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Regarding the MOVEMENT MAG:
I recently email Derek from Factory 7 asking why the Mo
vement mag was not available in store and this is a mag we
would all like to see in store right? Please guys, buy a co
py from the factory 7 website so that we can make this happ
en!!!
His reply:
The guy that is bringing the mag into SA is an individu
al with no ties to corporate companies and was trying to ge
t a hold the market before pushing in full tilt…
He has however since seen that the guys aren’t willing
to punt the sport and seems to be throwing in the towel in
this endeavor unless he can get the sales he needs in the n
ext few weeks…
So if you know a couple mates that want to buy a sick m
ag….. www.factory7.co.z
a …. That’s where to get it…
Cheers
Derek
COME ON GUYS! BUY ONE NOW!!!
Thanks
Dave
Anger m
ounts over yet another attack in False Bay
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This sign at Muizenberg explains how the fl
ags work.
Middle and right, the li
neup is deserted an hour after the attack took place
Sunday 13 Augus
t 2006
MUIZENBERG: Chaotic scenes cast a pall ov
er a calm, warm winter's day here as a shark attack caused
widespread panic.
A 24-year-old lifeguard, Achmat Ha
ssiem, lost a foot in the attack. The irony was that he was
playing a victim during a rescue simulation, swimming some
way behind the backline at Sunrise beach, about 800m furth
er down.
News of the attack swept up the beach like
a forest fire, and it took less than three minutes for the
entire shoreline at the Muizenberg Corner to disgorge a pac
ked lineup of surfers who paddled swiftly in, some catching
a last-minute wave, others half-running, half swimming ash
ore.
According to National Sea Rescue Institute (NSR
I) spokesperson Craig Lambinon, quoted on the Independent O
nline website, Hassiem was treated on the scene by medics f
rom the lifeguard club and flown to hospital by helicopter.
"Lifeguard medics had controlled the bleeding, elev
ated the patient's leg and had the patient in a stable cond
ition," Lambinon told IOL.
Hassiem's father, Moegsie
n, told IOL that Achmat's brother, Taariq, 17, was in the w
ater with him when the shark attacked and helped to save hi
m. Raariq was undergoing counselling.
It was a still
winter's day at the Corner - no wind and a clean 2-3' swel
l running. The beach was packed with surfers young and old,
including families and groups of youngsters having surf le
ssons. A commotion down the beach was largely ignored by th
e surfers, and when the panic set in, they had no idea who
had been bitten where and when.
Many people looked t
o shore to see if the flag status had changed, but the whit
e shark warning flag was not up yet, and responses were ini
tially slow.
However, the news was born by policemen
and sharkspotters who had been radioed the information. Ne
xt thing it was mayhem at the Corner, with people screaming
at loved ones to get our of the water, a helicopter buzzin
g overhead, and policemen and Patrick Davids the sharkspott
er running up and down the beach gesticulating and wh
istling frantically.
Davids later told the crowds th
at the surf spot was closed for the day, although two young
surfers gingerly went in for a surf less than an hour afte
r the attack, but faltered halfway out and soon came back t
o shore.
Many surfers were scathing about the lack o
f interest from authorities, with inadequate support for th
e sharkspotters and a lack of resolve to aggressively tackl
e the issue of sharks.
According to IOL, six shark a
ttacks - three fatal - were reported around the Cape Penins
ula between 2003 and 2005. Two occurred deep sea, with four
in False Bay.
Angry Kommetjie resident John Bromley
said that the primary responsibility of government was the
protection of citizens. "The authorities are failing disma
lly in this area and instead address platititudes about 'un
derstanding' the sharks and greater numbers using the ocean
and tell us that they are not really vicious predators. Th
e latest unnecessary attack brings this back into focus.
"My 14 year old son has been out surfing during four G
reat White encounters in the last three years: Long Beach,
Jeffreys Bay, Witsands and Muizenberg (not Dungeons, Diaz b
each and Noordhoek Beach!). This is unacceptable to me as a
parent. In over 40 years of surfing I never saw one while
surfing.
"After years of protection, Great Whites ar
e multiplying and are an ever increasing threat to bathers
surfers, kayakers and divers and other legitimate ocean use
rs.
"Ask any diver or surfer. Don't ask the "experts
". They don't seem to know. No one says we should wipe the
sharks out but any logical person sees that there has to be
some control.
"Attempts to monitor have been inadeq
uate and do not provide re-assurance. There have been many
shark encounters not anticipated by monitors. What about Lo
ng Beach Scarborough and other beaches not monitored?
"Controlled culling is not about vengeance or cruelty. It
is about protection. The concern is only about Great White
s, no other species. Until there is adequate monitoring, wi
th warning systems or electronic barriers or shark nets, li
mited culling of sharks near popular swimming and surfing b
eaches (not their primary habitat) is the only rational ans
wer."
