Training in South Africa

After looking at icebergs over Antartica en route to Johannesburg (funny how the fastest route is that way??), I arrived safe and well. Driving past the new Football stadium and seeing endless roadworks at Port Elizabeth one knows they are in a nation rebuilding its infrastructure for the worlds biggest event - the Soccer World Cup.

Driving by the radical contrast of plush neighbourhoods of largely white people, then the shanty towns of black people, it is also a country still rebuilding its class structure. Great to see so many more middle class coloured people and efforts to maintain peace in a country of 35% unemployment and 45% AIDS.

J-Bay is the classic international surf town, branded with 'Billabong'. Great to meet up with the CS South Africa Interns, shot to Andro, Heinrich, Tristen and did the CS Foundations Training. We partnered up with Des Sawyer and the Surfmasters students so ended up being a bigger group than I originally planned - 16 in all. We did a heap of training and discussion and national director Richard Leonard also delivered material.

Gotta love those South Africa Braii (BBQ) that seem to take forever to cook, but the socialising is what it is all about. Roy and Sharon are great hosts and their kids are classic (Nathan is Roy's ADD revenge!)