Sixty40 - Issue 06 - The Mile High Club

the mile high club October/November/December 2008 R25 incl vat (south africa only)

+ Interview with GQ's Dylan Muhlenberg + Genetic lottery winner, Ellenie Eloff + Aadam Grant and crew on the road less travelled + The Wave of '08 inside [free mini poster] + travel to OZ + more

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06 bodyboarding // travel // photography // lifestyle

cover Spex, "mile high" tow-out boost at the Wedge, Plett.

Shot by Dcmike and Peter Lambert

spex image An ozzy, somewhere in oz, doing a typical ozzy reverse punt, by ozzy camera wielder extraordinaire; Gallagher.

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This issue we look at the brazen attempts of bodyboarders trying to boost the sport (excuse the pun) into the 21st century, aided by a serious piece of machinery, a 1600 horse power jetski to be exact. Our boys are mastering the art of tow out bodyboarding that has taken the world by storm and puts potentially mediocre waves to good use by launching them into the air to the height of a 2 story building and beyond. Better do a few extra sit ups in the evenings, because water’s not that soft when trying to land on your stomach from those heights.

We also profile young South Coast ripper and super talent, Terence Pieters, we do some exploring in the wave rich land of Australia, delve into the creative mind of Dylan Muhlenberg, brush up on our fitness and round it out with the best collection of images we could lay our grubby paws on over the past 3 months.

On a more sombre note, this issue is dedicated to the loving memory of one of our own, Christopher Elliott, who has been cut down before his prime in a car accident related to drunken driving. Chris was a stalwart in the junior division and an absolute treasure to the bodyboarding community. Always outspoken and overwhelmingly energetic, he was a pleasure to be around and a friend to all. Chris, wherever you may be, I hope you find peace and know that you will be sorely missed.

With this accident being so close to home I implore you, don’t drink and drive, it’s just not worth it.

Ed. [Ian Kruger]

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Managing Editor & Publisher Ian Kruger ian@sixty40.co.za

The Readers poll is hotting up with the votes coming in thick and fast.

Cover boy, Sacha Specker is blazing a trail that not many can follow and its clearly showing in the votes. So if he isn’t your number 1 pick get to www.sixty40.co.za/readerspoll now and vote for your favourite rider, photographer or videographer. Hell, you can even vote in the most under rated and biggest charger category. So get online and get voting.

Associate Editor / Senior Photographer Mike Dei-Cont dcmike@sixty40.co.za Art Director / Designer Samuel Sampi Kamffer (one2love) sampi@sixty40.co.za Online Editor / Senior Contributor Gareth White gareth@sixty40.co.za Web Support Kelly Footit kelly@sixty40.co.za

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Contributors Kade, Sports Performance Institute, Sacha Specker, Dylan Muhlenberg, Damon Crawford, Shaggy, Nic Kruger, Julien Pons Photographers Dcmike, Gallagher, Spex, Tungsten, Kiryn Clay, Johan Wahl, one2love, Eugene van der Elst, Wulf, Damon Crawford, Peter Lambert, JFK, Vicki Sales Ian Kruger ian@sixty40.co.za Mike Dei-Cont dcmike@sixty40.co.za Advertising Ian Kruger ian@sixty40.co.za

Wrecked ”My friend Johan Wahl and I were in Bali recently, we stayed at Padang Padang Inn on top of the cliffs near the break. Every morning we ran down to check the long anticipated swell! On the morning of the 13th July we saw this crazy sight. Right on the takeoff zone where we had been surfing the last couple of days was this huge fishing trawler who’s crew fell asleep the previous night and parked their boat on the reef! Hilarious! The question is whether they caused any damage to the reef that would affect the world famous break.”

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Marc at the Shark Island Event, Images by Kiryn Clay

Rossi Board Co. is running a pre summer special on custom boards ordered before December the 1st 2008. All boards have PP core and the new stringer system with Sealed Air deck and rails (red, yellow, black, electric light blue, mid blue and navy blue) and Surlyn slicks (red, blue and black).

Included in this offer are any tail configuration, channels, and finger bulbs. Optional extras include palm bulbs, raised deck contours and hip channels. Delivery anywhere in South Africa is included all for R1350.

Reef / Science The brand new range of Science Bodyboards have arrived!! Boards to look out for in the new range would definitely be the DK board, The McCarthy model, which has a new sharper delta tail and the MS1 LTD which looks like it will take you to the moon…and back! The Thomas Robinson (TR) has also come out in 2 new sick colours! Get to your nearest surf shop and check these boards out!

On the contest front…I think everyone can agree that the Wedge contest was a huge success. Well done to Vaughn Harris on being crowned “King of The Wedge” with his win in the Pro division.

Congrats to Mark McCarthy who has been on form. He again made the final of the Shark Island Challenge and got a respectable 3rd place behind Ben Player and Ryan Hardy. He then went on to win the BSC Avalon Pro! Mark McCarthy has also been in Chile competing in the Arica Chilean Challenge held at the surf spot “El Gringo”. Unfortunately Mark got knocked out in the 3rd Round of the contest…. Next contest champ!!

Summer is slowly approaching and if you are in need of a new wetsuit be sure to check out the new improved TRI-FLEX wetsuit. It’s a cooker!

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Support a South African on Tour We saw our Olympians fail, due primarily to lack of financial support and it is the same reason why we don’t see more of our bodyboarders featuring on the IBA World Tour (www.ibatour. com). The WMT has expanded but unfortunately it is as expensive as ever to get to an event and prize monies still don’t make the World Tour profitable.

deliver results on the World stage.

So we invite you to join us in supporting Team RSA because these guys can bring back the title if given the chance!

To make a donation or set-up a regular direct debit, please use the following details: Account: Sixty40 World Tour Fund Bank: Nedbank, Shelly Beach Sort Code: 139728 Account: 2397057514

Mark McCarthy Wesley Fischer Sacha Specker

Include your name in the reference and if you’d like to support a specific rider then include Mark, Wes or Spex (blank will be split amongst all three). Fax proof of payment to 086 552 1325 if required. A log of all donations and payments will be placed online (updated monthly).

These are the 3 guys we are going to put our faith in for 2009 - they have the talent and they have already proven that they can

For more info or to make a donation by credit card visit www.sixty40.co.za/world-tourfund

So here at sixty40 we’re launching our World Tour Fund to raise money to support 3 of our top bodyboarders:

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Ocean & Earth Ocean & Earth International are proud to announce the signing of a new Distribution Partner in South Africa – Reef Wetsuits Sydney Australia August 20th, 2008 – Ocean & Earth International Pty Ltd are proud to announce further international expansion with the appointment of Reef Wetsuits in Cape Town, as our new distributor partner in South Africa.

We are very pleased to be associated with Reef Wetsuits, a well-established business in South Africa, “stated Paul Munten Ocean & Earth International Chief Executive Officer.”

Reef Wetsuits is a family owned and run business with its roots in making wetsuits designed for the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Reef are committed to supporting South African surfing and have been a trusted brand for over three decades in South Africa.