Deon Nel, aquatic unit manager at the World Wi
de Fund for Nature (WWF) told IOL that there were many vari
ables, but the one that "swamps all others is the increase
in recreational bathers in the water".
"It has incre
ased exponentially, specifically people who venture further
offshore. Surfing, surf-ski paddlers, and spear fishing ar
e popular sports. Improvements in wetsuits also mean more p
eople are in the water," Nel told IOL.
The city of C
ape Town was reported to be drafting a policy to guide the
safety aspects of people and sharks in False Bay.
Security rai
sed to 'c ritical'
Plane Terror Plot Thwarted Updated: 09:13, Thursday Aug
ust 1 0, 2006
Police say they have disrupted a major plot to blow up
as many as 20 planes over UK and US cities with explosive d
evices smuggled aboard as hand luggage.
Police are have arrested 20 people in London - the culm
ination of a covert counter-terrorist operation lasting se
v eral months.
Big queues were building up at UK airports as passenger
s trying to board international flights were not being all
o wed to carry on normal hand luggage.
Security sources are said to be believe that liquid exp
losives would have been used and could therefore be missed
during the x-ray screening of such luggage.
Queue s at Heathrow
Sky News' Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said he had
been told the threat was imminent and those arrested were m
ainly young, British-born Asian men.
The Home Secretary John Reid said the alleged plot was
a "major threat" to bring down a number of planes.
The Home Office's level of security - indicating public
risk - has been raised from 'severe' to 'critical'.
The US government has also raised its threat assessment
to the highest level for commercial flights from Britain t
o America.
Fl ights have been canc
elled
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said: "We
believe that these arrests (in London) have significantly d
isrupted the threat, but we cannot be sure that the threat
has been entirely eliminated or the plot completely thwart
e d."
In Britain, there have been lengthy queues at
most airports with many domestic flights cancelled.
Flights scheduled into Heathrow were cancelled - a
part from those already in the air.
Flights to Britain from some continental cities were&am
p;nb sp;also cancelled.
The British Airports Authority urged passengers not to
go to Heathrow unless absolutely necessary.
:: Security experts said such an attack would have
; ;a precedent - during the 1990s, a plot was foiled to blo
w up 12 Western airliners simultaneously in Asia.
The plot, which would have killed thousands, was scuppe
red when plans were found in the Philippines base of terro
r ist Ramzi Yousef who also planned the 1993 World Trade Ce
nt re bombing.
SA surfers show other sporting codes h
ow its done
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Thursda
y 27 July 2006
It was an al
l-South Africa day on the podium after the 8th Red Bull Big
Wave Africa today - "favoured son" John Whittle in the mid
dle, with Andrew Marr (2nd) on his left and Chris Bertish o
n his right (3rd).
The jubilant trio of big wave riders thanked people, ho
oted a lot and smiled ferociously before spraying champagne
on each other and the crowd after the event, which had bee
n squeezed tightly between the lower end of a contest-sized
swell and a building SE that started to blow minutes befor
e the final.
Durbanite Whittle banked 100k for the
win after sitting in the right spot and picking out the set
waves, riding them with aplomb. Local Kommetjie surfer And
rew Marr had a good pay day, pocketing 50k for 2nd place pl
us 25k for winning the Sensi Threads Biggest Wave Award - a
well deserved result. Christo Bertish hooked third place -
and a cool 25k to put into his travel kitty - after hittin
g the waves all day with his customary hammer and tong appr
oach.
It was a great day out, despite initially shi
fty 12-14' peaks that lurched around the take-off zone for
the first three heats (6 surfers per heat) held over the sp
ring low tide in the morning in glassy seas, with patches o
f mist and leftover frontal conditions giving way to sunny
skies and bigger surf on the push.
A few cranking se
ts livened up the semi-finals (top four from each Round One
heat in 2 x 6 man heats) and the final (top three of each
semi through into a 6 man final), which started at 2.20pm.
Some 18' bombs gave the surfers the occasional rogue challe
nge, but catching many unawares with peaks sometimes poppin
g up over on the slab, or shifting sideways towards the ins
ide. In the distance, at Tafelberg reef, solid 20 footers w
ould give a 80 second warning of an approaching set.
Over on the slab, some intense detonations sent spumes of
spray a hundred feet into the air, while in the foreground,
some brutal wipeouts brought hoots of commiseration and ex
citement from the flotilla of small craft bobbing below the
jagged spire of the Sentinel.
One 12' wide swinger
almost nailed Whale Song - a rubber duck carrying photograp
hers skippered by the irrepressible Grant Spooner - after i
t took evasive action to avoid a breaking wave that had ref
racted wide and hooked viciously onto the inside slab. The
passengers' work was momentarily interrupted as the boat we
nt full throttle up the vertical face of a breaking wave to
just ramp over the lip in the corner of the shoulder, metr
es from disaster, a glancing blow almost taking out Gigs Ci
lliers on his wave runner.
