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I felt a certain kind of frustration this morning- a state of mind I call ‘Ape in A Cage Rage’. It’s aptly named after the noise a caged ape makes, when it’s ripping at the cell bars and screaming like its limbs are on fire. It’s caused by deep, personal frustration and is normally followed by a good laugh at your own expense.

After having seen how good the weather and waves were at 8:30 AM, I set off for the bank, the electricians and Greenacres (3 chores I’ve been avoiding since last week), hoping to be back home within an hour. This was my first mistake; doing anything in a hurry only makes it take longer. I forgot two important receipts, got lost (IN PE!!!) on the way to the electricians and then left my phone at the bank. To make matters worse, on the freeway en route to Central, the car radio at my ‘Big Lebowski’ soundtrack tape. This left me nothing but the radio to listen to. So, between Maroon 5, Celine Dion and that awful woman who keeps bleeding Love, I wanted to tear the radio out of the dashboard with my teeth. What on god’s earth is wrong with radio in South Africa? Who are they targeting with such kak music? I got home more than two hours later, a complete wreck, hurling insult at anyone driving less than 70. I normally only smoke my first cigarette after 2pm, but by 11AM I was on lucky strike number 4… sheez, bloody waste of time.

This is plight of a spoiled South African… this mornings Ape in a cage Rage was my fault— for being completely unorganized and ridiculous.

The offshore wind has just picked up (it’s expected to get pretty fresh by this afternoon, but at the moment its still not pulling any roofs down), it’s hot and sunny outside and there is a bit of swell running. It looks bloody magical outside. Go surfing if you can. I took a drive past Humewood and the pier this morning and saw decent waves at both spots. I’m off to enjoy my mid morning surf and cleanse myself from the shame of throwing such a futile wobblyJ

World Championship Tour

For anyone bored at work today, you can watch Round 3 of the Quiksilver Pro in France. Just log on to http://www.aspworldtour.com/ and follow the link. Jordon Smith (from Durban) are competing today, so try and keep your hooting down when the boss is nearby. Travis Logie (also from Durban) was knocked out a bit earlier on this morning, during a heat that had me swearing at the computer like a Blue Bulls supporter during the Super 14 semis.


New Website
Also, here’s an excerpt from the press release following the launch of a new website, called http://www.havealooksurf.com/.

“DURBAN (22 September 2008) - Havealooksurf.com have launched an innovative new website featuring South Africa's first Video Surf Report service and Surf Video Webzine.

The Video Surf Report service, which initially covers seven major surf breaks along Durban's 'Golden Mile', is updated twice a day with a 20 – 30 second video clip, current photo and text summary of the surf conditions for each break. Surfers and other users are able to view exactly what the surf is doing from the comfort of their personal computers.”

For those of you interested in torturing yourselves by looking at how much better the waves are in Durban every day, check it out. Jokes aside, it’s a very decent website that is user friendly and rather all-encompassing; it almost has a surfing- news24.com vibe about it.

They are covering everything from the World Championship and Qualifying Series news, to industry updates, interviews with local pros, blogs and music. One of the site’s co founders, Kaleb Loevendie, commented on the site’s aims and goals, “Our goal is to create an informative and entertaining website that is refreshed on a daily basis and keeps surfers up-to-date with what is going on… Hopefully it will bring a bit of surf stoke help to save some petrol money in the process."