Grant Stringer Director of Reef wetsuits stated that Ocean & Earth is the perfect Partner for our brand in South Africa.

Ocean & Earth is two years into a global expansion program. Selecting the right distribution partner and one that fully understands the breadth of Ocean & Earths product lines is instrumental to us gaining further traction in the South African market. We are very confident that our partnership with Reef Wetsuits will help drive increased awareness and growth for Ocean & Earth in South Africa.”

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At Factory 7 our aim is to help get you onto the equipment which is right for you and have an extensive range of bodyboarding gear on our website for you to choose from.

Visit our website, email us or call our toll free number for sales and impartial advice.

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SteakStar letting loose Dcmike images

SteakStar on Tour We caught up with SteakStar aka Jake Rosenberg while he was hanging in Chile. We popped him a few questions before he was about to head off on the Euro leg of the tour and got Steak Tartar...

“Yeah bros, Chile is amazing! I’ve never seen people so keen on bodyboarding before in my life! People go so crazy here that I just have to come back next year. I’m really stoked, I really didn`t think anybody knew I’d left on the tour. After Chile I fly to Madrid, Spain, for the 1st leg of the European Tour. I’m really FROTHING to get there...

My first stop was in Oz with Wes Fischer who really helped me out in terms of getting around and pushing me to surf much more than what I had been - thanks Wez! In Chile I was cruising with Winny, Chad Jackson, Hughes, BP, Mitch, Hardballs and Showell for the first few days. Super rad guys to hang out with. I kinda thought I was living the dream but then I thought to myself that if I want to stay with the big boys I’ve got to earn it just like everybody else so I moved out of the hotel and cruised to the backpackers to stay with the Brazilians - The best bunch of people ever.

Chile is really up there for waves. You pretty much have perfect conditions everyday, like 6ft round lefts, rights and big air bowls, wow, got to love it. My best waves I`ve ever scored though was pretty much back home down the South Coast with the boys. There’s nothing better than a good surf with mates just to make the surf that much better.

I’ve also had a few hilarious moments in Chile. Most memorable was a group of ladies standing on the street on the way down to the contest. I was like “ah no, here comes trouble...” So I try to sneak past them without being noticed but my stealth mode just didn’t work. Bam! They were in my face just screaming Spanish at me. “No comprende, no comprende” because my Spanish was that good I only knew those two words! Eventually with a little bit of broken English here and there I worked out what they were trying to tell me. They wanted me to do the Shaka Dance in front of the camera for them. So there is me, city black boy, never spoken a word of Zulu, trying to think what the hell is a ‘Shaka Dance’ and they wouldn`t let me go until I did it. Improvise!!! The end result was shocking!

I threw in a bit of every african dancing thing I could think of. From throwing my legs in the air to doing a bit of Pantsula and even the Inyokha Inyokha (snake, snake) dance. Wow, it was terrible - but I did it at 7:30 in the moring with my board by my side. So, if you ever come across clips of “little African boy does African dance in Chile” on youtube, it’s me boys... We all had a good laugh in the end and it was heaps of fun.

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So thats my story so far... but it doesn’t end there. Now it’s off to Europe...

Peace, Steak...”

words by Dylan Muhlenberg

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'Endless Summer' brand launched in SA The 1964 iconic surf movie, The Endless Summer, directed, produced, edited and narrated by Bruce Brown is one of the first and most influential films of the surfmovie genre, creating and defining an entire category of cinema and selling more than 100-million copies.

Surfer Magazine rated the movie ‘Best surfing film ever” in 2007!

Bruce followed two surfers around the world in their quest for the

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perfect wave. The journey brought them to St Francis where they discovered their perfect wave. The movie went on to become one of the most viewed surf movies of all time.

When approached late last year by the developers of the Village Square to bring this iconic brand to South Africa, owner Bruce Brown did not hesitate.

The store will stock Endless Summer surf wear and merchandise, as well as all the other international and local surf brands and sports ware.

Bodyboards, surfboards, wetsuits and all the other surfing gear will also be available.

Sport Unlimited, a successful Cape-based sport and surf-wear retailer with a chain of sport shops in major shopping centers around

S.A. will be supporting the Endless Summer brand in South Africa.

Mark Burton-Moore, founder and owner of Sport Unlimited says the company is extremely excited about the launch of the Endless Summer brand and the first South African store in the new Village Square shopping centre.

“Surf, sail and skate lifestyle has become a culture that is totally international and a growing global industry. Surfing and skating have become accepted as mainstream sports worldwide.

“Endless Summer is one of the most recognisable surf-wear brands, having grown beyond the surf-sail market and become an international fashion brand.”

Mark believes the Village Square is the perfect launch site for the brand in South Africa.

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Play Hard, Tread Lightly Rocking the Daisies up the West Coast 3-5 October Enjoy a jam-packed line-up featuring 24 proudly South African bands, two international acts for the first time this year, 22 DJs and a selection of eight top local comedy acts, provided by the Comedy Revolution.

Rocking the Daisies, South Africa’s first carbon-neutral music festival, has announced a raft of green initiatives to make sure that it makes a nominal impact on the environment. Last year the festival achieved carbon-neutral status for the first time and this year will do the same thanks to the use of environmentally friendly practices and products. Just some of these

include bio-diesel generators using the vegetable oil from the participating restaurants; biodegradable soaps, shampoos and detergents; food will be served in biodegradable packaging made from hemp oil and cornstarch. All Rocking the Daisies merchandise, tickets and festival magazine will be produced using hemp fabric, hemp paper and triple green fully recyclable paper. All waste will be recycled or composted by Interwaste – last year 7.9 tons of trash was collected at the festival and over 4 tons kept out of landfills.

Visitors will be encouraged to car pool and will be charged an additional R20 if they have less than three people in their car. This money will be used to offset the festival’s carbon footprint and to rehabilitate the area.

“We see great importance in using Rocking the Daisies to promote a green attitude,” said Brian Little, director of Complete Events which organises the festival. “We want to educate people about the harmful effects certain materials have on the environment and the

footprint each of us leaves behind on the planet. We also want to demonstrate an environmentally friendly alternative through how we put the festival together – hopefully visitors will be inspired to take some of the practices they have learnt and implement them at home.”

Presented by Windhoek Draught, the music festival is slated for 3 - 5 October – during the wild flower season – at Cloof Wine Estate in Darling.

Over night facilities include a dedicated camping area, hot showers and ample ablutions with electricity. Restaurants at the festival include Rafikis, Noodlebosch, Vida E Caffé, Butlers Pizza, Portobello, Chandani, Alibaba and Cloof Wine Estate.

Please note that no open fires will be permitted.

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two full-weekend tickets to attend this year’s music festival, worth R740.

Simply send your name, contact details, ID number and your answer to the question below, to rtd@ sixty40.co.za before 30 September and you and a friend can be rocking your daisies in Darling!

Question: How many South African bands will be performing at Rocking The Daisies?

We regret, no under 18’s are allowed to enter. No late entries accepted.

Visit www.rockingthedaisies. com for information on where to buy tickets, band line-up, DJs and comedians.

