Cyclonic conditions a brutal phenomenon, and a warning to us all to respect the weather

so you’re not going to hold up anyone on the single track, right? More info www.wines2whales.co.za Jordy Smith’s world title hopes took a dent yesterday when he was knocked out of the Quiksilver Pro France in Hossegor in Round 3. The world No 1 was eliminated by French wildcard Marc Lacomare, who earlier knocked out World No 3 Julian Wilson. World No 2 John John Florence was on fire, and looks set to overtake Jordy in the rankings with two events to go. Hold your line Jordy! We could have three wave-riding world champions in one year. Iain Campbell just won the world bodyboarding title, Grant Twiggy Baker is the world big wave surfing champion, and we might just have the surfing champ within the next eight weeks. Cape Town Surfriders clinched the Freedom Cup at the 2017 Billabong SA Junior Champs presented by BOS with the closest margin in the 21 history of the trophy – just 63 points ahead of arch-rivals eThekweni. That’s a tiny amount of points when the total, accumulated across many age group and gender divisions, is 42 840 points! A frontal scrapes by this weekend, with fresh NW today and fresh W winds tomorrow, and some desperately needed rain. A 20 second long swell to 8ft slowly pulses tomorrow afternoon into the evening, with solid 10ft sets tomorrow, but the wind has gone more onshore westerly. Muizenberg looks great for fun building 3’ lines late today in offshore winds, and going slightly sideshore but 3-4’ sets feasible tomorrow.