Wednesday, October 10, 2007

When water and sand collide

When the big swells hit J Bay, waves washed up onto the sand dunes at high tide, and the retreating water took buckets of sand back with it into the lineup. The result --- numerous super shallow, sandy sections scattered from the top of the Supertubes lineup all the way down to the base of the point.



Here is an image of what you get when you mix a shallow sandbar with a good swell, coupled with a talented and fearless water photographer, and finally sprinkled on top with one of the best tube riders on earth: a tiny miracle, captured for our enjoyment, courteousy of the Indian Ocean, Allan Van Gysen, and Mr. Kelly Slater. Photo courtesy of AvG via ZigZag via Deon.


And here is the beast that made this moment possible.

6 comments:

Alan van Gysen said...

Hi Kit,

Thanks for the email,blog link and for the mention in your blog, stoked, much appreciated.

Nice shot of Kelly. Man, what a wonderful swell and trip that was. Awesome waves, good friends, good times.

All the best man and lets keep in touch.

AvG

Anonymous said...

I just found your blog through surfy surfy. It's insane! What an amazing amount of good surf pics! Way to spread the stoke. Thanks for it.

Patch said...

Beauty of a blog, great stoke!

kit7873 said...

Right on, guys. Check back when you can -- I have a bunch of other images to post.

borntoloser said...

Looks like a great trip and I really enjoyed reading about your time in SA. Kit- please contact me via email (asmith@dmusd.org). I'd like to get you in touch with the shaper who you inquired about in the past.

Bryant Bell said...

wow, just found a new favourite blog, I'm going down to visit famiy in September, will have to take the board!