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Nomad Bodyboards South Africa Nomad Bodyboards South Africa welcomes two new riders to the team - 2008 Pro & DK SABA champ Sacha Specker & high flying, boy wonder Terence Pieters. Sacha’s signing has been an exciting development for us at Nomad and we will be introducing the Spex models to our Summer 08/09 range.

On a sad note, Nomad Bodyboards would like to extend our condolences to the family and friends of Chris Elliott. Chris was a great character on the team and it is a fitting testament to his legacy that he was posthumously awarded the 2008 Junior champ.

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Congratulations to Murray van Vuuren on his Wedge Classic win and subsequent 2008 SABA Boys title and keep an eye on Jake Rosenberg who is campaigning in his rookie year on the IBA World Tour – Jake teamed up with Mark McCarthy & Darren Halse to claim second to Hawaii in the Arica Tag Team Challenge, taking out Australia in the semi finals.

Last but not least, we have been extremely excited to work with Ian Thurtell on The Nomad Kalk Bay Shoot Out – this is a contest which has a lot of potential and we hope to help make this a reality. more info: www.sixty40.co.za/ kalkbayshootout2008

Factory 7 Well done, once again, to Mark McCarthy placing 3rd in the Shark Island Challenge on the IBA World Tour proving that he is a force to be reckoned with. Straight off the back of that event he went on to win the BSC Avalon Pro in Australia, flying the flag high with Wesley Fischer who placed a well deserved 3rd. Well done and best of luck from F7 to all the guys on the tour.

LIMITED EDITION: Limited Edition high performance bodyboard fins have arrived in RSA. Check out www.factory7.co.za to take a look at their fins and fin accessories and expect to see them making their way into more surf stores.

If you’re looking for some great deals you better stop past www.factory7.co.za to get the last of the SALE.

Pro Division 1. Sacha Specker 2. Alistair Taylor 3. Vaughn Harris 4. Derek Footit -------------------------------------------Ian Thurtell - 3rd in the Mens Division sneaks through a warm looking Kalk Bay pit.

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SABA Results ' 08 The past year's SABA circuit events were blessed with reasonably solid surf, well run contests and a stellar line up of riders. All in all an excellent year packed with action!

Firstly, SABA would like to thank the sponsors and participants of the events for their continued support and for making 2008 a year to remember. We would also like to thank all those behind the scenes who make these events the success that they are. Your hard work does not go unrecognised.

In a bumper performance, Sacha Specker, showed his true class and claimed victory in both the Pro and Drop Knee divisions. Specker has been in a league of his own this past year winning almost every event he has participated in. Congratulations Sacha Specker, 2008 SABA Circuit Pro and DK Champion. 8 times SA Champ, Alistair Taylor, showed that he is still a force to reckon with in the Pro division and completed the year second overall.

"It seems to me that the standard of bodyboarding in SA has been accelerating forward at a pretty

Dropknee Division 1. Sacha Specker 2. Sean Tickner

solid pace the last two years, with several guys that are surfing really, really well right now - so for Spex to come out on top of this talent pool says a lot about how he is riding. I also think that if he can thoroughly vindicate himself in big solid surf, he'd be a world tour top 5 or better contender, if he can get out there more. He definitely has buckets of potential", Taylor Commented.

In a year filled with first class bodyboarding our community was dealt a severe shock on the 2nd of July 2008 when one of South Africa’s brightest young stars, Christopher “Chrizzle” Elliott, passed away tragically. In a fitting end to the circuit, Chrizzle, racked up enough points to claim overall victory in the Juniors division.

3. David Lee 4. Derek Footit --------------------------------------------

Junior Division 1. Chris Elliott

JM Tostée & Russell Shaw (owners of THE FRESSH TOAST CORP who are the HB Bodyboard distributors for RSA) have just bought out the distribution rights to LMNOP; SCOTT HAWAII & CUSTOM X from Steve Polinski. "We've worked hard to see HB get to the top of the Bodyboard business here .." says JM Tostée "..but when Steve came up with a proposal that worked well for both of us we decided to take in the extra brands to fill some of the niche areas HB doesn't compete in, so this is a win-win deal for all concerned. Steve's commitment to the brands has been unwaivering over the past years and with us being Bodyboarders we're just as passionate about boosting all our brands even higher into 2009".

2. Iain Campbell 3. Dane Beales 4. Bradley Moys --------------------------------------------

Ladies Division 1. Pamela Bowren 2. Janneke de Kock

* Due to the late finalising of this deal FRESSH TOAST will import as much of the summer orders of SCOTT boards as possible to meet the pre-booked orders for this season. For any enquiries call Russell on 031 3130327

3. Jocelyn Norton 4. Karla Costa-Taylor --------------------------------------------

Boys Division 1. Murray van Vuuren 2. Sebastian Koopmans 3. Storm Prestwich 4. Andre Blignault --------------------------------------------

A formidable force in South African ladies bodyboarding, Pamela Bowren, once again proved unstoppable on this year’s circuit and stylishly claimed overall victory in the Ladies division.

Mens Division 1. Darryn Campbell 2. Wesley Potts 3. Ian Thurtell 4. Michael Meyer --------------------------------------------

The Windy City, Port Elizabeth, bore two winners on this year's tour in the form of, Darryn Campbell, who won the Mens division and rising star, Murray “Muzza” van Vuuren, who claimed victory in the Boys division.

Masters Division 1. Michael van Huyssteen 2. Len Bradford 3. Wayne Craig 4. Karl Liebenberg

HB Team Rider - RATT, KZN somewhere...

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Training the core or core training is a popular buzz word in the training and health context, but what is it, why is it important to bodyboarders, and how do we train it?

What Is The Core?

Quadruped Draw-in [level 1]

Front Bridge [level 2]

Front Bridge [level 2]

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The core is made up of muscles of the abdominals, hip and back.

There are approximately 35 muscles that make up the core, and it goes far beyond the 6 packs that we see on the beach in summer.

The core can be thought of as the power house of the body – the area of the body from which all movements are initiated, and where the body’s centre of gravity is located.

Why Is It Important?

Bodyboarding takes place in an unpredictable and unstable environment, with movement adaptations that constantly need to be made to ensure that you stay on your board, and on the wave. Within this dynamic context, the core is responsible for supporting postures, creating motion, coordinating muscle actions, allowing for stability, absorbing force, generating force

and transmitting forces throughout the body.

If your core is underdeveloped, you will be at a disadvantage when in the water, and therefore time and effort needs to be taken to include core training into your training programme to take you to the next level, and improve your performance. A strong and well developed core will result in increased power development, improved stability and efficiency, improved balance and a reduced risk of injury.

How Do You Train It? Before you start a core training programme, it is important that you learn how to activate your transverse abdominis (TA). This muscle can be thought of as your body’s natural weight belt, and plays the important role of stabilising and protecting the pelvis and torso. It is the muscle from which all movements should start, and it originates from the lower spine and wraps around and

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attaches to the ribs, abdominals and pelvis. When you draw in the belly button towards the spine and up towards the ribs, you are tightening your TA, your body’s weight belt, creating a stable platform from which to move.

