If you find duck diving difficult, simply attach some heavy weights – dumbbells, bricks, cement blocks, crippling financial debt, whatever – to the underside of your board. The extra weight will make it far easier to submerge under those big waves. C Bass, Ham-on-Sea
Instead of wasting money on sunblock, as well as valuable time applying it before a surf, simply purchase a full gimp suit, mask and all to wear while surfing. Of course, you may need to apply that weird zinc stuff to your lips, but you can’t have it all now, can you. Humble Kweef, PHD, Shack in the Sand Dunes
Can someone please advise me? I’ve spent like R 53 000.00 on surf equipment and I live in Pretoria and don’t know how to surf. Pedro Muck, Pretoria
Off topic, but I really enjoying drinking seawater. IP Salt, Port Stank
Here’s a pro tip – pierced nipples and shorebreaks – not a good mix. BELIEVE me. TT Bleeding, J Bay
