Quick interview with TTRide's Chad Schwab

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Video overview of July African Road Trip 2011

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The African Road Trip - is always a winner!!

Good times!!
The July -  August African Road Trip is always a big success. The weather is always much warmer than people think. South African winter is a world away from a Northern hHemisphere winter. The waves are so good at this time of year. Chris Bond - our Head of African Adventures, calls it his favo Read More »
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So long, and thanks for the good times!!

Elephants are simply amazing creatures
Here we are, the final blog from this amazing 6-week trip up the East Coast of South Africa. As I just mentioned it really was a fantastic trip, it feels at the end like time flew by, but at the same time that the first few days in Cape Town were so long ago, and that you may as well have known ever Read More »
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Durban is surf city!!

Lal on a really nice one between Durban's piers
Durban, in Kwazulu-Natal, is know as South Africa's surf city. It is where the longest running International surfing event in South Africa (Gunston 500 and later Mr Price Pro) has been held and home to many of South Africa's best surfers including Jordy Smith, current world no.2. In more rec Read More »
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Hole in the wall and beyond

Chad riding a wave from the hole up the river mouth
For the last few days in Coffee Bay the swell got really big. So big, in fact, that it was largely unsurfable for the group and quite wild out there. Fortunately we had surfed plenty in the first few days there and surfing isn't the only thing one can do in coffee bay! One of my favourite Read More »
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Into the wild, Coffee Bay

The view of Coffee Bay from the hill
To many the idea of Coffee Bay may sound like paradise, with capuccino's, latte's, and espresso's left right and centre. Well it is a little paradise, but is named Coffee Bay after coffee beans which washed up on the beach from a shipwreck back in the 19th century. Coffee Bay is a very s Read More »
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King of the beasts and the famous st francis

Bye bye J-Bay, thanks for the good times!!
All in all we had a great trip in J-Bay. In the last few days there we went to the famous Cape st Francis. In Bruce Brown's 1966 surf movie classic, 'Endless Sumer 1', they stumble across a waves at st francis which they consider to be one of the best waves ever surfed in terms of perfec Read More »
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Flat day fun

Trying to help turn a driveway turned river back into a driveway at a daycare
You may be asking the question of what we get up to when the waves are flat? Whilst surfing is obviously the main focus on the trip, we always try and find other things to do. One big one is trying to help out in the community wherever possible, sometimes there is more opportunity for it than others Read More »
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Surfing J-Bay

Supertubes in the morning is quite the sight!!
Hello, goeie dag, sawubona, molo It has been far too long since I last wrote on here, and I will back this up putting four up in the next four days. I've got the pics and ready to go, just haven't been online! Back to business though, we are now up in Coffee Bay, where we are having an amaz Read More »
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