout the heat’s entirety to earn the victory over ASP World Tour surfers Adriano de Souza (BRA), 24, who finished runner-up, veteran Taylor Knox (Carlsbad, CA), 39, and Floridian Damien Hobgood (Satellite Beach, FL), 31, further establishing the young Californian’s name as one of the world’s most deadly up-and-coming professionals.
“I’m at a loss for words,” Andino said. “I believed in myself, but once I actually made all of the heats, I can’t believe it. All seven surfers that I surfed against in the Finals were amazing. I never even had time to get nervous because it feels like one big heat now.”

To better understand where this kid gets his talent from, take a look at his Pops back in the day:

So keep an eye out on this kid! he is gonna take some names!

Captain Kai's Video of the Week - 2

Welcome to the second in my soon to be world famous video series. Every week I choose my favorite video, out of the large amount I watch every week online.

Wade Goodall charging!

This week I introduce you to Aussie surfer Wade Goodall's "Creative Destruction" project. Wade was pretty jaded with the whole contest scene and decided he wanted to travel, surf great waves and produce epic media. So far, so good! I love the edits I have seen so far and am pretty sure we will see a great movie at some point, well, I hope so! I chose this one, as it has one of the meanest looking right hand tubes in the world in it, take a guess...

Monster Calendar Shoot 2011 - Australia

Just add sugar!

I found this video online and it put such a smile on my face, I had to share it. Almost every action sports event we go to, there are a couple of seriously hot Monster girls around, so I guess it was only a matter of time before they started doing calendars. Good work Monster Australia, and now for the rest of the countries...

This is snowboarding - two more hits!

This is Snowboarding

Dc continue with their epic "This is Snowboarding" series online. This week they give you a view into the seasons of Andrew Geeves (Check out his HUGE double flip.) and Lauri Heskari (This guy has gap to rail down!)

Kiwi Farmers rock - Farm Jam is Dirt Bike heaven

FMX Dirt track for the motors.

The Frew family of New Zealand love dirt bikes, bot engined and leg powered.They love them so much that they have built dirt bike heaven on their remote farm in New Zealand and every year they host the Farm Jam. Mountain Bikes, BMX and FMX hooligans from NZ and around the world descend on the Frew Farm for a weekend of dirt, jumps and mayhem! You got to love it.

Psychos on Skates

Ok, lets get one thing straight! This man does not ice skate. I am sorry, it aint gonna happen. If you have ever had your ass connect with solid ice, you will know why I feel this way. So, to strap skates on and head down a purpose built course designed to make you crash on solid ice at high speeds, simply makes you mad! Thats what the guys at the Red Bull Crashed Ice do every year, check it out...

We love real Beer 2011 - Beerfest in all its glory!

Even the beer loves real beer!

Ok, so I love beer, no surprises there, but what is more important, is that I love real beer. What do you mean sir, you may ask? Well, I mean real beer. Beer that is made with love and passion by those who love to drink it! Beer that is made with all-natural, organic ingredients and has an  unusually high alcohol content. In other words the beer that was on supply at the We love Real Beer Festival on Sunday.

To say I was excited about the whole thing was an understatement, and luckily I was not to be disappointed.  First off, it was not empty your bank account expensive. R30 got you in and a swanky drought glass, that I ended up forgetting there, dammit! The average price of 500ml of happiness was a very reasonable R20 and my oh my, did you have a nice range to choose from! The food on sale was amazing with a great variety of beer friendly nom nom - personal favorite was the huge and magnificent Steak Sandwich! Oh such bliss in my mouth!

Next up, the entertainment. The only band I knew were Bilderberg Motel and they played their best set in quite some time. I have to admit the sound engineer should probably be taken out and shot at dawn, but the band were good! I have no idea who else played, but I thoroughly enjoyed the music in my beered up state and remember plenty of people dancing away - to the lady who I tripped doing the worm, my most profuse apologies, but in my defense I was trollied! So well done to the organisers for having good beer music.

Before I managed to get totally wasted on beer, mead and the giant man, Rob Armstrong's, Buchu Brandy, I did manage to try most of the beer on offer. My favorites:

3) Darling Slow - Although this is quite a light beer taste wise, it was great to get you into the swing of things and I merrily glugged it down whilst in the hot Cape sun. A very good, hot day, quench your thirst beer.

