What surfers want for Xmas
Surfers love Christmas because they get presents and if there's one thing surfers love more than surfing, it's getting free stuff. But if you're thinking of giving us something that isn't somehow conn...
Sharks patrol these waters
By the time you read this, I will be gone. No, not by my own hand. I'm too much of a coward for that. Although I did come close to death over the weekend. Surfing is among the few sports where one can...
Riding the eustachian tube
There are several major design flaws in the human body. Teeth are obviously one. The male member is another, with its autonomous nervous system and tiny, fickle brain. Then there are the ears.
Men ar...
It’s A for Away at Arugam Bay
Watching the political turmoil unfold in Sri Lanka, I was glad to have had the opportunity to visit the country on a surf trip four years ago. Here are two columns I wrote for Zigzag magazine at the t...
Surfers waive the rules
In these outlandish times, the measure of all things needs to be constantly recalibrated if we hope to stand a chance of emerging relatively healthy and sane. So I don't know if what is happening is a...
Dear Cyril …
Dear Comrade President Ramaphosa, Defender of the Lockdown, Punisher of the Pandemic, Destroyer of the Economy, Nemesis of Smokers and Drinkers.
May I call you Cyril? I don't mean to be overfamilia...
Ready, aim, swallow …
Airbnb is a wonderful thing. You can make money simply by not being at home. Well, obviously other people need to be there for the money thing to happen. The downside is that you then have to be somew...
Stumbleweeding Through Life
I hope there is some kind of predetermined plan here, and that it isn't all just loosely held together by a series of random events, because I cannot figure out why, exactly, I am writing this in a no...
The Prodigal Son Returns
Hello, Durban. It’s good to be back.No, I haven’t been in prison. I was living in Cape Town for a while. This is my hometown. I’m from the wrong side of the Umgeni. It’s where I grew up, lost my virgi...