Thursday, January 15, 2009

Who Wants to be A GAJILLIONAIRE!


I was pleasantly surprised by fun waves at Seals this morning. Zok and I took a courtesy drive there after breakfast and ended up paddling out (not what we expected). After an hour or two we called it a day— the south easterly came up and started making seaweed broth of the water. But I’m smug as you like now; sun burnt, tired and glad to have squeezed a surf in, during these times of beautiful weather, harrowing wind and kak waves.
Today I’ve decided to run a small competition. We’re going to play Who Wants to be a Gajillionaire. There are 7 questions. You can e-mail your answers to heraldsurf@gmail.com. If you send me porn, spam or chain letters I’ll be very upset and probably disqualify you from the competition (amongst other things). The winner gets a gajillion Rail to Rail Bucks to spend on whatever he/she likes. I must warn you, most shopping centers are a bit iffy about accepting Rail to Rail bucks. But this is your problem, not mine.
Let the Game Begin:
1. For 100 Bucks: If you were going surfing at Humewood Beach, why wouldn’t you be allowed in the water between 9-5PM on weekends and public holidays.
A. Because the ANC Youth Legue holds secret meeting in the pylons during working hours on weekdays.
B. Because Great Whites patrol the area during those times, feeding on anything with warm blood and a pulse.
C. Because the lifeguards don’t really like surfing and feel it makes their job harder
D. Because the lifeguards cannot allow a hard-bottomed wavecraft in the bathing area, by law or something like that

2. For 100000 Bucks: PE has a surf spot in the reserve known for nudity and near perfect sand banks during North Easterly winds. Name this place.
A. Pipe
B. Lochness
C. Secrets
D. Cuppers Cove

3. For 500000 Bucks: The large structure at Hobie Beach, known for being a nudists diving board and a dark corner for many hopeful teenagers trying to come right during late hours, is:
A. Shark Rock Pier
B. The Red Windmill
C. Hobie Pier
D. Cuppers Cove


4. For 500001 Bucks: The reason many people shy away from surfing while in the Transkei is:
A. Rabid cows that are known to attack innocent beach-goers.
B. They are just too grilled (Normally linked to concerns about A).
C. Rip currents will literally cart you off to Antarctica before you can say, “Rabid cow!”
D. The area is known for some hungry sea-life, of the cartilaginous variety.

5. For 1000000 Bucks: Which of these South African public figures is known to surf from time to time:
A. Ollie Le Roux
B. Tim Curran
C. Julis Malema
D. None of the above

6. For 50000002 Bucks: During the mid nineties a group of Supertubes locals formed a club/ team who policed th famous surf spot like a pack of armed officers on hell’s sidewalk. The borrowed their name from a pack of Hawaiian locals who did the same thing (many years earlier). They were called:
A. Patensie Surfers United Front
B. J-Bay Underpants
C. J-Bay Underground
D. J-Bay Under belly

7. For 2 Gajillion Bucks: Which PE Surf spot has hosted the South African junior and senior Champs the most number of times?
A. Fence
B. Cuppers Cove
C. Pipe
D. Main Rights

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