{"id":1367,"date":"2014-01-06T00:50:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T22:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chappypix.co.za\/blog\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2014-01-06T00:50:05","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T22:50:05","slug":"2-days-at-off-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chappypix.co.za\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/2-days-at-off-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"2 days at Off-the-Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flip its been an age since I last shot surfing in Cape Town.
\nMany good reasons for that non-more so than the stupid cold water we have to deal with. Like the water temperature, my interest in surfing has been pretty low of late.<\/p>\n

However when a little \u201cblob\u201d appeared on the swell charts a little while back, my interest was renewed.
\nGoing in to this swell I had a particular shot in mind. Rather than just rocking up at a surf spot and shooting with no particular (creative) idea and hoping for a shot or two, I set out specifically to shoot a composition in decent light.
\nFor this particular shot the wave I needed was breaking, the required tides were around the time of the lighting I had in mind. All I needed was a goofy-footy surfer that was capable of some mad airs\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Jordy Maree’s<\/strong> first wave. A board breaking experience<\/em><\/p>\n

Dylan Wichmann<\/strong> was selected.
\nSince his 2nd place finish at SA junior Champs, Dylan\u2019s confidence has been up and has been surfing pretty good of late.
\nThis was to be Dylan\u2019s second ever surf at Off-The-Wall and we nailed the shot on the first wave!
\nA sick front side rotation composed in an interesting way and well lit\u2026 So stoked with the results.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Dylan Wichmann<\/strong> found a few boosting sections<\/em><\/p>\n

The first day of shooting OTW on this swell gave us some serious fun waves with the odd bigger set keeping us alert. The only issue was the wind. There was none! A little bit of an offshore would have helped loads as the wave was not really barreling but the air sections were sick and that\u2019s what I wanted to shoot.<\/p>\n

Soon after Dylan and I had shot a few we were joined by Jordy Maree<\/strong>, Steffen Burrows<\/strong> and Tom Nel<\/strong>.
\nThese are all very talented surfers and I was amping on the possibilities going forward.
\nJordy\u2019s first wave, however, was from one of the bigger sets of the morning and got smashed with a broken board for his efforts. Not a great start<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Attempted under-water shot with Steff Burrows<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Steffen was looking for set waves but could not find anything spectacular. Most of the waves were closing out or shutting down, also there was a little bump on the face that was not very welcome and definitely affected the surfers.
\nTom Nel took a few beatings, much to my amusement!
\nWhile Jordy Maree eventually rejoined the lineup armed with a new stick but he too could not find that epic pit.
\nAfter watching the guys struggle through the beatings and closeouts I swam in. The water was also ice cold so I got a little over it and being smashed myself.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Tanika Hoffman<\/strong> was taking the conditions seriously\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The next morning I was to shoot with Tanika Hoffman<\/strong>.
\nAgain taking Dylan we arrived at OTW to a larger more wild swell and very surprisingly no wind. This was highly irritating as it was blowing a flipping gale everywhere else.
\nShooting from the water was not going to be a good idea. I settled on shooting from the rocks with my 70-200.<\/p>\n

Tanika was charging and Daniel Wilson<\/strong> had joined us for his d\u00e9but out at OTW. Dylan was smashing the lips with some classy fin free tail wafts. On his penultimate wave, Dyl took one massive air drop which must have creased his board because on the very next wave he went for a huge turn only to snap his board in two.
\nSession over.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The bigger waves did not worry Tanika hoffman<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

So good to shoot surfing in Cape Town again. Yes the water was not fit for human recreation but we scored fun waves with no crowd and no other \u2018photographers\u2019 snapping away like trained monkeys\u2026and i came home with a couple of sick shots!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Dylan Wichmann<\/strong> pushing it a little too hard<\/em><\/p>\n

Little leftover gallery<\/p>\n\n\n \t

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