My mom has a thing for news paper clippings. She finds pieces she likes and posts them under insect fridge magnets made from wire and pretty beads. She pins and press sticks them to a few places around her home: notice boards, the back of toilet doors, and so on. Places for newspaper clippings. Places people will find them. Very thoughtful of her.
Press stuck to one such notice board next to her computer is a (yellowing) one by Hagen Engler from his Weekend Surf column titled “Hey! That greatest guy in the world is from PE!”. It starts as follows: “There’s a game played by natives of Nelson Mandela Bay that is as old as the ancient granite cliffs of the mighty Baakens River. Its called ‘The Guy’s From PE, Hey’”. The point of the game, he explains,”is to illustrate that PE breeds quality people for export and that we’re all world beaters”. So in the spirit of this game, pointed out by one such world beating export, you might want to check out another PE surfer making waves: Michael ‘Stone’ Sternberg.. Together with friends Tim Harris and John ‘Lurker’ Flemming, ‘Stone’ made his way along the West coast of Africa (beginning in Cape Town ending up in London well over a year later), scouring the coast for waves in an old Land Cruizer.
Zig Zag surfing magazine recently ran an article on the trio and so you may know something of their adventure, but for a more detailed story check out their website www.africansurfer.co.za . There are photo galleries, video clips from Namibia, Cot d’Ivoire, Gabon, un-surf-related footage from their trip and an interview he and ‘Lurker’ did with the BBC, to name just a few features from their site. Did I mention that Stone cut his teeth at the Fence? “Hey! That guy is from PE, hey”. Salute.
In the same spirit Stanley Badger was recently on the cover of the latest edition of African Surf Rider magazine. Though Stan is not from PE, he’s from Cape St Francis. Still, ‘That guys is from the Eastern Cape, Hey’. Salute.
Press stuck to one such notice board next to her computer is a (yellowing) one by Hagen Engler from his Weekend Surf column titled “Hey! That greatest guy in the world is from PE!”. It starts as follows: “There’s a game played by natives of Nelson Mandela Bay that is as old as the ancient granite cliffs of the mighty Baakens River. Its called ‘The Guy’s From PE, Hey’”. The point of the game, he explains,”is to illustrate that PE breeds quality people for export and that we’re all world beaters”. So in the spirit of this game, pointed out by one such world beating export, you might want to check out another PE surfer making waves: Michael ‘Stone’ Sternberg.. Together with friends Tim Harris and John ‘Lurker’ Flemming, ‘Stone’ made his way along the West coast of Africa (beginning in Cape Town ending up in London well over a year later), scouring the coast for waves in an old Land Cruizer.
Zig Zag surfing magazine recently ran an article on the trio and so you may know something of their adventure, but for a more detailed story check out their website www.africansurfer.co.za . There are photo galleries, video clips from Namibia, Cot d’Ivoire, Gabon, un-surf-related footage from their trip and an interview he and ‘Lurker’ did with the BBC, to name just a few features from their site. Did I mention that Stone cut his teeth at the Fence? “Hey! That guy is from PE, hey”. Salute.
In the same spirit Stanley Badger was recently on the cover of the latest edition of African Surf Rider magazine. Though Stan is not from PE, he’s from Cape St Francis. Still, ‘That guys is from the Eastern Cape, Hey’. Salute.
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