Andre Botha Skeleton Bay Breakdown - Bodyboarding Profiles

Okay, let's go. I don't even know which one this is. Great. Here we're coming. There's a mutant slab at Skeleton Bay. Oof. Hey, the water's brownier this time. Okay, let's see what's happening. This was that massive swell. Oh. Yo, it was pretty big this day for Skeleton Bay. You need, like, enormous swell for it to be this big there. The direction was a little bit off. But it was a massive one. I'm starting to remember that. That was... It was a lot of those this day. It was a lot of waves. When... When she pauses, she... She goes. And, um... You know, you're working. You're just working. Hunger game. I hope it's swell. Ben Player was around for this one. Of course, it was a clear eve. It just goes slow and then it goes fast. That's amazing. The wind pulls. It's... Yeah. This trip, we got lucky. Got to see the sunrise. That was far. It's so weird getting there in the morning, man. It's like... Because we arrive in the dark. We don't know what to expect. I don't know. I thought it was gas. It's pretty intense. That's nice when it... Spits and it just pushes you. Because there's often a next pop. It actually helps you. Like you're flying when it happens. That wave's so fast, you just... You got to go with it. You try to... School sometimes is in the wrong place. That thing just runs. It's a totally different approach to riding. Normal wave. Wave's like a... Like a freak of nature. Airdrop. And now it's just trying to hold it. Trying to hold that wave. Whatever it is. Wave. Now you see that. That thing was like a... Ice diver. Going out of gravel. And then that... Clean. These I'm picking up more to the middle of the point. A lot of people... A lot of people go the whole way to the top. You can get the wave. That's already now at the sunset time. Sun's just... Going down. Nice pink. And this is the one. Early morning. You see? No mist. There's lots of wind to it. Yeah, it was deep. Sometimes with the GoPro went... Wow. Then it gave that... You can't really tell. Well, I don't know. For me, it feels way more intense. Than what it looks with that GoPro. Because it's like... Like on top of that... Pressure. Like shocky. I'm a shocky. Yeah, this day was firing. All day. Surf long there. I like to just... Go... From early... To like... 12-1. You've got to get it. The swell drops too. It was like foam balling this day. And look. That's a big one. A little bit higher at the point. But yeah, I just... Instead of running all the way... Jump in the middle. Get ones. Get ones like this. Get so deep. Get super deep. Wow. It's like that claim there. Nice. We watch it. Yeah, this was actually a... Massive wave. Like... Solid one. That one. I remember it. You can't even really see where the lips were. I was like in the pit there. Yeah, sometimes with the GoPro you... When it's a wave that's a bit smaller. You see it more. You can see there. Yeah, that's it. See it's so below sea level. But that one I didn't even make. Went too far. This is a big one. Look at that. I think this is it. Wow, it had a wobble. That thing is insane. Just hit him. Hit him. I thought it was going to be the best hit of my life. And then... I think this is the one. It sucked me up. Into the lip. As soon as I had that pleasure of... This is the best one I've ever had. The thing said see you later. Right to the lip. Like that. That's just going the whole morning. How's this? It's crystal looking. How nice is it when the sun's out? I mean mist has got his own... Cool vibe to it. But... Being sunny is incredible. Rare there. That mist only goes at like 12 often. It's like a video game. Split barrel speed and you're just flying. Like the race car driver. Of a wave. It's insane. You have to hold your board. Hard to explain. It's almost like a wave pool. It feels different to a wave. That swell missing the spot. That's how big the swell was. It was missing. The direction was a bit off. But some still hooked in. And that's grinding. Just grinding. Grinding. Just sitting on there. It's like a traction like in a race car. These jackals. On the beach there. They live there. This wildlife abundance area. Do they have food? Swallows. They probably chow there. That's it. Long day. These seals. Birds. All wildlife in Namibia. Amazing place. Look at that. It doesn't get that massive. Look at that. For how long that wave breaks. Getting mesmerized. After a day like this at Skeleton Bay. There's usually another day. Your body is just like broken. It's like the marathon. The way riding. You have a day there. And you just see it sometimes. You're sitting in the 4x4 truck. The wind is so harsh there. You take cover a lot. In the middle of the day. Seeing when you're eating. Just seeing like funnels. These funnels. The birds at the end. There's the king. Walking through there. Like a boss. Like the OG. Like I love you homies. 24-7. There's more birds than here. It's rattling itself off there. It does this. It does this thing there. I was in there. See it was below sea level. I didn't even. That was a big one. I looked back. You know I was loving it. I was like. I've never had this one this big there. Look at that. See it just. It didn't barrel again. It just pushed me. Like that funnel was just. There's only that one part. And there's Mark. He came for the trip. He came for a lot. He's the best.