2) &Union Berne - though I drink this pretty often, I cannot deny it a place in the top 3. Smooth, unfiltered Lager that simply glides down your throat. It is a simply magical beer.

1) This was not a very difficult choice as most people were throwing them back and referring to them as the infamous "Camel Toe". The winner was - Camel Thorn Red Ale. Simply delicious, Caramel overtones and enough alcohol to get a camel drunk! I must admit it took me a while to find it, because I was actually searching for the aforementioned Camel Toe. This was the beer of choice for the day and I heartily hope some of Cape Town's establishments start selling it! Those Namibians certainly seem to know how to make beer!

So a wonderful day was had by all, we all got pretty catatonically drunk and went to Caprice to cause more mayhem! Marvelous!

Dirtpipe - BMX dirt riding on a giant scale!

BMX goes HUGE!

I had to watch this twice, just to make sure it was real! How crazy is this course they built? I mean usually it's the Americans who cant help but build the largest craziest stuff, but this time out the Aussies take the prize! We really need to start doing something similar here in SA, we have the terrain and the riders - er hem, Red Bull! Enjoy!

Thanks to SkullCandy TV for the link, check em out on Youtube - Skull Candy TV

Ando joins the DC team!

Nice Work DC!

Our favorite Aussie that is actually a South African, Craig Anderson, has signed onto the DC Shoes team. Obviously this stokes me out as DC are my shoe label of choice and hopefully it means I will get more opportunities to shoot with MR Anderson! (Ooh Matrix vibes!)To celebrate take a look at Ando's new video section on the latest Taylor Steele project, Innersection.

Captain Kai's Video of the Week - 1

Welcome to the first in my new weekly series, Video of the Week. Every Friday I will be sending out my choice for the best online action sports video I have found during the course of the week. it could be funny, it could be insane and it could just be me in the video, who knows?

For this week, there were a couple of good choices, but eventually I had to go with this one, for the Red Bull Donkey Cross. What an epic idea for an event. Fun, funny and pretty dam action filled! check it out -

Mental Ski Shinanigans - Red Bull Cold Rush Final Days

A lot of people went nuts earlier this week, when I posted the first day of the Red Bull Cold Rush 2011. All I can say is, wait till you see day 2 and 3!

Big mountain Slope Style!

For day 2 they built probably the biggest all mountain Slope Style course ever seen and followed that up with a day riding cliffs. I really hope that Red Bull or one of their competitors do something similar for Snowboarding! Enjoy the madness!

Hawaiin Charger dies at Mavericks - RIP Sion Milosky

Mavericks has claimed another of our big wave brothers from Hawaii. Sion Milosky, was surfing late evening yesterday at the famed big wave spot in California, when his body was found floating just outside the harbor at Half Moon Bay. Sion was a popular guy in the big wave community and was known for his absolutely fearless approach to paddling monster waves. He recently was credited with the largest paddle wave in history.

Sion Milosky - RIP (Photo: Volcom)

You can read the whole article here - Sport 24

Our thoughts go to his family and friends!

Mahalo Sion!

Blue Crush 2 - Behind the Scenes 1

The BC2 Surf Family

Shew, so just a few more months and we get to see ourselves in a Hollywood movie, namely Blue Crush 2. They have started up the online campaign and released this short behind the scenes video. Check out Wok talking surfboards, he is so talented! I am pretty sure Wok won the World Surf Games and hence was an Champion of the world, but they decided 2nd on the SA Surf Tour sounded way more cool! haha

The Nice Surfer - Dane Reynolds

Ok, we all know Dane is a phenomenal surfer. His blog is also one of my absolute favorites, with a great video uploaded every day - Marine Layer Productions. But, as it turns out, he is a really nice guy to! After the devastating natural disasters in Japan, he is donating all proceeds from sales on his Tshirts, as well as matching that amount himself, to help raise funds for Aid Relief.

