The link shows a 4-minute video of yours truly out at Muizies catch waves and getting wiped out on my paddleski.
Graham paddleskiing at Muizenberg, Cape Town I used GoPro camera mounted on the nose, pointing forwards and backwards. The video was edited by my son, Matt, and is up on Youtube. It's that time of the year again when the southern right whales come and flop around in the bay. While making this video a pair of them was cavorting only 100 metres beyond the surf-line. Later in the day we saw a number of pods from our house in Simon's Town with one particularly energetic soul leaping out in a full breach before rolling over and re-entering the sea with a huge splash. Further up the coast here the town of Hermanus has established a whole service industry of whale-watching with numerous B&B's offering views. But False Bay is just as good and the sea is often calmer. The whales come every year from late-August and are often seen close into shore which is then lined with watchers, some armed with immensely long camera lenses trying to get the ultimate shot. But up in Muizies corner we just combine a bit of great surfing with casual whale-watching, feeling at one with nature and not too exercised about the perfect pic. The whales come north to SA from Antarctica and have unique technique of 'sailing' - using their elevated flukes to catch the wind. The QSL is from the British Antarctic Survey for reception of its Faraday Base in Antarctica in contact with the supply vessel RRS Bransfield, heard in Johannesburg in 1986.
The link shows a 4-minute video of yours truly out at Muizies catch waves and getting wiped out on my paddleski. Graham paddleskiing at Muizenberg, Cape Town I used GoPro camera mounted on the nose, pointing forwards and backwards. The video was edited by my son, Matt, and is up on Youtube. It's that time of the year again when the southern right whales come and flop around in the bay. While making this video a pair of them was cavorting only 100 metres beyond the surf-line. Later in the day we saw a number of pods from our house in Simon's Town with one particularly energetic soul leaping out in a full breach before rolling over and re-entering the sea with a huge splash. Further up the coast here the town of Hermanus has established a whole service industry of whale-watching with numerous B&B's offering views. But False Bay is just as good and the sea is often calmer. The whales come every year from late-August and are often seen close into shore which is then lined with watchers, some armed with immensely long camera lenses trying to get the ultimate shot. But up in Muizies corner we just combine a bit of great surfing with casual whale-watching, feeling at one with nature and not too exercised about the perfect pic. The whales come north to SA from Antarctica and have unique technique of 'sailing' - using their elevated flukes to catch the wind. The QSL is from the British Antarctic Survey for reception of its Faraday Base in Antarctica in contact with the supply vessel RRS Bransfield, heard in Johannesburg in 1986.
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