Marcelo Gomes - A Surf Story

By Marcelo Gomes.

Food Wine & Design

We made it, good morning to all from Johannesburg. Early Wednesday morning we climbed into the car with a packed trailer and embarked on our journey North leaving the beautiful sites of Cape Town behind us. Today, Saturday and Sunday we are at the Sanlam Investments Food Wine Design Fair spreading the word and knowledge of Wawa Wooden Surfboards. We also have a selection of our new range of handslides by David Constance on display. Staying true to the Wawa brand these incredibly crafted new era design handslides are made using recycled foam off-cuts.

We're sharing a stand with Artisan Distillers & Co, they're going to be with us over the duration of the fair giving tastings and selling incredibly good, traditional cape pot still spirits. A fantastic brand to be sharing a space with. While setting up yesterday we could already feel the buzz in the air and are amped for the start at 12pm today. There is great variety of incredibly innovative and proudly South African design as well as amazing wine and lip-smacking food to taste.

If you're in Jozi's and have nothing planned for this evening or the weekend come say hi, experience Wawa in the flesh, it's the way hand crafted products are meant to be viewed. We hope to see you along with the whole family here, spread the love. For those not in Jozi's, hope there's good swell to be had - have a great weekend!

Hyde Park Corner Shopping Centre Rooftop:
Fri 23rd: 12pm - 10pm
Sat 24th: 10am - 10pm
Sun 25th: 10am - 4pm

I surf because...

Surfing videos have a tendency to make you want to surf... badly. Check out Rasta surfing on a wooden board.

The Wavescape Surf Film Festival

Something to put in the diary (if you carry one of those) - The Wavescape Surf Film Festival is starting next week, running from the 29th of November until 17th of December. Showing in Cape Town (Labia and Brass bell), films such as Here & Now, Bending Colours, Code red, and Intentio (to mention a few). Check out the full list of the schedule and films.

Worth checking out is also the 'Slide-night', an evening, on the 13th of December, with 10 minute slide presentations by 10 presenters who are thought leaders, artists, craftsman, athletes, activists, scientists and personalities intimately connected to the ocean.

Surfing this weekend?

Where will you be surfing this weekend?

Wawa is pinning things down!

Wawa's love for sea, surf and life is now neatly pinned on Pinterest. Follow us here!

Wood is good - Wawa in the latest Zigzag magazine!

Super stocked to have our humble story published in the latest Zigzag magazine! Don't miss it, there's some great photos by Ian Thurtell showing Alan Van Gysen ripping on a Dr. Strangelove. Issue on sale now! More photos on our Facebook page.

Wawa's pictures now on Flickr!

Wawa's photos and pictures now on Flickr. More coming soon!