March 30th, 2011 | 
Author: Here are some more party shots from 2011 festival’s Saturday night….
party time
Lekker Bertie!
wys jou mus!
mullets and funnels
the loungers taking a break before hitting the dance floor again
Snor and our camera chica Nicola, thanks for the party pics girly
shake it Ratex
The Mullet King in action
see them smileys
windsurfing by ak and Inke
p'nut in poster mode
Ruby and Mirka
and so the party carried on till around 03h00… pro race results
At 07h00 it was time to start loading the gear for the Olifants river social paddle. Hang overs where the order of the day so everything happened a bit slower than it should have.
Early morning packing isn't fun after a good Saturday night party
The Olifants paddle is for fun and hangover recovery unfortunately for me the guides who were supposed to help run the mission were nowhere to be seen, luckily some old guiding friends paddled with so big thanks to everybody who helped with the swimmers. We had 11 Croc Rafts and 30 something kayakers on the section…. Another big thank you to Robin Cock, Kate Walton and Nicola for most of the Olifants photos…
the view downstream from the put-in on the Olifants River
Sucks to have to pump your craft, paddle plastic
almost in the water
you can slide down the grass bank into the river unlike pierre who is about to catch an edge.
time to get wet!
Celliers was so happy to finaly get in the water he had to do a little dance of joy!
everything always seems so much better once you are in the water
the new small Detox enjoying the scenery on the Olifants
my good friend Luke Longridge enjoying one of the fun playspots on the Olifants. Thanks for all the help Luke!
Luke mid loop
Luke finishing the loop
Celliers and Inke taking a quick break
Kayakers and rafters in Simple Simon rapid
Richard going deep in Simple Simon
The Olifants paddle is for everybody, even those who think they can roll.
Some Croc raft action
Luke smiling at the soon to be swimming Croc rafters
boof the croc
swimmers come in pax of 2
downstream view from Simple Simon
Roller Coaster rapid finishes off the day.
gulp
Jo taking it in style, she is such a good paddler that anything under grade 4 she paddles with her eyes shut
Pierre is the Fluid engineer, he doesn't paddle as much as he would like to. "nice" brace Pierre and I am sure the elbow pads protect your kayak from your high flying elbows.
high flying raft through the standing waves at Roller Coaster
swimmers still come in pax of 2
me keeping an eye on the swimmers
How to rock splat a crock raft, amazingly they didn't swim
Super excited rafting buddies, next year they will all be kayaking
Shaun in "un stable babalas mode", thanks for the help Shaun.
Lloyd trying to catch a wave at the bottom of rollercoaster
Celliers ferrying onto a super fast wave in the bottom of Roller Coaster, the Big Bang was the only beasty with enough speed to get a real surf going.
Celliers enjoying the speed of the Big Bang and making everybody else jealous as they couldn't get on the wave
local kids playing soccer at the take out
Chris chatting with "Tannie Joyce" the old lady who helps us with community negotiations and projects in this comunity that we are involved with.
and that was that.
A huge thank you to all our sponsors, festival supporters and just everybody involved with making the Blyde Xfest what it is.
See you Friday 24 Feb 2012 for the 6th Blyde Xfest and once again we will make sure that it’s bigger and better just for you!
d
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