Skeleton Bay only breaks once in a blue moon. Once or twice a year. If that. So when the charts align and it looks like it might come to life - its the type of wave you gotta drop what you’re doing and strike.

Kiwi and Raglan CS leader, Caleb Cutmore, was  in South Africa at the time, chasing waves and catching some of the WSL CT action in J-Bay. It so happened that he was in the right place at the right time, he ended up joining the Christian Surfers SA crew for a trip of a lifetime to what the locals call "Donkey Bay." Can you believe it? They headed North from Cape Town in search of the best left-hand barrels the globe has to offer. No doubt, it was a surf trip for the books.

Here’s what went down.