Happy birthday to Geoff Fish, The Oom's long time 2IC at his surfboard & Hobie Cat factories, pictured here centre right with Johnny Paarman & the crew from 'The Cattery' in Harrington str circa late 1970s/early 80s. Many happy returns Geoff! #hobiecat #surfhistory #followtheoom

#Atlantic #surfreport Tues March 9. Winter is on its way! Strong NW wind, prefrontal conditions, small swell & choppy conditions. Maybe a few waves at Witsands, otherwise one for the kiters at Long Beach. Big storm coming! #battendownthehatches #blustery #coldfront #capeofstorms

#Atlantic #surfreport light SE, 3-5 ft swell, low tide could be a few @ the beachies . This week 54 years ago the EP champs were held at J-bay. George Thomopolous won, Max Wetteland 2nd. Willy Sills won the jnrs, with Donald Paarman 2nd. Photo SA Surfer #sasurfhistory #oldschool

#Atlantic #surfreport Friday March 12. Small gutless swell, super low tide this morning. A few waves at the beachies, but nothing epic. Weekend looking bit better with light winds & a small west swell. Have a good one! #gosurf #followtheoom #sasurfhistory #wrongbeach #secretspot

#Atlantic #surfreport Wed March 17. Small waves, fun for the groms maybe or #gowork. Been some reports of localism & grown men assaulting kids in the surf in the #peninsula. How pathetic. Get a life. Stay stoked! #longbeach #kommetjie #gromsurf #peachofaday #sasurfhistory #theoom

#Atlantic #surfreport Tuesday March 23. Grom #schoolrun #surfcheck. Boys reckon it is mall swell but with a nice E bergish wind blowing. High tide around 10 am. Could be a few runners in some of the corners & secret spots up the coast. Have a great week. #gromlife #gosurf #theoom

#Atlantic #surfreport Thurs April 1. Swell is 400 feet, sharks have grown legs, the water has gone orange & Mickey Dora lives. No, its the first day of April, the swell is solid & wind SE with low tide at noon. #gosurf #sasurfhistory #corduroylines #theoom #doralives #kakapo #kom

#Atlantic #surfreport Tues April 13. Lucky 13 for some maybe. Swell 2-4 feet WSW with a light NE berg wind. Lo tide at 10 am means a few beachies in town & up the West Coast will likely be on this am. Have a good day! #gosurf #capetown #kommetjie #theoom #johnwhitmorebook #weskus

#Atlantic #surfreport Wed Apr 14. Medium SSW swell running w moderate E winds, coming up strong later. Some town spots could be on, same up the coast. Low at 11ish, warm day looks like a good one to get wet! #gosurf #notaspot # dailysurfreport #followtheoom #capetownrocks #weskus

#Atlantic #surfreport waves pretty flat for the weekend, so here is a pic taken at Dungeons a while back to the the big wave crew frothing for what is coming hopefully this winter. have a good one stokeys Images by photosbymilo #capetown #dungeons #takeoffordie #nosurf #bigwaves

53 years ago in April 1968 saw the 2nd Kalk Bay to Muizenberg paddle race. Most on Whitmores & organised by John; the race was won by Johnny Orton with Robin Solomon 2nd and Chris Bramwell 3rd #muizenberg #kalkbaai #paddlerace #followtheoom #sassurfhistory #oldschoolrules #stoked

#Atlantic #surfreport Mon April 19 black southeaster & seemingly flat, though there is a bit of swell pushing into a few corners in town. High tide this morning, low tide after lunch. Water likely freezing. Thoughts to our firemen battling the CT blaze. #nosurf #blacksoutheaster

#atlantic #surfreport #weekendfcast small pap swell been too many of these lately, Sat better then a solid swell on Sun arvo wind light S today light variable all weekend, low in the am high tide at lunch. seek & ye shall find #gosurf #chapmanspeak #theendlesssummer #followtheoom

#Atlantic #surfreport Tues May 25. Most of the deep south is deep in the mist, solid little SW swell running, mod N wind, should be a few at the kelpy reefs on the pushing tide. Check out this pic of a sky wave over Karbonkelberg yesterday by @photosbymilo have a good one #gosurf

A sentiment I am sure we can all agree on. #weskus #beskus #lekkading #atlantic #farmers #boere #lambertsbaai #protectthewestcoast #theoom #followtheoom #atlanticocean @protectthewestcoast Curtis Surfing Heritage

John 'The Oom' Whitmore (2nd left) on the set of Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer 2, Easter 1992, along with 'Wingnut' Weaver Pat O'Connell, Bruce and crew. Pic by Sharon Marshall. Curtis Burch @birthoftheendlesssummer Bruce Brown Films Dana Brown Films Pat O'Connell #theendlesssummer

Little known fact: John Whitmore was an SOS instructor in the late 1960s. ‘The Oom’s Summer Camp’ sounds like great fun. #sasurfhistory #capetownhistory #surfinglegends #surfcapetown #soscamps #summercamp #givingback #whitmoresurfboards #johnwhitmorebook #followtheoom

Blog Post: Before there were surfers - The story (behind the story) behind the discovery of surf at St Francis johnwhitmorebook.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/bef…

Only a few hours left until the Cape Town premiere of the Birth of The Endless Summer (and the discovery of St Francis) movie at Kirstenbosch tonight.

RIP Tim Paarman. A true old school Atlantic Seaboard character, SA surfing pioneer and scion of the Paarman family, our condolences to all who knew or loved Tim. Pictured from left Brian Higgo, Earl Krause and Tim Paarman, Glen Beach, circa 1954/5. Photo copyright Gordon Verhoef.