Alex Fernandez at the start On Saturday, day 2 of the hard riding stages, we followed scores of 4×4’s traversing the Maluti mountains in an attempt to get to viewpoints 2 and 3. Eventually we were turned back by retiring 4×4’s, the drivers reporting that bottlenecks and “stuck” 4×4’s were preventing access. The mud, brought on by the torrential rains, stopped play for us and many riders.
Full camel pose – poorna Ustrasana Helen is devoted to yoga, and she’s also devoted to free diving. While one is about breathing and the other about breath-hold they’re both ultimately about the union of breath, mind and body.
Helen is a great friend and teacher and I was privileged to take photos of her for marketing collateral.
Cyclone Irina thrashed the east coast of South Africa. Great fun if you're into big wave surfing and you get your kicks from taming growling waves. Day 2 of cyclone Irina’s thrashing of the east coast of South Africa was a gray, rainy, miserable affair, unless of course you’re a big wave surfer and you get your kicks from taming growling waves that crash around you.
Big wave tow in specialist Jason Ribbink during cyclone Irina March 3, 2011 – day 1. Cyclone Irina moves near the east coast of South Africa
Day 1 was a practice day for the big boys – the big wave tow in specialists. Leading the charge was Jason Ribbink pulled by his big-wave partner, Clinton Cilliers.
Cyclone Irina's path through the southern Indian ocean over Madagascar and down the east coast of Mozambique and South Africa On the afternoon of March 8 2011, cyclone Irina’s winds finally dropped to 35 knots reducing it to a storm. At this point it was still in the southern Mozambique Channel, south east of Maputo, Mozambique, and heading westwards. On 12 March what was left of Irina made landfall over the Gaza Province, and simply dissipated.