Nov 12 2015
Skating Muizenberg with MBC
As always at MBC, when the surf ain’t up, we’re always out and about doing something active regardless. Last week, one of our kids, Asi, and myself (Dan) took to the streets of Muizenberg to cruise around the town to find some nice spots to skate and see the town from a different perspective whilst catching as much as we could on the GoPro for MBC’s first skate edit.
Following our hike up Peck’s Valley, Asi and I both remembered just how insane it would have been to hill-bomb Boyes Drive – this was our first stop. Flying down the hill on our small, wobbly boards in the baking sun overlooking the cape flats and Muizenberg was quite an extraordinary cruise – even though it was incredibly tough to take it all in whilst battling every urge to jump off your board before your face made your acquaintance with the road…
Luckily however, we both came to the end of the hills unscathed and stoked beyond belief as a result. Hooking down Old Boyes Drive and skating back along the main road, our next stop was up by Bluebird Garage (http://www.bluebirdmarket.co.za), site of the legendary Muizenberg market and a must see for all new to the town for great food and a great start to every Friday night. Passing by silkily on the smooth roads, we diverted into the back streets and residential areas of Muizenberg. Full of beautiful and colourful little houses, this quaint part of Muizenberg is heavenly to have a little walk around to get away from the main road and bustling beach – and ideal if you’re a skater for its wonderfully smooth roads.
Coming out the other side of the village, we doubled back up to Surfers Corner, where Asi broke out his bag of tricks (which were unreal for the amount of time he’s spent on a skateboard). Skating every possible spot he could trick on, Asi’s confidence was clearly growing by every attempt until he was nailing everything he set his mind to. In fact, he shredded so hard that he managed to stomp his foot through the kicktail on his board – a serious mark of commitment!
In light of all this, I managed to stick together a video from our cruise around town (it’s also my first edit) that you can check out above. To the truly remarkable kids that we get to work with here at MBC – keep shredding!
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.
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.
