1.5 Weeks of Life

Ive learned a lot about life in Muizenburg in 1.5 short weeks. Life is about surfing and the people you experience it with. Life is about a community of people with similar passions but possibly incredibly different backgrounds bonding over one, what seems easy from afar activity, surfing. The Surf Shack and similar organizations allow for kids and adults alike to be on the same level in the world, something that is not commonly found. The Surf Shack is a place where people come together and learn from each other, where superiority does not reign, where all become the student. It's magic. I haven't experienced a place like this on earth to date. A not so common business plan in the United States is what is the normality in this part of the world I have lived for 2 weeks. This plan, which I find to be brilliant is to make enough money to provide great service to people, develop the nation's youth to be profitable citizens, and to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. This atmosphere breeds happiness, stress-free environments where people work together... And for me, this seems like heaven.
--Spencer Fort, USA, volunteering in South Africa for 2 months

Every surfer remembers.....

their very first wave,their first wetsuit and their first board. On Friday a new group of surfers experienced their very first....their very own brand new wetsuits. It's a day they will never forget, thank-you to all that made it possible #Surfing-sa,#lotto and Robin de Kock. Mbuso aka Moose wouldn't put his wetsuit down and could hardly stand still for the rest of the afternoon,he was so worried that someone might accidentally use his wetsuit that he finally found an ingenious hiding place for it, NOT on the team's rack but hidden on our rental rack amongst the men's XXlarge suits. The reasoning behinds this was no one his size would think to look there for a suit!!!!! Can't fault that reasoning!!!!!
The young surf team are from the local community of Capricorn Park, Muizenberg and through the aid of a volunteer organization #Dreams to Reality Foundation, the children attend our Surf outreach project. They learn to surf with our assistance and share the experience with the DTR volunteers from #ivhq.