The final saw a southeast
er begin to push a little, as forecasted, but it had an alm
ost offshore effect, blowing into some giant right-hand bar
rels. At the quayside just after the final heat, speaking f
rom atop the official contest and judging boat, the Nautica
t, an emotional Whittle told the assembled crowd: "I’m just
the favoured son today."
The Von Zipper Biggest Tu
be Award went to Jason Ribbink from Durban, and the Billabo
ng Deep Throat Award for the most committed surfer over the
event, went to Hawaiian charger Jamie Sterling.
The
waves at Dungeons pulsed in the lower end of the spectrum
thoughout the day, with massive wide sets swinging though a
nd catching some surfers by surprise. Other surfers made fu
ll use of their local knowledge to paddle in at the right p
lace to drop into some high scores.
Surfers from ar
ound the world made their way to Cape Town, including Grant
Washburn and Evan Slater from the USA. Former event winner
Greg Long from America is already in Cape Town and has bee
n practicing in the chilly waters the last couple of weeks.
Australian big wave surfers Ross Clarke-Jones and Paul Pat
erson also arrived, big wave quiver at hand. Jamie Sterling
, the young hell-kid from Hawaii and Carlos Burle from Braz
il also pulled in.
Other surfers included South Afr
icans Bertish (who lives in the UK), Mickey Duffus, Sean Ho
lmes, Jason Ribbink, Twiggy Baker, and Thomas King-Kleynhan
s. With Northern Californian surfers Darryl ‘Flea’ Virostko
and Anthony Tashnick not able to make it, local alternate
surfers Richie Sills from Durban and Ian Armstrong from Kom
metjie were allocated the last two remaining slots.
Cape Town’s legitimate big-wave legend and Hawaiian charger
Johnny Paarman took on the role as contest director, bring
ing a wealth of big wave knowledge to the party. Johnny, a
former IPS competitor, has ridden Dungeons and numerous oth
er big wave surf spots in and around Cape Town during his i
llustrious career and has competed successfully at spots li
ke Sunset and Pipe in Hawaii. Johnny, assisted by Gary Lind
en, made the call, consulting a number of local surfers and
wave forecaster Spike, along the way.
For more imag
es and stories from the water, check out www.redbullbwa.com
25 July 2006
Red Bull Big Wave Africa Goes O
n AMBER!Red Bull Big Wave Africa has been put o
n 48-hour Amber Alert for the possible running of the conte
st on Thursday, 27 July 2006. As surfers from aroun
d the world are jetting in to join the local contingent, th
e storm which has organizers and surf forecasters alert con
tinues to hold steady, as giant waves are predicted. The predicted swell is a solid 15- 18 foot West South West
groundswell running at first light on Thursday, with pound
ing sets frequently rising towards the 20-foot mark during
the day. This swell, combined with a few other positive fac
tors, could cause the waves to really show what Dungeons is
truly capable of producing as the swell builds in the hope
s of running the contest. Other positive factors are
that there are two swells combining on the Thursday, formi
ng an extra push of energy. There is a spring tide mergeing
with a growing swell, meaning that the waves are going to
get bigger and bigger. The winds are predicted to be out of
the north, and fairly light all day, ideal conditions for
the waves at Dungeons. A visual check of Dungeons wi
ll be made from the Sentinel and from the water at first li
ght. Officials will make a call before 8am. Either
way, Dungeons will be surfed on Thursday. If the event is n
ot run, it is likely that it will remain on standby for Fri
day morning when conditions still look good enough for a po
ssible start. Surfers from around the world who are
making their way to Hout Bay in Cape Town right now are Gr
ant Washburn and Evan Slater from the USA. Former event win
ner Greg Long from America is already in Cape Town and has
been practicing in the chilly waters the last couple of wee
ks. Australian big wave surfers Ross Clarke-Jones and Paul
Paterson are also on their way with their big boards in tow
. Jamie Sterling, the young hell-kid from Hawaii and Carlos
Burle from Brazil are on their way as well. We are standin
g by for confirmations from Anthony Tashnick (Northern Cali
fornia) and Darryl ‘Flea’ Virostko, (Northern California.)
Local surfers Mickey Duffus, Sean Holmes, Jason Rib
bink, Twiggy Baker and John Whittle are either already pres
ent or are on their way to Cape Town right now. Chris Berti
sh is winging his way right now from the UK, and the rest o
f the local crew are present and accounted for. Alt
ernate surfers are also on stand-by, and some are in Hout B
ay already, awaiting a chance to compete against the best b
ig wave surfers in the world. This is the eighth edi
tion of the Red Bull Big Wave Africa, the second longest ru
nning big wave surfing event in the world. For upda
tes and info on the Red Bull Big Wave Africa, as well as co
nstantly updated info on the approaching storm and swell lo
g onto www.redbullbwa.
com
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