Andy Marr | Dave Smith | Mike Schlebach | Chris Bertish
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Andy Marr
Year born: 1974
Hometown: Cape Town
Nickname: Ben
Local spot: Sunset
Favourite spots: Dungeons, Sunset in Hawaii and Waimea Bay
Andy is known the world over as "The World's Happiest Surfer", while locally he’s recognized as the guy who charges some of the thickest, meanest waves imaginable.
For Andy though, surfing mountains of water is simply a parallel to life - immersing yourself in the moment, taking the risk and being perpetually stoked, no matter what the outcome. |
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Dave Smith
Year born: 1974
Hometown: Cape Town
Nickname: Crash or Burn (no one is sure)
Local spot: Glen Beach
Favourite spots: Sunset (Cape Town)
Sometimes it’s not about the cameras, the stickers on your board or how many centre-spreads you’ve got.
It’s about that split second when you pull in or get fwumped.
It’s about charging.
Dave’s passionate about surfing and it shows. ‘Big wave surfing is my love. I think about it every single day. I look at the ocean and I’m constantly thinking about it.’
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Mike Schlebach
Year born: 1977
Hometown: Cape Town
Nickname: Bach
Local spot: Sunset, Dunes, Longbeach
Favourite spots: Dunes and Sunset, Mex and West Coast Australia
Mike was a bodyboarder and started surfing (stand up) off and on somewhere in his late teens.
The progression went well - Mike has a big wave surfing talent that is very obvious to see - and he can count a number of the local big wave legends as his friends. |
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Chris Bertish
Year born: 11th July 1974
Hometown: Cape Town
Nickname: Christo
Local spot: Llandudno
Favourite spots: Todos Santos, Mavericks
Breaking new ground. That’s what Chris Bertish does. Whether it’s paddling into Jaws, surfing remote Easter Island breaks solo, pioneering England’s big wave surfing scene or just another day cleaning the pipes at the Dungeon, you can be sure Chris will be pulling into the meanest close-out barrels on offer.
Because, Chris knows, one day he'll make it. |
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