Thrills & Spills at Cape Vidal
Words: Manie Combrinck; Photos: Manie and Marthie Combrinck

The launch was not going to be easy. Big waves were breaking on a sandbank on the Cape Vidal backline. We were waiting for our gap just in front of the breakers when Jacques du Plessis shouted that we should go! I was a boat length behind him and it proved to be a boat…