Dane boosting for those less fortunate! (Photo: ASP)

ASP World Tour - VENTURA, California/USA (Tuesday, March 16, 2011) – The hearts and sympathies of the ASP family are going to our friends overseas in Japan right now and several of the world’s best surfers are doing their part to help those in need. Dane Reynolds (USA), 25, while sidelined with a knee injury, has gotten himself in the game in a big way to aid those in Japan. For the remainder of the week, Reynolds is donating 100% of all sales from his label, Summer Teeth, to Japanese Relief Effort via Relief International. As if that wasn’t enough, the young Californian has also pledged to personally match all sales and donate direct to the fund as well. Big moves from Dane and hats off to the rest of the ASP World Tour surfers for aiding our friends in Japan.
To get your hands on some tastey Summer Teeth threads with 100% of the profits going to the Japanese Relief Effort, check out MarineLayerProductions.com or go direct to SummerTeeth.com
T-Shirts AND a good cause…let’s get it going!

Just to remind you how good he is, check these -

Airial Surfers go Mad! Boost Air Show

Kerrazy man Kerr took down the Air Show (Photo: ASP)

BONDI BEACH, Sydney/Australia (March 13, 2011) – ASP World Tour aerial surfer Josh Kerr wowed the judges in the finals of the Boost Mobile SurfSho, at Bondi Beach today, taking out the top prize and reaffirming his status as the world’s number one aerial surfer.
Kerr takes home $25,000 in prize money for winning the Boost SurfSho, which is the richest prize purse aerial surfing event in the world.
The 26-year old, from Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, competed against the cream of International surfing, beating world number two Jordy Smith; world number four Taj Burrow and two-time event champion Owen Wright, during the three-day aerial surfing extravaganza.
When receiving his trophy on the Boost Mobile SurfSho podium, Kerr said: “I’ve had an awesome time down at Bondi these past few days. My film premiere last night and now this title along with $25k, it’s as good as a weekend gets. Great location, great crowd, great day!
On the competition he added: “I thought Jack Freestone had the title there for a while but I lucked out with that winning wave and in tough conditions did just enough to take the title. These young kids are coming up through the ranks and all gunning for you so it challenges me to keep things fresh and come up with new tricks. The win helps keep my name out there and is a real confidence boost for the rest of the year.”
Kerr surfed strongly in the final, with three strong waves. He won the event with a forehand mute grab air reverse that scored him a 9.0 (out of a possible 10) from the judges who said it was beautifully executed with great rotation. His closest competitor was Junior World Champion Jack Freestone who scored an 8.0 for the same manoeuvre, followed by Julian Wilson with a score of 7.23.
Bondi Beach provided a stunning backdrop for the event today, with bright blue skies and crystal clear water. The surf offered clean conditions with 2-3 foot waves. More than 30,000 spectators lined the beach to watch the final and soak up the festival atmosphere.
In contrast to a traditional surfing competition, the day’s format followed a unique format in which a wheel was spun at the start of each heat, dictating which aerial tricks the surfers had to perform. Surfers received points out of ten for their best trick in each heat and the top six ranked surfers went into the final.
John Shimooka, event spokesperson said: “We’ve seen some awesome aerial action this weekend at Bondi, executed by the world’s best surfers. The thousands strong crowd soaked up the sun and surfing fun and all the surfers had a blast. It’s great to see the event even bigger and better this year and we look forward to seeing the world’s best here again for the biggest
yet in 2012.”
Final Placings -
1st Josh Kerr
2nd Jack Freestone
3rd Julian Wilson
4th Chippa Wilson
Jordy Smith and Owen Wright equal 5th

Red Bull Cold Rush - Free Ski going Mental

Dropping in to madness!

A couple of posts ago I was talking about how the free ski guys have really upped their game. It seems Red Bull agrees and they are once again doing the mental event that is the Cold Rush. Just take a look at the Day 1 video highlites and you will see what I mean! Mental!

How to arrive for your wedding - on a wake skate!

Darren arriving in style!

Now this how you arrive for your wedding ceremony! There were some serious bets going down on whether he would stuff this up and face plant the slipway and get married with blood all over him. Darren, however, just owned the dismount and proceeded onto his bride and the rest of his life. Legend! Shot to Craig Kolesky for the video and pic - http://craigkolesky.com

"Moments" from Quiksilver - Free Surf Film

Headed up by Dane Reynolds, sink your teeth into this free surf vid!

