STEVE-O FROM JACKASS VISITS GARY'S SURF SCHOOL

Late last year I stopped off at Island Vibe in Jefferys Bay for the night, in the hopes to wake up to some perfect cooking right hand waves at Supertubes. That morning I woke up around 5.30am and made my way down to the beach where only 1 other guy was out, and the waves were firing! I was so stoked and surfed for about 2 hours before I had to leave and continue my journey down to Cape Town.

The next day, Phil Craig, the photographer and legend who was taking photos that morning sent me some of the pics along with a line saying: "Dude, you'll never believe it but the boys from JackAss are here and staying in the same suite you stayed in." WHAT! I couldn't believe it — the FOMO was real. I missed my chance at meeting the dudes from JackAss by a couple of hours.

Then… about 3 days later… I received a call from a friend who runs a surf camp in Indonesia asking me if I would like to show the boys from JackAss around Cape Town for a day or two. I mean, this world works in very mysterious ways.

I was meant to be working on the date I was due to pick them up from the airport, so with a little rearranging of the schedule I freed myself up — and without hesitation I said yes. Who would pass up this epic opportunity?

So I made my way to Cape Town International to pick them up. With them was Steve-O, his manager Scotty Randolph, Tommy Caudill, and photographer Paul Briskke — all absolute legends!

We darted back to the Hotel in Town where they dropped off their luggage and then we hit the coastal road. Now prior to them arriving I was chatting to Scotty asking him what they would like to see and do. No adventure activities — they wanted to see baboons.

So after driving over Chapman's Peak and stopping off in Noordhoek for some lunch, we made our way to Gary's Surf School in Muizenberg where they were going to go surfing. Steve was telling me that every new destination they visit, they like to "get a stamp in their passports" along with photos of each new place they surf. Unfortunately the waves were messy and the wind was up (welcome to Cape Town right), so we decided to jump in the car and carry on our journey to Kommetjie and from there around the mountain towards Cape Point.

On route to Cape Point we saw the baboon rangers. I stopped the car immediately and we all jumped out. After 10 minutes of looking, we found them — a whole troop of them! The boys' faces lit up. Baboons everywhere, from babies to adults, doing their thing. We spent about 30 minutes with them and they were getting some great photos and videos.

I find it amazing how the world works. One thing I can tell you is that they may be back — and if they do come back, Gary's Mobile Surf School will definitely get the boys into the water and get that stamp in the passport!

Written by Matthew Kleynhans, April 2019