Mark Verstegen in his book "Core Performance" gives three ways that you can practice activating your TA:

1. While wearing a belt and without holding your breath, pull your belly button away from your belt.

2. While lying on your back imagine a tennis ball on your belly button, and try moving it up and down.

3. While lying on your back, try to pull your belly button to your spine without holding your breath.

A key aspect in training the core is to do so progressively. The following five step approach is helpful in classifying core exercises in a sequential manner. It is recommended that you start at level 1, and once this has been mastered move onto level 2 etc. In this article we will progress from level 1 to level 5, starting with core activation, using the front bridge as an example to show the exercise progression steps.

Level 1 Mastery of core contraction In this level, you learn how to contract and activate the TA and other core muscles. It is important that the activation of these muscles becomes a natural part of your routine and daily life. In this exercise you position yourself on all fours, and draw your belly button to your spine with the use of your

TA. Try 3 sets of 8, and remember to incorporate the core contraction into your daily life.

hips, so that your feet are parallel to the floor. Try doing 3 sets of 10 reps.

Level 2

Level 5

Static holds and slow movements in a stable environment In this level, you take up and hold static positions. The aim of all these exercises is to maintain stability by controlling the muscular contractions of the core muscles.

In this exercise you rest on your elbows, keeping your body in a straight line for approximately 30 seconds, or as long as you can control the movement.

Resisted, dynamic movement in an unstable environment This level involves the use of resistance to the unstable environment. Equipment such as medicine balls, stability balls, rubber tubing etc., can be used to add more dynamic stimulus to the exercises and to make them more sport specific. In this exercise, you perform the front bridge, whilst slowly kicking downwards against rubber tubing.

Level 3 Static holds in an unstable environment and dynamic movement in a stable environment In this level, the unstable environment is introduced most commonly by the swiss ball/ stability ball. The approach in delaying the introduction of the unstable environment ensures that you have the required control to obtain maximum benefit from the equipment. This exercise is the same as the front bridge, but now you are doing it in an unstable environment.

Level 4 Dynamic movements in an unstable environment In this level, movement is incorporated into the unstable environment with exercises such as twists etc. on the stability ball.

Exercises in the stable environment become more sport specific whilst contracting the core muscles.

Position the ball on your thighs, and while keeping both hands straight on the floor, rotate at the

Once you have mastered core contraction, and have moved on to other levels, remember to include exercises from previous levels to allow for the reinforcement of the basic core contraction.

Swiss Ball Rotational Twists [level 4]

Front Bridge on Stability Ball with Leg Involvement [level 5]

The key to core training is mastering the activation of you TA. By doing this and performing the rest of your exercises while keeping this in mind, you will see improvements in your stability, movement control and power development. Make the activation and contraction of your core a habit, including it into your daily life. By doing this and following a progressive programme you will see the benefits in the water.

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Dylan is currently the Executive Editor of GQ. He has interviewed the likes of Allesandra Ambrosio, Joanna Krupa, Kelly Slater, Danni Minogue, Sean P Diddy Combs and Metallica. We thought we would turn the We powwow. tables and get him to interview himself.

can get respect at Pipe. When I walk in Dylan Muhlenberg is playing Guitar Hero III. On expert! Jimi Hendrix’s ghost is there, scribbling in a note pad. Dylan Muhlenberg shoos him away and pats the seat next to him with the hand that isn’t dexterously fingering the plastic guitar’s orange button.

Dylan at Gonubie point

by Wulf

Doctor of Journalism, Dylan Muhlenberg, sits down with one of Bodyboarding’s backwater legends of yesteryear, Dylan Muhlenberg!

I almost creamed my pants when Ed commissioned me with the greatest assignment of my career.

Imagine, little old me, interviewing the great Dylan Muhlenberg.

Getting a couple of minutes with the ever elusive, gorgeous, illustrious, workaholic superstar wasn’t easy. Dylan Muhlenberg doesn’t just make time for anybody.

He’s that busy you know, chicks and stuff.

For those poor unfortunate souls who don’t know Dylan Muhlenberg – shame, but at least there’s an abundance of good parking spaces

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for you standard graders. FYI, Nelson Mandela describes Dylan Muhlenberg as, “Truly inspirational.

I asked Dylan Muhlenberg to ghost write my biography Long Walk To Freedom, but he declined, saying that he wasn’t really feeling it.

Which was fine. We’re still cool.”

Several major model agencies were approached while researching this profile, but refused to comment, and were acting like bitter, resentful, love-scorned, sexually depraved ex-girlfriends.

After a bit of sleuth work it was discovered that this is because Dylan Muhlenberg had made kneetrembling, tremendous love to every girl on their books. Except for

the plus size models because Dylan Muhlenberg doesn’t do fatties.

This one time when Dylan Muhlenberg threatened to take a day off the result was Black Thursday’s stock market crash, with reverberations carrying through all the way to that Asian Tsunami and Allan Donald running Lance Klusener out. As the old cliché goes, when Dylan Muhlenberg sneezes the whole world gets whooping cough.

Dylan Muhlenberg wanted to meet at his house in Hout Bay, where WCT surfer Royden Bryson allows him to live rent-free just so that he

We speak about how he taught Oscar Pistorious to run, how he spends every Tuesday with Robert Mugabe going over foreign policy and which are the better vintage clothing stores that him and Johnny Depp regularly shop at together. I was distracted when I noticed a light even brighter than the one shining out of his arsehole. It was his trophy cabinet.

He wouldn’t let me inspect it closer, because he didn’t want me to get loser complex, but then when you’re actually sitting with a guy who does fact checks for every issue of Popular Mechanics, and has fighting generals in the 28s asking him for sex advice and Dr. Phil calling him up with his problems… hell, it’s like ‘is there anything that this guy can’t do?’

Dylan Muhlenberg: ‘Well I, er, can’t actually ride lefts. Never have.’

And just like that the conversation turns to Bodyboarding. It’s obviously painful for Dylan Muhlenberg to talk about this, as it’s been five long years since he last rode. You can see the pain in his face. Still, like a true survivor he soldiers on and he manages to keep a stiff chin throughout the interview despite the trip down

Yes, I must confess that you’ve managed to turn my piece into an exclamation mark. God you’re beautiful. Anyway, when I Googled you some of your results from the 90’s popped up.

Would you share some of these with our readers, please?

Dylan Muhlenberg: With pleasure, and I’m glad you asked. There were a coupla firsts in the Igoda Classics, I won nearly every single Son Surf event and I was first seed Border for three years running. I also got a fifth in the SABA event at Eastern Beach, which I should’ve won. I was robbed. Both the Larter brothers said that I’d clearly beaten Douglas Cockwell, but the Durban judges reckoned we had tied and made us surf a 10-minute man on man heat.

I owned it. Anyway, bad judging and favouritism saw me eliminated and Cockwell went on to win the contest.

Was this the incident that made you hang up your fins?

Dylan Muhlenberg: No, it was moving to Cape Town. I got here and the water was cold, the beaches were far and this half pint standup at Llandudno named Wayne was always dropping in on me. Also, although they’ve got a mountain, Cape Town doesn’t have Gonubie Point. So I decided

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memory pain.

