A Rare Breed of Women: Surfing Grandmothers by Bernie Shelly | Part 2

From somewhere on Earth, Jeanne:  Free spirited artist, adventurer: “Surfing is a calling in this odyssey of life.”:

Initially a bodyboarder, Jeanne, now 61, began surfing at 37, in Muizenberg. A friend suggested they take their sons to surf lessons and instead of the car park and coffee they decided to learn too. “Best decision ever,” she says.

“I think stoke stays in your blood – once you taste it, you want that feeling again – maybe an addiction, maybe a calling? It never leaves you...