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Justin

Post subject: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:01 pm

Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:31 am
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Location: Montagu
Real Name: Justin Lawson

All things considered Sunday the 16 August 2009 will go down as one of the best big wave paddle sessions ever at Dungeons in Cape Town.

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belz

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:19 pm

Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:03 pm
Posts: 17

Awesome day, anyone seen pics of James Taylor's monster wave yet?

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leondutoit

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:39 pm

Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:14 pm
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notice the pictures of michael baleta (referred to as "mad mike" in the slideshow), also seen on this website bouldering the truck (next to the climbza logo)...

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toejam

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:27 pm

Joined: Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:21 am
Posts: 80

Awesome photos of mike, hardcore stuff.

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Logic

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:34 am

Joined: Sat May 30, 2009 8:54 am
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Is this Micheal "Mad Mike" Baleta some kind of crazy person?Surfing giant waves paddle-in style and bouldering ,moving 16-wheelers on highways seems to be this oke's daily norm.I am compelled to suggest that this daredevil mentality, often accompanied by a significant chunk of irresponsibility, should not be romanticised nor idealised, for reckless endangerment should never gain any popularity in general climbing ethos.
SFC!

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Justin

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:17 am

Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:31 am
Posts: 2493
Location: Montagu
Real Name: Justin Lawson

Damn cool if you ask me

Photo by Pete Mortimer

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NickT

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:08 pm

Joined: Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:22 pm
Posts: 37

damn cool i do agree...but not a chance will you find me there...yes the pics are awesome...wavescape has a pretty cool slideshow...wouldnt be surprised if it in the next zag 2 tho...

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Mark

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:51 pm

Joined: Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:01 pm
Posts: 253
Location: JHB

I dont believe "reckless endangerment" will ever become main stream, it takes a touched kind of person to push things that far to the edge and most of us dont want to go there. But I think its great that those people are out there, its awesome to see the potential of human beings (If it wasnt for Evil Knievel we wouldnt have x-treme motorcross

). Secondly, most of the nutters who do this sort of thing seem to survive their exploits so I think they must be doing something right.

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Justin

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:17 pm

Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:31 am
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Location: Montagu
Real Name: Justin Lawson

Stuart rides a big wave at Sunset Reef off Kommetjie, Cape Town. Photo: Brenton Geach, Cape Argus

That thing is HUGE !!
Check out iol.co.za to see the rest of the images

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bergie

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:05 pm

Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:15 am
Posts: 36
Location: Cape Town

Nutters...? Relative theory. The guy next to me in my office thinks I'm a nut for rock climbing. I think Stuart (guy on the wave) is a nut. Stuart probably thinks base-jumpers are nuts......and we all think the guy next to me in the office is a nut! :lol:

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AdK

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:34 pm

Joined: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:18 am
Posts: 19

Mmm... Mike has nuts, big ones! (Like the nuts theory, right on target)

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Justin

Post subject: Re: Dungeons Delivers best Paddle Session in over half a Decade

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:08 pm

Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:31 am
Posts: 2493
Location: Montagu
Real Name: Justin Lawson

Good endurance training!!!

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