Having grown up with a love for the ocean and surfing on KZN’s powerful North Coast beaches, this talented waterman’s surfing talks for itself. Currently living the laid back dream in Mozambique, writing music and wiring up the odd household, ‘Krusty’ is a familiar face at many of East Africa’s best sand bottom point breaks.
Meet this week’s Surf Ninja, Dustin ‘Krusty’ Volker…
NAME: Dustin ‘Krusty’ Volker
AGE: 31
LOCAL SPOT: A point break in Mozambique
BEST THING ABOUT SURFING? Just being able to switch off from reality and get to a place where I can express myself and absorb nature.
WORST THING ABOUT SURFING? Injuries and the lime exfoliation after eating the reef.
TO MAKE A LIVING I..? am an electrician, self employed to maximise life’s experiences and I’m a musician and do the odd surf lesson on the side.
THREE TRACKS THAT HELP YOU SHRED?
Ramble on – Led Zeppelin
Joker – Wolfmother
Dreadlock Holiday – 10cc
BEST SURFER IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW? Jamie O’ Brien
DAWNIE OR ARVO SESH? Surf all day.
WHICH SPOT DO YOU HAVE TO SURF BEFORE YOU DIE? Cloudbreak, Fiji.
WHEN YOU ARE NOT SURFING, YOU CAN BE FOUND WHERE? Chilling with my honey, Riz, and our pets, doing home improvements or quenching my thirst at the local barraca.
GREATEST FEAR? Injuring myself on the first day of a surf trip.
BEST SURFING MEMORY? Sneaking in amongst a heaving crowd at Speedies, G-Land, and picking off some of the best sets of the swell.
