Ifumaneka kuMntla weNqila yeOrange, eMazantsi eCalifornia, iNewport Point yindawo yokuphumla elwandle ekumgangatho wehlabathi (ewe igama liyalahlekisa) eliduma phezu kwesanti. Iliza liyintsomi, kwaye laziwa kakhulu okoko iMagazini yeSurfer yapapasha “Umbhobho woSuku Weza eNewport”. Abo bawutsibileyo xa belungile bayazi ukuba olu asilulo uthelekiso olungafanelekanga. Amaza alapha anzima, anamaqhina, kwaye anomqala; ngakumbi xa udlula ngaphezulu kwentloko kabini. Ukuba usebenzisa apha rhoqo ibhajethi yakho yebhodi yonyaka kufuneka yonyuke kakhulu. Amaza aphuka ubude obufutshane, malunga neemitha ezingama-50, kodwa abonelela ngeetyhubhu ezinzulu, ezityebileyo, ezinamandla.
Zeziphi ezona meko zingcono zokusefa eNewport Point?
Ufumana okulungileyo ukusuka esinqeni ukuya phezulu kuye nantoni na ezayo, akukho mda uphezulu apha. Ibhodi emfutshane yeyona ilungileyo apha, kodwa inyathelo phezulu liyimfuneko ngaphaya kobukhulu obuthile. Abasetyhini abaphakathi nabaphambili kuphela. I-surf apha iyahambelana (7/10) kwaye iya kuhlala ineqela kuyo (7/10), nangona uninzi luya kubuza ukuba kutheni bebheqe ukuba lukhulu. Imimoya ekude nonxweme ivela eMntla naseMntla-mpuma. Awona madumba angcono makhulu kwaye asuka eMzantsi. Inqaku lisebenza kakuhle kumaza aphakathi.
Sincoma ukugqoka i-3/2 ye-wetsuit ehlobo apha xa amaqondo okushisa amanzi enyuka ukuya kuma-degrees angama-20. Ebusika i-wetsuit ye-43 ingcono xa ubushushu bamanzi behla ukuya kwi-15 degrees. Jonga itshathi yobushushu engezantsi ngedatha engaphezulu kule.