Photo: ASP

Rolling with RVCA

My day started well yesterday, with the great news that I am teaming up with RVCA SA, under their Artist Network Program, or ANP. We did the Rolling Retro surf event with RVCA at the beginning of the year and it looks like next year could produce an even better event, and possibly more venues around SA. So worth watching this space.In the meantime I get to roll in one of the world's coolest brands and play with some of the coolest and brightest creative minds on the planet.

Men's Brand of the Year! (Photo: RVCA)

So with this new partner in crime, mayhem, and blissful artistic expression, I thought it best if you and I both learnt a little more about RVCA. The brand? The people? You get the drift. So I asked the magical web internet and was told the following -

RVCA is the brainchild of company Founder and Creative Director, PM Tenore. Transcending the boundaries of traditional action sports apparel, RVCA is a design-driven lifestyle brand free from passing trends. Appearing as a natural on the shelves of boutiques as on those of a local skate shop, RVCA is brought together by a group of likeminded individuals from various subcultures, a collaboration of sorts, a lifestyle within itself.
PM Tenore’s intention from the very beginning has been to create a platform for RVCA which combines art, music, fashion and a modern lifestyle in an original way. At the forefront of this vision has been RVCA’s Artist Network Program (ANP) – a venture established to showcase the talents of accomplished as well as unknown artists who inspire our generation and push the boundaries of creative excellence.
Established to promote the genuine integrity of RVCA’s subcultures while simultaneously giving back to the community, RVCA in essence is redefining the way the market views art and fashion as represented through the balance of opposites and how they coexist: water, oil; air, land; destruction, industrialization; art, science; foreign, domestic; order, anarchy; past, present.
For RVCA, it is about today, tomorrow and life as the big picture. It is about inspiring our generation, providing something of substance and culture and above all doing it with integrity and as a united family, a close knit community.

Collaborations - here UFC Champion BJ Penn with artist DMOTE (Photo: RVCA)

The RVCA Artist Network Program, commonly referred to as the ANP, is an ongoing program which aims to showcase the talent of accomplished as well as unknown artists who inspire our generation and push the boundaries of creativity; providing something of substance and culture.

To RVCA, an artist is not someone who just paints a picture, or writes a song, but someone who is dedicated to sharing with the world their life, emotions and soul through innovative and creative ideas. RVCA and the ANP were developed to shake the very foundations of the business, by giving back to the artists and providing a voice for their creative growth.

Pro athlete collections - Skater Leo Romero. (Photo: RVCA)

Over the next couple of weeks, I will start introducing some of my favorite riders, fighters and artists in the program. I cannot wait to shoot with some of the SA and international guys. In the meantime, here's a few vids from the Blogs.

Where the trail ends - A Freeride Movie

Ok, so watching the crazy antics of some guy riding a mullet event in Chile, inspired me to see what was out there movie wise for Freeriding. This is what I cam across through Red Bull.

So dam pretty! (Photo: Red Bull)

 Freeride Entertainment, producers of the New World Disorder series, are pleased to announce the beginnings of a new project taking mountain biking back to the roots of freeriding.

Where the trail ends... is the start of a new feature film based on the natural terrain progression of riding in remote international locations. Freeride is excited about their new project which started deep in the Gobi desert in China earlier this year.

Featured riders from this first expedition were Darren Berrecloth, Kurt Sorge, and James Doerfling.

http://RedBull.com

Mountain Bike Mayhem!

Crazyness!

Seriously, this guy must have balls of iron! My head took 4 views to try and make sense of this gnarly course. WTF I mean check when he is flying along and nearly kills a dog running in front of him, never mind the psycho drop off later in the run. Cape Town could well do one of these!

Kelly Slater remains the Number 1 by winning the Quik Pro

Ok, so we thought he might not even surf on tour this year, but Kelly declined that rumor and simply stormed through to win the first event of the year. Beating Taj Burrow in a super close final, you could see the anguish in Taj's body language after the final siren. On paper, Taj was the most consistent surfer in the event, with not one heat loss till the final and an average heat score of over 16 out of 20. But Kelly pretty much mind fucked him in the final - check out Kelly's stall spraying Taj in the face in the heat video!

