10/03/2026
Alright okesโฆ todayโs story is a bit different.
Usually we chat nonsense about ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, but today thereโs something happening that I honestly think is ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐นโฆ and also a little bit crazy.
Because from ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต, four okes from Pretoria are about to do something that most of us wouldnโt even attempt ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Theyโre riding ๐ท๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.
Yes.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐ฎ,๐ณ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ธ๐บโฆ ๐ข๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐
The project is called ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, and these okes are about to spend ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ,๐ณ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ธ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.
Thatโs roughly ๐ญ๐ด๐ณ ๐ธ๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, sitting on a jet ski.
For ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
Now listenโฆ if youโve ever ridden a jet ski for more than two hours, you already know whatโs coming.
Your back hurts.
Your arms are dead.
Your bum feels like itโs been used as a punching bag.
And thatโs on a calm dam.
These guys are doing it ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป.
With swell.
Wind.
Currents.
And in some placesโฆ
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐.
Lekker.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ธ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐
The crew doing this are:
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ ๐ฆ๐บ๐๐๐ (๐ฏ๐ฌ)
โข ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ (๐ฐ๐ฎ)
โข ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป (๐ฏ๐ฎ)
โข ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ (๐ฑ๐ฏ)
And their weapon of choice?
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ-๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐ท๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐.
Which, to be fair, if you're going to ride almost ๐ฏ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, you probably want something reliable under you.
๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐
Now hereโs the part that actually makes this story pretty powerful.
This ride isnโt about breaking records.
Itโs not about fame.
And itโs definitely not about Instagram followers.
The message is simple:
โ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.โ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
One of the riders, Carlo Smuts, works closely with the agricultural industry and says something that honestly hit quite hard.
Farmers are getting hit from ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ right now.
Droughts.
Disease outbreaks.
Financial pressure.
Foot-and-mouth disease.
And behind all thatโฆ something people donโt talk about enough:
๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต.
He mentioned that he personally knows farmers who ended up in institutions after being hit by drought and then the foot-and-mouth crisis.
Think about that for a second.
Imagine your entire livelihood depends on something you cannot control.
Rain.
Disease.
Markets.
Politics.
One bad season can wipe out ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
And when you canโt pay your workersโฆ
When you canโt pay your kidsโ school feesโฆ
What do you do?
Thatโs the reality a lot of farmers are facing right now.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ
Hereโs the thing many people forget.
When farmers struggleโฆ
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ.
No farmers = no food.
Simple as that.
Your steak.
Your milk.
Your mielies.
Your braai this weekend.
All of that starts with a farmer.
So raising awareness about the pressure theyโre under isnโt just a farming problem.
Itโs a ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ
The boys will be riding the coastline for ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐, stopping in different coastal towns along the way.
And this part I really like.
At certain stops theyโll be meeting ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, listening to their stories and sharing them.
Because behind every farm is a person.
A family.
A story.
And sometimes a struggle nobody ever hears about.
๐๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑโฆ
This ride is going to be brutal.
Ocean conditions along the South African coast can change fast.
One minute it's glass.
Next minute youโre getting smacked by swell like someone dropped a washing machine in the ocean.
Theyโll deal with:
โข unpredictable weather
โข rough seas
โข fuel logistics
โข exhaustion
โข and yesโฆ the occasional shark cruising past.
So respect where respect is due.
This isnโt a Sunday cruise on the dam.
๐๐น๐๐ผโฆ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Serious moment asideโฆ
Where do I launch my jet ski to join these guys?
Because honestly this sounds like one hell of an adventure.
Just maybe not the eight hours a day for sixteen days part.
My back already hurts thinking about it.
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐
All jokes asideโฆ
Massive respect to these okes for doing something like this for a good cause.
Itโs easy to sit behind a keyboard and talk.
Itโs a whole different story to go ride almost ๐ฏ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ to raise awareness for something that actually matters.
๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐.
โข What do you think about this mission?
โข And if these guys pull into your local launch site during the tripโฆ would you go ride with them for a bit?
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