Is it true that you are the best rider to ever come out of Gonubie?

Dylan Muhlenberg: Well, that’s not for me to say. There were some top-shelf riders in my day, guys like Calum Anderson, Rory Hare, Foden Saunders, Cabbage, Keith Milwood.,. who, yes, I suppose could take me from time to time.

Like when I was convalescing from busting too big and had broken a rib or severed my foreskin or something. However, if you rephrase your question I’m handsdown the best-looking rider to come out of Gonubie. No doubt.

to redirect my energies into Metrosexuality and got myself a job giving South African men lifestyle advice at GQ magazine.

Apparently you have a different fragrance for your every mood, and your moisturiser costs R1400?

Dylan Muhlenberg: I can’t deny this excess. What can I say, I like to stay nice.

More pressing though – is there any truth in the rumours that you’re about to make your Bodyboarding comeback?

Dylan Muhlenberg: Yes. You heard right. You’ve done your research man. Dwala gave me a board because he’s the second most beautiful man I know, and I’ve taken up boxing just in case that little shit Wayne decides to ever look at me skew again. Plus ::Insight gave me a bunch of free clothes so I thought that the least I could do is slap their sticker on the bottom of my board, ey?

Then Dylan Muhlenberg tells me to leave because he’s about to battle Slash on the Guitar Hero, which he’s been playing, on expert, the whole time I’ve been interviewing him.

‘One last question, please?’ I ask.

Dylan Muhlenberg nods.

Why are you sometimes referred to as Mule?

Because of my immense member.

Obviously. I have the most beautiful genitalia in the world.

Now go tell your friends.

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Some souls stick to the NORM...

Some break away...

Flipping through the swell charts on various websites we knew the most epic ground swell was about to be upon us.

Swell charts don’t lie but nothing could prepare us for the scenes we were to be greeted with later that morning. Charts just can’t paint that kind of picture in your mind; you know the kind where perfect, peeling waves break with spitting tubes spraying riders out of their classic movie barrels. Spex was going to be down from EL for a few days and timed the visit perfectly. Calls were made in the week and Pete Lambert was amped up like a Japanese tourist with a new camera. All were in bed early Friday evening and I swung past Aadam around 8.30am to haul him into the car.

I had been down past Thermo’s – 12 foot plus – already 20 dudes in the water.

Fuel tanks were full.

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UP Rory's freight train DOWN The boys scouting

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SESSION We cruised over Chappies after a brief scout of the Camps Bay shorey and a short rendezvous at the Specker residence. Dungeons was big. You would have drowned at the Hoek today (we were all thinking to ourselves).

Remarks of North Shore swell look-alikes were being thrown around the car like a bee that just couldn’t find the open window to escape. It really was that big and... perfect. Just the perfect everything. We knew where we were going to surf today and...

...we were going to score.

Finding ourselves anxiously waiting at the turn off for Noordhoek beach, a bright blue tazz pulled in with a ruggered and stoked looking blonde dude, enter: Pete Lambert. Big wave stallion and more than proficient waterman.

We trailed down the road to pick up a calm looking Mr Lancellas which was followed by a quick reshuffle of boards mostly. “Lets go check Sunsets out” was the echoed response amongst hoots of what might be awaiting us.

Sunsets was massive. Like 25 foot easily, shifty and scary. There was a board bobbing around in the long beach white wash along with a ski operator chasing it around. Pete eventually scrambled down the beach to give him a hand. People were just watching in awe. We grabbed a last bit of munchies at the garage and hit the road less travelled.

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Aadam Pit Sequence

We didn’t pass many people, mainly troops of baboons scheming what they could get from us. We stopped. Parked. Got boards and missioned with haste. A little sketchy we watched for a bit amongst the fynbos. Huge 60 foot beasts were breaking miles out to sea on obscure reefs. You could count one one thousand two one thousand three one thousand as the lips would fall. New big wave spot? Probably. Surfable - who knows? Certainly never surfed before. Spex suited up and ran off. He hooked into a solid 8 foot pit and screamed out of it busting a massive ARS to finish it off. Alone - I wonder how stoked he was with that. There was a mad scramble and the rest of the crew followed suit. Pete swam off into the line-up equipment in hand. What happened next was inspiring. The pictures can tell you the rest of our day. My only interruption was a visit from a tortoise..don’t reckon he had seen a human before. He hurried up through the fynbos beach section toward me and fancied a seat on my lap to get a better view of the insanity.

His forceful looking beak changed my mind and I sent him away.

Super stoked and finished from battling the raw power of the ocean we packed up and hit the road back to CT.

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the wave of Mitch Rawlins backdoors the eye of the demon...

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Mark McCarthy El Gringo Shot = Vicki Jordaan

Wade Harrison West Coast Shot = Peter Lambert

Ben Player OZ Shot = Gallagher

Michael "Ratt" Ostler Cave Rock Shot = Greg Ewing

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When I hear the word ex-pat, images of semi balding sweaty men, guzzling cocktails, wearing Hawaiian shirts half buttoned up, in a seedy bar, in a third world country with a young woman hanging off their arm (more than likely a working girl) come to mind. I’m not in a third world country, I don’t own a Hawaiian shirt nor am I semi balding but I’m an ex-pat living in Australia.

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came here after meeting some bodyboarders from Mona Vale and Avalon while living in Hawaii. I knew from chatting to other South African travellers that there was work in that area. I had no idea where Avalon was but I was going there. My first memory of arriving in Australia is waiting for over an hour for a bus to Avalon then going over the Harbour Bridge and seeing the Sydney Opera House for the first time.

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An hour later I was in Avalon and it was midnight. I didn’t know where I was walking, all I knew was that there was a hostel in Avalon. Being midnight, everything was shut except for one restaurant that was busy closing. As I walked passed I heard a familiar voice call my name and it was a South African friend of mine who I’d met in Newquay and he was staying at the hostel too.

Apart from the Bridge and the Opera House I realised that I was in Australia when I had my first Australian beer, a Coopers Red (I was no longer in Black Label country). A lovely drop and also the strongest beer on the market. The following day I was woken up by a cacophony of foreign bird noises.

It sounded like I was in a pet shop that had bought too many budgies (they’re actually Lorikeets). Those bladdy birds do victory laps around my block of flats every morning.

If you didn’t know, Sydney is pretty fickle for waves especially in summer. Guys feel nothing to wake up at 2 in the morning and drive 4-5 hours down the coast to get there at sunrise, surf for 3 hours and drive home again. That’s like driving from Hermanus to Plett then driving home again. The level of surfing is of a high standard and when I arrived I felt like a kook (still do actually).

"Knowing a few faces in the water when I arrived helped heaps.”

Knowing a few faces in the water when I arrived help heaps. Getting waves at Avalon and at Whale Beach (the next beach up) can be a

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nightmare at the best of times, even during the week it’s crowded.

illegal and secondly it was freezing cold sleeping on hard sand.

