Ngasemngceleni osenyakatho weSan Diego County eSouthern California kuneTrestles. Iqanjwe ngamathrekhi esitimela ahamba eduze nolwandle, leli qoqo lama-cobblestone reef break lidumile emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi ikhefu elibizwa ngokuthi i-Lowers. Kukhona iqoqo lekhefu elifakwe ekuqokweni kwe-Trestles: Amasonto, Abaphakathi, Abaphansi, Naphezulu. Lokhu kuzogxila kuma-Lowers, ikhwalithi ephezulu kakhulu futhi eyaziwa kakhulu. I-Lowers iyaziwa ngokuphelela kwayo okufana ne-skatepark enikezela ngezigaba ezicela ukuthi ziqoshwe kuzo. Kokubili ingakwesobunxele nesokudla, nakuba ilungelo liyinde kancane kokubili, liphuka kuze kufike kumamitha angu-150. I-Lowers ibiyikhaya lemiqhudelwano ye-WCT eminyakeni edlule, imigwaqo nezindonga zayo zinikeza umbukiso ophelele wokuseza onqenqemeni olusebenza kahle kakhulu. Ochwepheshe abaningi babiza leli khefu labo lasekhaya, okuhlanganisa abafana no-Kolohe Andino, Jordy Smith, Filipe Toledo, Griffin Colapinto, nabanye abaningi (kodwa ungaceli ama-autographs emanzini). Kuwuhambo olude ukusuka ezindaweni zokupaka unqamula ezindaweni ezingamaxhaphozi avikelwe kuze kube sekhefu, abantu abaningi bendawo bazobe begibele izinhlobonhlobo zezimoto ezinamasondo.
Yiziphi izimo zokuntweza ezihamba phambili ze-Tresstles?
Ama-trestles aqala ukubukeka kahle okhalweni futhi abambe aze afike phezulu kabili. Ibhodi elifushane lingcono kakhulu lapha, nakuba omunye umumo ubungeke uphume ekuhlelekeni. Abaqalayo kufanele baye eSontweni noma Ephezulu, I-Lowers ifaneleka kakhulu kubasubathi abaphakathi, abathuthukile, nabachwepheshile. Ukuntweza lapha kuyaguquguquka (8/10) kodwa izixuku nokuncintisana kuyinganekwane lapha (10/10). Imimoya engcono kakhulu ingaphesheya kolwandle ukusuka eNyakatho-mpumalanga. I-Lowers ithanda ukuvuvukala kwaseNingizimu, eNingizimu-ntshonalanga, noma eNtshonalanga. Kungaba kuhle kunoma yiliphi igagasi.
Sincoma ukugqoka i-wetsuit engu-3/2 ehlobo lapho izinga lokushisa lamanzi likhuphuka lifika ku-20 degrees. Ebusika ungathuthukela ku-4/3 lapho izinga lokushisa lamanzi lehla libe ngama-degree angu-15. Bona ishadi lezinga lokushisa elingezansi ukuze uthole idatha eyengeziwe kulokhu.
