Oct 14 2015
My First Day in Muizenberg
For the past year, the thought of being essentially on the polar opposite of the world surfing some of the worlds best waves has been a distant dream whilst in the rough, murky waters of Scotland getting pounded by wall after wall of mush. Frequently struggling to breakthrough the impenetrable battleground of white water in thunderstorms and temperatures as low as -2 degrees Celsius, you’d think most places would be better, however, I could not have dreamt of such a fine day for my first in Muizenberg with the Muizenberg Beach Club.
From first stepping through the door into what’s currently a movie set surrounded by hundreds of boards and the soothing bass of Bob Marley, the crew at MBC wereinstantly welcoming and within minutes we were out to the water. As a Scot, we tend not to have the opportunity to surf waves of any commendable quality, so stepping down to the beach to see wonderfully forming glassy waves in clean sets with many breaks sitting empty left me truly itching to get out there myself.
As the session went on the quality of the Muizenberg surf began to reveal itself. With the waves growing in size, steepness, glassiness and beauty, my surfing also followed suit. The resulting effect on this poor Scot having never been subjected to surf of this quality could only be
described as super stoked as one last wave for the morning was ridden the whole distance into the beach.
Completely exhausted and with arms close to dropping off my sides from the countless waves surfed, I type still incomprehensively amazed by the events of today. With a brilliant lunch from the Stoked Backpackers café next to the MBC offices I prepare for another day, aiding in the teaching and support of the kids from the Cape Flats involved with the project.
Being a young Scot and not necessarily the greatest surfer just yet, the irresistible urge to travel and progress with your skills that comes with surfing has now been addressed with my arrival in Muizenberg, however, I doubt myself that there may have been a finer introduction to my surfing travels elsewhere in the world. With such great waves and in such an amazing backdrop, maybe heading back to the frozen seas of Scotland will be a big problem.
Cheers to the MBC guys for a great start, now to progress even further.
