Its shot like this that just make me want to go. A long way.
About 2 years ago, I was lucky enough to spend 11 days walking the Transkei coast - from Port Edward to Coffee Bay. 230kms of mostly unspoiled coastline. Conditions weren't great for scouting, but the potential is so vast that spots become obvious. You look at a set up trying to work against the prevailing wind-chop and you can feel the potential of the right swell, wind and tide.
It's also a great feeling looking down the coast to the distant hills and points and knowing in a few days time, your feet will take you to those places. With everything you need slung on your shoulders, your board under your arm, and your world unfolding one cove at a time, anything seems possible. The independence and freedom. There's something about it that resonates in a deep primeval way. It's part of the theory that I hold that surfing is the modern day expression of our former hunter-gatherer psyche.
And when you tread the shores of Southern Africa, this is made more true as you follow the long since washed away footprints of the ancestors of all humankind. It's no coincidence that human culture began on this beautiful, amazing coastline. And like your path will take you to places you can't dare to imagine, humanity's course is anything charted.
 |
| pic: followcam |
It's also a great feeling looking down the coast to the distant hills and points and knowing in a few days time, your feet will take you to those places. With everything you need slung on your shoulders, your board under your arm, and your world unfolding one cove at a time, anything seems possible. The independence and freedom. There's something about it that resonates in a deep primeval way. It's part of the theory that I hold that surfing is the modern day expression of our former hunter-gatherer psyche.
And when you tread the shores of Southern Africa, this is made more true as you follow the long since washed away footprints of the ancestors of all humankind. It's no coincidence that human culture began on this beautiful, amazing coastline. And like your path will take you to places you can't dare to imagine, humanity's course is anything charted.
No comments:
Post a Comment