Mamba Monday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

#1)  This is the bay into the Cape of Good Hope.  It was a typical day with winds gusting to 30kts and surf at about 10' to 15'.  It's about an hour's drive out of Cape Town, made more exciting by having to drive on the wrong side of the road.  To our credit we only had one flat (from a failed parallel parking attempt) and whacked a mirror, which we pushed back into place.  Right turns were an adventure in themselves and our "Navagatrix" Ms. Suzanne made sure we got to all of our destinations on time... 

Cold and gray this morning and looked like it might try to rain.  Winds were light and the swell was out of the West (281º) at 4.3'.  Low tide was at 5:07am -0.5' and it was better earlier and when the tide began to push it started to fail.  The real problem seems to be the water quality.  It's not just red tide or an algae bloom, but seems to have a shit component that's getting into peoples sinuses and causing cold-like symptoms.  Make sure you flush those membranes!

The baboons were everywhere (#2) and this afternoon at the Cape the group took a hike while the Professor and Doc Anderson retired to the car to grab a few winks.  Driving on the wrong side wears you out!  But Doc left the side door open and Mr. Baboon slipped in a paw and relieved us of our bunch of bananas.  Folks were laughing and yelling at us to close the door before they took anything else (cell phones are a favorite since they're shiny make noise.)  The baboon family was eating our bananas and laughing at the stupid tourists...

Surf Africa Surf School was closed for the day (#3).  Around the corner from the shop was where we first viewed the Indian Ocean, but it was too windy for any surfing...

At the local watering hole that evening we tried ordering a beer (#4).
"How about a beer?"
"Fokof?"  (pronounced exactly like you'd imagine.)
"Hey all I want is a beer!"
What then ensued was a "who's on first" dialog that finally ended with an explanation about the name of the beer being Fokof and they weren't trying to insult us.  As you can imagine it became the favorite of our crew...
✠
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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