Kelly back on top! (Photo: ASP)

 “I’m having a lot of fun,” Slater said. “It’s pretty easy. You go out and surf Snapper by yourself, it’s pretty fun. To get to surf a contest is a bonus. I’d like to thank my girlfriend and everyone at Quiksilver for throwing the event. Everyone loves this event because the waves are so fun. I don’t think I’m the only one that thought Taj was the standout of the event. At some point had to stop getting 9s and I just picked the right heat.”

“I’m excited about the tour for 2011,” Burrow said. “It was a fun event and it’s just a bummer the waves didn’t hang in there at the end. I couldn’t better a 3. Hats off to Kelly, he built a house and it worked. I’d just like to thank everyone that organized the contest, it was awesome.”

Jordy Smith (ZAF), 23, 2010 ASP World Runner-Up, surfed with style, punch and bite throughout the duration of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, securing exciting last-minute victories over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 29, and Alejo Muniz (BRA), 21, to advance through to the Semifinals. However, the big South African was unable to overtake Burrow in a repeat of last season’s Final.

“It’s disappointing when everything seems to be going well and the surf doesn’t cooperate,” Smith said. “Taj (Burrow) surfed amazing though and it’s still a good start for me. I’m looking forward to the next event and I’ll just put my head down and work hard until then.”

I am now so excited for Bells, I literally have to take valium! Check out Kelly's final day below.

The old versus the new in Surfing

I came across these two great videos today. In one you have a guy most people have not even heard of, Matt Meola, and in the other the icon, Tom Curren.

The New kid on the block, Matt Meola.

Matt Meola just won $100'000 in Taylor Steele's new Innersection competition for his part, which you can view below. I had never heard of the guy before now, but watching his video I was mightily impressed. He looks like he has the new school air brigade down pat, however, I reckon Tom could teach him a thing or two about barrel riding!

Style and grace from the Old School master, Tom Curren. (Photo: ASP)

Tom Curren is a surfing legend. Multiple world title holder, redefined rail surfing and possibly the smoothest surfer of all time. He certainly cracked a few airs, but he definitely does not have the arsenal of the new school kids. Check him carving lines in beautiful Indo waves in his video.

Whats your favorite?

Ken Block's Gymkhana 3 - Alternate Angles

Man on fire! Ken Block

I cannot get enough of Ken Block and his Gymkhna series. The most watched video series on tearing the ass out of rally cars on the net for a reason! Here is the re-edit of version three, just for you! Enjoy!

Snow Madness - Board vs Ski

Baumgartner throwing for the Skiers.

There have always been rivalries on the snow between the Boarders and the Skiers. However, the advent of free skiing has really upped the ante from the ski guys and gals. I never really found skiing to exciting top watch, but nowadays the skiers are holding their own in the park and freeriding. representing the ski club we have Philipp Baumgartner and from the boarders, the latest offering from DC's This is Snowboarding campaign, Torsten Horgmo. Watch these two videos and you decide for yourself!

Jordy takes Parko out at Snapper

After a bit of a bad start, losing in Round 4, Jordy made sure of his continued climb to the Quik Pro win with an amazing come from behind victory over Joel Parkinson. Parko surfing in his home event looked as good as won, then let Jordy take a wave under his priority and had to watch as the Saffa took the wave to pieces and won the heat.

Kelly is still in the hunt! (Photo: ASP)

King Kelly also had to fight through the 5th round, and also had a huge mental mountain to climb. He defeated Ace Buchan in their encounter and is still in the running for the number 1 spot in 2011. Lots of speculation still over whether he will stay on tour, Kelly had the following to say, “Sometimes I look back at everything and I’m pretty stoked, it’s been a long time, I just love it. I don’t always love the competition side of things and I just love to surf and love to get in the water. It’s a blessing to surf here alone. All of these people don’t get to surf Snapper with no one out. I want to keep making heats so I don’t have to free-surf as much. I don’t really know about my plans this year. I guess I’ve put it out there that I might retire or it’s been put out there by other people. I guess people didn’t expect that I would get a title this late in my career and I don’t know what’s possible.”

Other contenders for the Quik Pro title are Taj Burrow, Matt Wilko and Brett Simpson, who all dominated their Round 4 encounters. Make sure you log on tonight in the early hours to see if our boy can take the prize! Go Jordy!

