What is a SuperTube?
SuperTube is an alternative YouTube client that lets you watch videos in a window. SuperTube is a free YouTube player that supports background playback – it can continue playing video in the background while you get other stuff done.
What is a rolling wave in surfing?
Rolling waves (1) are the most familiar waves, and the type most surfers prefer. These waves break in a stable pattern. Rolling waves are usually a feature of a flat, sandy shoreline.
Is Jeffreys Bay a reef break?
J-Bay is more than just the one famous, high-performance surf spot though. This is one of the only places I’ve been that has a super fun reef break, point break, and a beach break all within a five minute walk of each other, plus loads of other spots a short distance away.
Can you surf 3 4 foot waves?
As far as I’m concerned, three feet is the perfect size for a wave. It’s big enough that you can ride a shortboard and still have some decent faces to work with, but it’s small enough to bust out the longboard and work on your nose-riding without worrying about bouncing your head off the reef.
Where is the supertubes Park?
Jeffreys Bay
Preserving the waves and beaches of Jeffreys Bay since 1999, the Supertubes Surfing Foundation is a joint venture between the local surf clubs and the surf industry in the town. In 1999 the Supertubes Park in Da Gama Rd, Jeffreys Bay became a no-go zone.
What are crashing waves called?
A plunging wave breaks with more energy than a significantly larger spilling wave. The wave can trap and compress the air under the lip, which creates the “crashing” sound associated with waves. With large waves, this crash can be felt by beachgoers on land.
What are the 3 types of breaking waves?
There are four basic types of breaking waves: spilling, plunging, collapsing, and surging.
- Spilling waves are gentle waves with crests that break softly towards the shore.
- Plunging waves break when the ocean floor is steep or has sudden depth changes.
- A collapsing wave is a mix of spilling and plunging waves.
Why is Jeffreys Bay good for surfing?
The main surfing spot in J. Bay is the aptly named Supertubes. The constant swell and wave formation found at many of Jeffreys Bay’s beaches produce the ideal ‘tubes’ that have resulted in Supertubes becoming the location for the annual Billabong Pro surfing contest that takes place every July.
How big are the waves at Jeffreys Bay?
On rare occasions (large wave sizes, wide-breaking waves, and even swells), Boneyards can link up all the way to the Point for a ride over one kilometre long. Optimal size is considered to be from about 4 to 10 feet (Hawaiian scale), or about 8 to 20 feet wave faces.
What is the hardest part of surfing?
And the hardest part of surfing, by far, is paddling out, not surfing in. Carrying the board, getting back into the water, paddling through the waves, waiting for the next set…it’s exhausting, and surfers spend far more time doing this than they do on the other part. Having the guts to surf is what change demands.