I think one of the main differences I’ve noticed since living here, is the quality and quantity of good waves which Australia has. The stretch between Sydney and Ulladulla has a variety of good reefs which are outstanding.

Sydney to Ulladulla is about a 4 hour drive and there must be over 25 world class reefs. This stretch of coast line is called the South Coast. Finding these reefs are tricky and a lot of them are closely guarded secrets. I only started going down south two years ago, to a spot where everybody knows called Black Rock and only last year did the Player brothers invite me to go to some of their secret spots. Toby used to live down on the South Coast and knows which reefs will be firing on any given swell direction.

Being South African, I have had my fair share of abuse from Australians.

It’s usually when I meet a new group of people for the first time that it happens. I’ve been called names, I’ve had guys tease me for the way I talk.

I’ve come to realise though, it’s the Ozzie way. To have a bit of a dig, to test the foreigner. I then get told I’m the nicest South African they’ve ever met, go figure.

Until you come here, you don’t understand how big this country is. Travelling around Australia is relatively easy as long as you’re cashed up. Fortunately digging holes or working in gardens on the northern beaches pays well. My first trip was to Margaret River in West Oz. Mettie and I flew to Perth and bought a car and drove down to ‘Margs’. We slept in the sand dunes for our first 10 nights because we’d arrived during Easter holidays. This worked in our favour because the waves were pumping and we were in the water before the locals. We’d met some of the locals in Hawaii and they thought we were nuts sleeping in the dunes. Firstly it’s

When I go home I notice the things which people take for granted here.

There aren’t any burglar bars on the windows or high fences. The crime here is almost non-existent (well not where I live, in the city it’s another story). I once lived in a house where none of the doors had locks on them. When we go surfing we leave our valuables in the car and keys in the wheel arch and come back and everything is still there, including the car!

So I’m an ex-pat living in Sydney. I’m still a proud South African (especially when I ask an Ozzie who won the World Cup). I still have a South African accent and I do miss a good braai. I still miss Shamrock Pies and Friesland Milkshakes, I plan on coming home once a year to see everyone. I’m happy here right now and until I’m unhappy here I’m not going to leave.

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William Shakespeare once sai d…

“The world is my oyster”

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hat a stuck up old fart he was! The world’s not just his oyster, it’s yours, mine and that little guy who works down at the circus too! So grab that amazing Oyster, it’s yours for the taking and dust off that Green Mamba (Passport) for the start of something spectacular.

So here I am …Kruger that is. To help you and your Mamba get some miles , adventure, love, heartache, laughter, barrels, memories, fun and experience under your belt; and where better to start then the land down under, the land of milk and honey, the land of over 7000 beaches, the land they call Australia!

Visas: Well, I’m not going to lie to you, it’s not easy, but it’s most definitely NOT impossible. Make a turn at www.immi.gov.au to check out what the deal is. My one tip for you; get everything together they ask for and more!

So after a long flight of turbulence and aeroplane meals you’ll probably find yourself in one of two common points of entry; Perth or Sydney! Anywhere else... best of luck, you’re on your own mate.

Come to think of it, I don’t know all that much about Perth either! Why did Ian ask me to write this? I don’t know shit about Oz!!

Arrival: The sweet thing... Buses, taxis and trains are your best friend! This is

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not South Africa so you can rest assured you’re not jumping into the local police cell on wheels.

Rental cars can be pretty cheap depending on time of year and your age! And yes, your S.A. licence is valid here. Check out www.tntdownunder.com for super cheap camper vans, cars and just about every need you might have while travelling down under. More sites to gander at are www.travellers-autobarn.com.au or www.wickedcampers.com.au Prices vary for rentals from Avis etc… $60 and up per day. Camper vans and cars from Auto or Wicked vary, starting at about $ 35 and up.

Fuel is about $1.40 (at time of press).

If you are looking to travel for more than a month it works out more cost effective to buy a car than to rent one. Cheap cars can be found at Sydney’s Kings Cross car market… but just check those miles…

Australia is a big place and those cars cover some distance. At least when buying from Auto barn you get some reassurance it will last.

Where to stay: Pull in to the local backpackers or pitch a tent at one of many and very pimping campsites all round Oz. The choice is yours, after all your mom’s not around to say other wise.

YHA (Youth Hostels Australia) have hostels all round the country and offer all sorts of deals for long term and loyal customers.

If you are on the move a lot, check

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the Bling Bling campsites of, Big4.

They are all over the show and have the best locations, but remember to look out for those cursed drop bears!

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YHA and Big4 both have member’s cards that can be purchased online, giving you some sweet discounts and upgrades when possible.

Prices: YHA about $ 25-30 per night. Campsites about $ 10- 20 per person per night

Surf: Whooooooo Hoooooooo, Need I say more! Australia has some of the world’s best breaks. Some you have heard of, some you haven’t, but one thing is for sure, your knees will go weak at first sight.

Just make sure you’re not the one in the emergency ward asking for mommy and begging for the cheapest doctor available! No just kidding, the waves are not that bad; and the best thing is if you search long enough you are bound to find a tailor-made break just for you.

With plenty of variety, it can keep everybody happy.

If you’re in the Sydney area you must make a few missions. First take a cruise south about 20 minutes to a town called Cronulla. Cronulla is home to the infamous Shark Island!

It hosts a few hidden gems that are far less crowded so keep your ears open and maybe you’ll get lucky.

Heading further south you start to find more of the iconic spots you’ve always dreamed of. Spots like Black Rock/Ozzy Pipe, Super’s, Nuggen aka the bicycle ramp! And many more…

Heading north and not only are you heading to warmer water, but also heavier crowds! Make a quick stop at Avalon (by catching the L90 bus from the city) and take a look at the current world champ, Ben Player’s local break. Afterwards, get back onto the Pacific highway that just happens to travel all the way up the coast and make a few must see stops at the Zone, Port Macquarie (also home to 2 time world champ Damian King) Coffs Harbour, (The Big banana) Lluka Wedge… Insane and Byron bay just cause you have to. After crossing the NSW boarder, it’s onto the Super Bank and the

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lovely D-Bar. From there it’s up to you. A gift I got some time ago from Lisa has proved to be just about priceless. A tiny booklet called wave finder Australia! It’s the best book I have. Ask your local book shop for more info or check it out online.

Remember local is lekker. For more detailed info and fast answers check out www.coastalwatch.com

Work: There is an abundance of work in Oz and most backpackers/hostels have the local builders banging on their doors looking for labourers. Its hard physical work, but it pays the bills and it’s not Rand. You are looking at about $15 – 20 an hour.

Chow time: Chow … everyone’s got to eat! And unless you the lucky geyser who won last weeks lotto you not about to be spending bucks in some high

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end restaurant. Your alternative is the super giants of cheap chow Coles, Franklins and Woolworths. $50 can buy you some good chow for a week.

Gear: Well that’s up to you! Honestly the lighter you travel the easier it is.

The essentials are pretty obvious; boards, fins and depending on where you’re heading a suit! Check out www.coastalwatch.com for water temps, swell charts and live cams of all your favourite spots.