Watch at - Quiksilver Pro Live

Ultimate X 2011 - The Cape goes XTREME

Ultimate X is fast growing into the best action sports event in South Africa. 2010 was a watershed event and the guys from Old School Productions built on that success for 2011. This year saw the return of BMX, skate and FMX, and the addition of Wakeboard and the massively popular BagJump. A couple of thousand Capetonians rocked up and boy were they not dissapointed!

The FMX boys blew the crowd away! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)

I started the day with a backwards jump off the 7m platform of the BagJump and that kept me awake and going for the entire day. The BagJump is a huge inflated bag used for stunts and training for snowboard, skiing and BMX. ABSA, the primary sponsor for this years event, was asking everyone there to fill in some forms and you got to jump for free all day. It was an amazing addition to the event as a whole.

BagJump is FUN! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)

Moses going big on his way to the Podium. (Photo: Pierre Marque)

Next up was the skating with a great street course built by Jamie and the crew from Dope Industries. A lot has been said over the last few weeks about the level of skating in SA, but I have to say I was suitably impressed by what I saw and filmed. Skating has always been one of the trickier sports to film, as you have to shoot a lot to get the gold. However, when you get the shot with the high level of difficulty involved in skating, it all becomes worthwhile!

Wake in the city! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)

Using the canal at the event location for the Wake contest was pure genius. People were able to watch from both sides of the water and the big kicker and monster rail put the riders to the test. I love when outdoor action sports are brought into the urban environment and I am pretty sure we will see an even bigger setup for 2012.

Cape Town's Hotties came out form the event! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)

Anyone who doubts that BMX is alive and well needs their eyes checked! We must have some of the best guys in the world right now and once again they blew minds at Ultimate X! Hardly any wipes, lots of huge combos and super high quality riding across the board! I look forward to filming with these guys again!

The BMX crew went large! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)

Last, but certainly not least, were the FMX crew from Jozi. Cape Town hardly ever gets to see FMX and these guys had the crowd frothing for more. The level of riding has exploded since last years event and many insane jumps were seen, with "Sick" Nick de Wit pulling off numerous back flips. We are definately going to need to get these guys down to the Cape more often!

Can you say - HUGE? (Photo: Pierre Marqua)

The event was finished off with much ice cold Black Label draught, YUM! (Yes, I am a beer slut) and great performances from Reburth, Taxi Violence and PHFat. I cannot wait for next year already! Look out for the full web video soon, our next episode of theGoodLife on Supersport in April, which will have this event on it and here is the Teaser video to wet your pipes!

All Photos by Pierre Marqua from - Wavescape

Kelly, Parko and Wilko on fire! Quik Pro Round 3

Wilko on Fire in Round 3 (Photo: ASP)

Well any thoughts you may have had that Kelly Slater was heading for retirement, can be put to rest. He absolutely smashed young super grom Matt Banting in his Round 3 heat.



Joel Parkinson showed that he is on his way back to his best form after last years injury lay off and had the crowd of local Snapper pals screaming.



Matt Wilko on his backhand was going beyond vertical and showing some of the best backhand surfing we have seen in a long time. Still waiting for Jordy's heat to be put up, but look out for it later today!

Top 10 Rides - Quiksilver Pro Round 1

Waves were not the best, but hell, these guys were still slaying it!

Slater keeping himself busy while waiting for the Comp to resume. (Photo: ASP)

Inspirational Snow Cinema

I came across these guys on Vimeo and spent like an hour just going through their stuff. Really amazing! Such beautiful shots and scenic blending with action. These are the kind of films that inspire me to keep going and keep filming!

The most dedicated surfers on earth?

These guys are probably the most dedicated bunch of surfers I have ever seen! Someone send them a ticket to Bali please!

Waves don't stop just because its freezing!

Blue Crush 2 Trailer

The weirdest thing about acting in a movie has to be the wait for the end product. After telling your mates about it, seeing the photos and doing audio in studio for post where you see bits and pieces, you still have to wait almost a year to see the finished product. But after much waiting, we finally have the sneak peak at the Blue Crush 2 trailer and I have to say I am pretty stoked. The movie looks epic, the girl's surfing looks really good (Good work water unit) and I even cracked a millisecond in the trailer, haha. So take a look and get amped - we are so gonna have to have a premier in Cape Town!

Acting Hard! haha