abit of bali

My holiday started off in Jakarta where we spent 5 days doing touristy things. We visited loads of malls, drank way too much Starbucks and went to a rad theme park. It was about 35 degrees when we went to the theme park yet all the asians were wearing jeans and hoodies while we were dying of the heat. The heat didnt seem to bother them AT ALL.

Next we flew to Bali where it was just as hot as in Jakarta. I spent 4 weeks in Bali and when it was time to come home, i was not ready yet. We had an epic time in Bali spending most of our time at the beach or at the poolside and ofcourse shopping! I visited the Roxy store and got some sick new clothing. Jason, Christopher and I attemped to surf a couple of times which always turned out to be lots of fun :) I had my birthday while over there and I got the best cake hands down. We spent 4 days at a different part of the island called Singaraja. We went snorkeling and ate quite abit of their local food while we were there which was surprisingly good.

We flew to Lombok island and spent a couple of days there too. Lombok is definitely the most beautiful place I have ever been to. On Christophers birthday, we went out on a boat for the day, visited 3 different islands and went snorkling. I even got to snorkel with turtles which the coolest experience!

theme park

shopping

scootering around

surf attemps

snorkeling with turtles

waterbom park

Roxy store in bali

ice breaker

This past weekend I took part in the Ice Breaker competition that was held at our local cable park, Blue Rock. The event was a huge success and definitely the best Ice Breaker yet. This year they decided to change the format of the comp slightly and instead of only doing the tricks you know you can land, they put in a wild card trick. This is a trick that you have never landed before. The rest of your run stayed the same, where you could hit all the obstacles. The main idea of the comp was to push the sport as well as your own riding. It was great to see everyone pushing and learning new tricks. I was stoked to have landed my wild card trick which was a railey.

I managed to win the Ladies division, with Candice Bacon coming 2nd and Mardi Geldenhuys 3rd. The competition was tight in our division and it was good to see the ladies pushing the level of riding. I was proud of my brother, Jason, for winning the Pro Men division too! 

It was good to see so many people supporting the event.  Big ups to Blue Rock for all the hard work and organising and for making the event such a success.

Melissa Colborne- 1st
Candice Bacon- 2nd
Mardi Geldenhuys- 3rd

Jason Colborne- 1st
Gregor Reichmuth- 2nd
Dylan Mitchell- 3rd

Natural Vibrance

Thank you Natural Vibrance for the product and for keeping healthy this winter :) Check out their site: http://www.naturalvibrance.co.za/ and go give their facebook page a like.

sunny winter days

Been loving the last few days of sunshine. Was a perfect day at cable with fun riding and my roxy wetsuit keeping me extra warm :)

cape town shredding

Us cape town riders did some filming during the holidays and put this edit together. The video features me aswell as my brother and some of the other Cape Town riders. We challenged the Joburg riders to make an edit too. Video that gets the most votes wins bragging rights. Click here and VOTE for cape town! AWAKENING

1 lucky voter also stands a chance to win the 2013 Liquid Force FLX wakeboard.

THE KOOKS

A few weekends ago, i went with some friends to go watch the kooks live. My friend, grace, was so kind as to give me a ticket to go watch with her :D This wasn't just an ordinary concert. Tickets were not for sale, you had to enter a competition and hope to win tickets. The venue was a secret location. We all got told to meet in Cape Town where everyone parked their cars and then there were buses waiting to take us to the venue.

The venue was super sick, it was in an old warehouse. The concert was amazing and i am definitely a huuuge kooks fan after watching them live. They did not disappoint.

On our way

Kook shirts

Gracie, Amee and I

Kook fans :D

SWG magazine

I recently did an interview with Salt Water Girl magazine. Check it out :)

Photo's by Bianca Asher

Getting ready for winter :)

Biiiig thanks to Roxy for all my new winter gear! My new wetsuit is on its way, super excited :) Definitely keeping extra warm this winter. Go check out the Boardriders store in Canal Walk, they have a sick new winter clothing range.

Boardriders store

New Clothes :D

Dirty Habits

I recently did an interview with Dirty Habits Boardriders. Check it out :)

http://dirtyhabits.org/profile-monday-melissa-colborne/

Fun day at the cable

Today we had perfect weather at the cable. Sun was shining and the water was glass. Dylan Mitchell came through to take some photo's and film, seen as though he is injured and can't ride. Here are some of the shots he got of us:

Melissa Colborne

Jason Colborne

Craig Eygenberger

Christopher Colborne

Jacques Labuschangne

SA Boat Pro Wakeboard Tour- Stop 3 / SA Champs

SA Champs was held at Milnerton Aquatic Club on the 23-24 March 2013. We were greeted with the dreaded Cape doctor (the typical south easter wind). The lake looked like an ocean with a 1-2 foot offshore beach break. Us wakeboarders definitely had an advantage over the wakeskaters. Luckily our boards are strapped to our feet.