Keep in touch: If you don’t know about Skype yet, then it’s time to catch up son. Free calls from pc to pc or super cheap calls to land lines or even mobiles.

Alternatively pick up a sim card cheaply and get a local number.

Make sure your mobile is unlocked though. Vodafone has some great

deals with their maxi caps. Wireless can be found frequently and most campsites and backpackers have all the facilities to keep your mom in the loop of what’s happening.

Prices: Sims are cheap around $5 with the maxi caps varying from $29 and up.

Helpful tips: • If you use any S.A. appliances; video cameras, cameras etc make sure you pick up a converter whilst in S.A. it will save you a lot of hassle.

• Never underestimate climates.

Make sure you’re prepared and warm.

• For cheap domestic flights check out the budget airlines Jet Star, Virgin Blue and Tiger. They also offer cheap flights to Bali, which now happens to be round the corner.

• Internet banking is the best

thing since sliced bread… get on it! You can open an account quick and easy here too.

• When purchasing items at Coles or Woolworths for more than $30, keep your slip for a discount on fuel • Always try fill up your car on Monday or Tuesdays the fuel is cheapest these days.

Plus all stations’ prices differ so seek the best rate to save some bucks.

• Get your check in luggage glad wrapped at the airport.

S.A. baggage staff can NOT be trusted. Trust me I know!

As the Bintang bottle says “Best served with friends” and that goes for travel too. Get your mates on board for the journey you’ll be telling your grandkids about it.

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ProFile

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We would have liked to bring you the Q&A verbatim from Pierre, "The French Wunderkind", but between translation by his friend, Julien, the wheezing accordion in the backgound and some baquette crunching we had to don our 'thinking berets' and translate for you... so haul out your best French accent and enjoy mes amis.

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1. Full name: Costes Pierre Louis 2. Date of birth: 25th of January 1990 3. Nationality: French 4. Years bodyboarding: Eight 5. Favourite destination and why: Australia, because the waves are amazing and I’ve got really good friends over there.

6. Your last trip and with whom: West Oz with Mitch Rawlins and Ryan Hardy for a VS trip for Riptide.

The waves were incredible, we scored Box and some other spots the whole trip. I had a great time with those two. It was good to surf every day with them and I learnt a lot about bodyboarding and life in general.

7. Favourite moves: Back-flip and air reverse.

8. What do you think about Australia: If you want to make a name of yourself in bodyboarding you have to spend time in Australia. You can practice all your skills in every kind of wave and if it’s flat, there is always something to do.

9. What do you think about the SIC: It’s obviously the most legendary comp ever. Most of the time all the best bodyboarders are in it, and the wave itself is really technical to surf - experience and skills are important. I personally think I don’t have the level yet to win it.

10. What is your goal for this year on the IBA pro tour: Win the world title.

11. Do you know some South African riders and what do you think about their level of riding: Yeah, of course, I met a lot in the last couple of years. Guys like

Daniel Worsley, Mark McCarthy, Wesley Fisher and Sacha Specker.

They surf really sick and also have a smooth style. I like watching them surfing, they’re so unpredictable, they’re also really good competitors. Mark is probably one of the hardest competitors I have ever seen.

12. What will be your next step after the SIC: I’m in Chile now. I went to Brazil for the 4th IBA and after Chile I will go back to Europe for all the IBA contests there.

13. Last word: Enjoy your life, it’s too short to be wasted.

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Near the "ghost house". image by Dcmike

I recently met Terence Pieters at a contest, and although I didn't get to spend much time with him, he seemed like the kind of guy who tends to shy away from the attention earned through his remarkable riding abilities. A little bit quiet, but not afraid of a challenge - just ask the ghosts in the "haunted house" we used for his photo shoot.

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Age: 17 Home Town: Uvongo KZN Years Bodyboarding: 8 Sponsors: Nomad Bodyboards, Factory 7 and Reef Wetsuits Career Highlight: Best Move at The Wedge Classic 2004 Travels: Only around South Africa Top Riders: Jeff Hubbard, Chris James and Dallas Singer Fav Move: Reverse Air Best Video: Roam Best Session: Late afternoon session last year at The Wedge in Plett. 4 foot, super fun and only a few guys out!

Worst Wipe: I took off on solid set wave when out of nowhere I got nailed by the lip. It hit me so hard and pushed me straight into the floor, face first - luckily it was a sand bar!

Fav Music: Hip Hop Fav Food: McDonalds Wheels: Sector 9 According to his peers, who know him better than I do, he is the type of guy who paddles out, catches all the cookers, busts the most insane moves, moves that you or I can only dream of landing, and when asked how his surf he will simply tell you that it was alright. A perfectionist through and through, who seems to spend more time suspended high above the waves than he does in the water.

Evidence of this can be found on his sixty40 profile. Take a look for yourself and you’ll see that this kid deserves frequent flyer miles for the amount of airtime he puts into a session. Sixty40 thought it was about time we caught up with Terence to pick his noggin and try to figure out what makes this supergrom tick.

Q - I don’t know you too well, but from what I gather after chatting to other riders, is that you are an incredibly humble character. A guy who tends to veer away from the limelight - Is this true and if it is,

how does it feel to have sixty40 on your case?

A - It really feels great to have sixty40 backing me up. It encourages me to try to do well at contests and grow within the sport.

Q - For the past few months there has been a vicious rumour floating around the SA bodyboarding community. Have you heard anything about it? I think it has something to do with the fact that you can bust 720 Air Reverses!

A - Yeah! The truth is that I have been trying to stick the 720 reverse air, but it’s not easy at all. You really need to be focused and your timing must be perfect. You need a sizey wave with a fat ramp to have any hope in doing it.

Q - So you can bust and have caused quite a stir on the sixty40 forum as to whether or not those skimming shots of you were real.

So now we know that they are real would you mind letting us know what your secret is?

A - Skimming is really fun when

Q - So how long have you been bodyboarding for?

A - About 8 years.

Q - You did quite well in the Pro division at this years Wedge Classic, when did you first get into the whole contest scene and what keeps you coming back?

A - I started doing contests when I was 11 years old. I entered under 12 and just made my way through.

Now I am busy with my 2nd year in juniors, but I am also competing in

12 frame cover-up at North beach.

Sequence and the skimming (top right) by JFK

DK and Pro. I come back every year to compete because I enjoy it and I just like the whole bodyboarding vibe during contests.

Q - I know it seems like an eternity away, but when you finish school what do you see yourself doing (studies, travels, work etc…what would you like to do with your life)?

A - I would like to get as far in bodyboarding as possible and after that I would like to focus on photography mainly water photography.

Q - Favourite Break?

A - Any wedge type wave, like The Wedge in Plett.

Q - Who do you cruise with?

A - Pretty much with everyone who bodyboards in my area.

Q- When there’s no waves you like

to…?

A - Cruise with mates.

Q - What would you like to achieve through bodyboarding?

A - I would like to do the world tour and I also really want to see the sport grow in SA. Q - Dawnies or whenever you roll out of bed?

A - Dawnies - it is cool to get a few waves before the sun comes up.

pressured to push yourself further and try new moves or are you more chilled and just want to ride to have fun?

