The Shape of Things — Ep3
Ricky Basnett
Words about the wood, film from the water.
Watch
On film.
Documentary crews and surf channels who came to Muizenberg, filmed the workshop, and followed the boards into the water.
Read
In words.
Features and interviews from the surf press, alongside letters and essays written in the workshop.
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Wawa Journal · June 2013
Sodom and Cremora, Where Angels Fear the Bread
written by Andrew Strode Don’t choose an airline on the fact that its named after your favourite fruit. I did and with gravity’s hand still clutching blindly at the air behind us…
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Wawa Journal · May 2013
So Long and Thanks for all the Slides
So Long and Thanks for all the Slides written by alaia shaper and surfer Andrew Strode Muizenberg winters – colder than ex wives hearts, darker than corporate lawyers' souls, bank accounts drain…
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Wawa Journal · April 2013
Further Agave Planing Hell
I shaped the Agave blank last week, a task I performed with all the existential angst of a bird wearing eau de corpse cleaning the teeth of a dozing croc. I learnt…
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Wawa Journal · March 2013
Agave Planing Hell
Lighter than an anorexic helium balloon and about as benign as a mine dump sized lung full of asbestos dust, my new agave blank has left the runaway train of my paranoid…
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Wawa Journal · February 2013
A Paipo Poem
Paipo surfer in repose, Nose on the nose, No grunting he-man pose. See how fast he goes! What is it he knows? Untitled Paipo poem posted in the signature line on the…
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Wawa Journal · January 2013
Building a Sustainable Future, While Surfing
At Wawa we believe in being a ‘localist’, being proudly local and supporting the local community. Not too long ago our shopping habits were very different from what they are today. We…
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Wawa Journal · December 2012
The History of Surfing
MONDAY, 31 DECEMBER 2012 The History of Surfing The practice of wave riding has been part of human life since the very beginning. People living near the sea used wooden boards as…
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ZigZag Magazine · November 2012
Wood is Good
Should we envy the beginner surfer? Sure, he’s looking stupid as he ploughs into the trough… but that guy has so much stoke ahead of him. While surf shops fold and shapers moonlight, Wawa has gone out on its own path.