Fancy a trans-Africa trip on a motorbike? Fancy taking your surfboard and strapping it to your bike as part of the adventure?
GaryUnguided recently posted on The Hubb asking for company for his adventure across Africa with his surfboard. His posting reminded me of David Visagie's trip back in 2009 when a German, called Martin, headed South from Germany to Cape Town with his surfboard.
David Visagie was driving his modified Land Rover when he met Martin in Cameroon. The mud was proving pretty difficult, as you can see from the various YouTube screen shots. Watch the video for more footage.
Good luck to Gary (bugsonmyboard) with his upcoming adventure...
Bugs on my Board
Hopefully he won't be in a position like Martin was:
Why do you travel overland? Is it to claim a title of completing a continent overland? Is it to explore cultures? Or simply to surf uncharted waters along the West coast of Africa?
This is exactly what three Australian surfers did in 2010. Andrew, Richard and Tristan equipped a Toyota Land Cruiser troopy and headed South searching for those uncharted surfing waves along the West coast of Africa. The emphasis of their trip was not the overland travel, rather the surf.
I managed to squeeze into a packed cinema to watch the premier of their film which has been launched on DVD as well. The film is only 50min long but keeps you entertained as the crew head South highlighting a few surfing spots along the West coast. Majority of the film is focused on the surf which will appeal to all surfers, however, it has just enough content of the African continent to keep you watching.