A - I am trying to land a 720, but I am not too pressured about that, it will obviously take some time but I am definitely thinking of new moves to do, mostly skimming for now.

Q - Last Words?

A - Just have fun in the water and go big. God bless!

Q - Fav Word?

A - Prime!

Q - Who rips in your area, but are currently hidden under the radar?

A - A lot of the guys, like Dane Klusener and Conrad “Koos” Barnard.

Q - With all the hype created about you being the first person to be able to land 720’s in SA do you feel

"His riding in both DK and Prone is excellent. A perfectionist, who never likes to boast about anything."

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there’s no waves and there’s nothing to do. I have always enjoyed skimming and in the past no-one really took notice of it, but as more and more people notice skimming it encourages me to really go big and push myself. It’s actually quite easy. All you need to do is run really fast at an on coming 1 – 2 foot wave that is lank close to shore and bust out. Simple!

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So its 2-3 foot, closing out and you decide to go for a paddle anyway. With hopes of getting one or two fun ramps you race to the beach listening to your favourite amping tune. Whilst having a gander at your local spot’s dismal waves, you happen to notice some action further down the beach. At closer inspection, you get a glance of your buddy being catapulted several metres into the evening sky and going for a double rotation reverse air. These stories have been popping up all over our coastline in the past few months. The concept of ‘Towouts’ has finally caught on in SA and the guys are in full swing.

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Using a jet ski to tow a fellow sponger directly at an oncoming wave, which then sends him hurtling for the stars, seems like a pretty simple yet extremely fun idea. In actual fact it is the result of endless hours of trial and error, involving many bruised bodies and egos, broken boards not to mention, a very patient and skilled driver and most importantly financing a fuel thirsty jet ski.

First things first, you need a jet ski.

No need for anything big, if all you want to do is whip your mates around for a couple of tow outs.

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Towing into the bigger stuff you may want something with solid power and speed to get you out of trouble. With the ski you will need a driver of course. The driver will need his/her skippers license (basic legalities) and more experience than just fanging around on the Hartebeesport dam one summer holiday. Essentially it is the driving skills and wave knowledge of the driver that will make a successful link-up between the towed guy and the wave happen. A crucial detail not to be overlooked; is that jet skis are not permitted on all beaches and never near bathers or other wave riders. Heavy fines have been issued for breaking these laws.

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THE MILE HIGH CLUB crew :: Spex, Sampi, Marc Jucker, Jared Houston images :: Dcmike | Peter Lambert words :: Sacha Specker

A little inside info will help minimise the expensive frustrating and painful moments. Most importantly, try avoid doing tow outs when its onshore or choppy. We all know how difficult it is to draw a clean line in onshore waves, attempting this while being pulled behind a ski at close to the speed of sound becomes infinitely more difficult.

Furthermore, being pulled around on your belly takes its toll on your prized six pack and kidneys, so the smoother the water, the less you will feel like Mike Tyson has been giving you kidney shots

all day. With regards to the towrope, a spongy handle is more comfortable on your palms than those textured rubber ones that tend to make your hands look and feel like you have just rowed across the Atlantic. A minor detail, but not to be forgotten, is the rope its self. Try using a floating rope, it makes it easier to grab when the ski picks you up. The length and condition of the rope can make a substantial difference.

A slightly shorter rope makes it easier for the driver to accurately whip you into the sweet spot and a rope without unnecessary knots will minimise painful spray in your precious eyes. You will very quickly

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figure this out since it can become very uncomfortable when you are blindly skipping towards a three-foot closeout at high speeds and your accurate timing is all that matters. Finally and in my opinion, most importantly, your positioning on your board and the way you hold the rope can make or break your tow out session. For example, if you are going to be going right

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and hitting ramps with your right hand on the nose of your board and left hand on the rail; use your left hand to hold the rope and make sure that your arm remains tucked in next to your body at all times and your elbow stays on your board. This will help keep you stable and in control all the way through the section and into the air.

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Over the next few issues we're going to cover a few of our online features starting with our profiles section.

We're hoping to find out more about our readers as well as help you share your bodyboarding skills with the world.

01 Register First thing you need to do is register as a member on our website. Go to www.sixty40.co.za and click the Register link on the menu. You’ll need an email address - if you haven’t got one, go to www.gmail.com, www.yahoo.com, www.hotmail.com or www.webmail.co.za - and you’ll need to pick a unique username or handle. The member registration is a simple form which you should breeze through.

02 Set Up your Bodyboarding Profile Your sixty40 profile is a public web page where you can share information and promote yourself as a bodyboarder.

It is a central page with access to your galleries, contest results etc.

After registering you will now have access to some functionality which is reserved for members only. The My Account page will give you access to a range of forms to help build your profile.

03 A few things we'd like you to share About - basic info about you and your bodyboarding

1. Profile photo - having a profile photo helps friends

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and visitors identify who you are, especially if you’re trying to make a name for yourself Photos - upload shots of you bodyboarding Favourites - tell us about your favourite riders, surfspots, bands Travels - add a travel map of countries you’ve visited Playlist - create an mp3 playlist for your profile

04 Share Use the SHARE button, found on all pages, to bookmark or share your profile through other popular websites such as Delicious, Digg, Google Bookmarks, Myspace, Facebook etc.

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e.g. Posting a link to your Facebook profile helps you share your bodyboarding profile with your nonbodyboarder friends.

words by Dylan Muhlenberg

We’ll be there. On to bodyboarding, how would you describe it to someone from outer space?

Beach, water, wave, paddle…

Have you ever ridden before?

I’m no good, but its lots of fun. The last time I paddled out I got dumped by a wave and washed up onto the shore without my bikini top… But normally I’ll have a skimmer board or an old bodyboard in the back of my car in summer.

Where’s your favourite beach?

Belle Mare beach in Mauritius. And I like the look of Brighton Beach in London. Not really for swimming, but I like watching the people there.

What are some of your favourite beach activities, besides bodyboarding?

Skimmer board, bat and ball, and I love those blowup boats. I normally get the orange one with the eagle on it. So much fun. But it usually only lasts for a few weeks before it breaks.

What’s your typical beach attire?

A bikini, loose summer dress (like a big vest) Wayfarer sunglasses and Hawaiian Tropic tan oil. And I always take my visor with.

Okay and onto the music. You recently filmed some spots for vice.com are you going to sign to their label?

No, I’m not going to sign with anyone yet, but I will release an album and a dvd… hopefully in the next few months.

To people who haven’t heard you before, what should they expect?

A raw, self recorded sound. I want to keep it as real as possible and then combine my album with little films and music videos.

Where can the readers listen in the meantime? or my catwalktrash facebook page.

What colour is Tuesday?

Tuesday only means fiction for me.

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It’s my moms 50th. I’m going to spend a lot of time in Worcester. You must bring some friends and come visit my town. It’s great. And I think I’m going to play a gig in the theatre there. My brother can rent the place for like R50 a night. Crazy! This really old woman that’s still stuck in the 60s owns it and I want to have a big party there when I get back.

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