Friday afternoon wasn't much fun at all as it was super cold. The competition started on time at 8.30am on Saturday morning with the novice division getting the more favourable/ less windy conditions. As the day progressed the wind picked up. The boat also seemed to take strain under the less than favourable conditions, and gave us problems twice. As a result, the comp ended early and a couple of the divisions were pushed over to Sunday.

keeping warm on the boat

On sunday we had even more unfavourable conditions and by lunch time the wind was pumping. The boat unfortunately broke again... which resulted in the comp running 2 hours late.

Even under the conditions, i was fortunate to stick a clean run and managed to take the title of SA champ 2013. so happy :)

1st- Melissa Colborne
2nd- Candice Bacon
3rd- Courtney Scholtz

Even though the conditions were bad, it was still a fun comp! Thanks to all the riders and organizers, good way to end the boating season :)

Blue Rock with Bianca Asher

A few months ago, Bianca came to Blue Rock and spent hours lying in the water, taking pictures of us. Here are some of the shots she got of us:

Melissa Colborne

Dylan Mitchell

Candice Bacon

Craig Eygenberger

Melissa Colborne

Sean Bacon

CASA Tour Stop 2

CASA pro tour stop 2 took place at Warmbaths Resort in JHB. Every year there is a cable stop in Warmbaths and it is always most fun because when you are not on the water, you are in the warm pools and on the slides. The other cool thing is that everyone stays together in the same resort so you are all together.

This is the one comp that my mom always attends with us. My brothers, my mom and I flew up together on Thursday night and stayed over in Pretoria for the first night.

My mom, my brothers and me at the airport

Friday morning we were up early, ate breakfast and then we were off the Warmbaths. It was about a 2 hour drive that took longer than expected due to traffic. When we arrived in Warmbaths, we headed straight to the cable to have a ride. We spent Friday night in the warm pools.

Saturday was qualifiers as usual. Once everyone was done riding, it was straight to the slides and pools. Saturday night was an early night for me. I was pretty tired from all the riding.

Sunday morning, we started fairly early with the finals. I had a good run, landed everything i had  planned, so I was happy :)

Melissa Colborne- final run 

I was stoked to win the Open Ladies division. Candice Bacon came second and Bryanna Motepe 3rd. So nice to see all 3 Liquid Force Ladies on top :)

1st- Melissa Colborne
2nd- Candice Bacon
3rd- Bryanna Motepe

Jason once again took the pro men division! yaaaay

Jason Colborne- 1st

SA Boat Pro Wakeboard Tour- Stop 2

The second boat pro tour stop took place from the 1-3 March at North End Lake in Port Elizabeth. Myself, my brother and my mom did a little road trip to the comp. My brother and I took a few days off school. On Thursday, the 28th of Febuary, we drove up to Knysna and stayed over there for the night. We stayed in a Lodge on the lagoon. Friday morning we were up bright and early and thanks to Tom Kellerman, we were able to go have a wakeboard sesh in the Wilderness.

Christopher and I before our ride

We then went back to lodge to pack our stuff and drove to North End Lake. It was freezing cold there and the wind was blowing but we still all did our practise run.

Saturday was qualifiers. Weather was not ideal for the wakeskaters but it was fine for the wakeboarders. I had a good run and I managed to qualify 1st.

Melissa Colborne- after qualifying run

Sunday morning I was up early, comp started at 8. I managed to stick a clean final run so i was happy with my riding. When they announced that I was the winner of the Open Ladies division, i was super stoked-woohoo :) Candice Bacon came second and Deidre van Niekerk came 3rd.

1st- Melissa Colborne
2nd- Candice Bacon
3rd- Deidre van Niekerk

Christopher Colborne( my younger brother) really stepped it up and claimed a 1st place in the Novice Division!

champ

After the comp, we drove to Plett and stayed in The Dunes Hotel for the night. We enjoyed pizza for dinner and the next morning we were on our way back home. We stopped at the Knysna Waterfront for a quick breakfast.  On our way home, we were all craving a Wimpy waffle so decided to prolong our trip and first stopped at the Mall to satisfy our craving- it was really worth the stop!

Lifestyle shoot with Bianca Asher

I recently did a lifestyle photoshoot with Bianca. I had fun with her and she got some cool shots. Here are a few of them:

Thank you Bianca! :)