Saturday(Surf's up dood)
Saturday
Today I was having my first ever surf lesson, and was really looking forward to it, as body boarding had been so much fun. Donna, the teacher, said the important things to do were;
1 Protect your head from the board when you fell off, with one arm across you face, and one behind your head.
2. Keep space around you, as your board can be 14ft away, with the length of the board plus the safety rope
3. Keep your feet together.
4. Stay with your board if things go wrong and you’re swept out.
5. When standing up, it like a push up, but with you arms lover down, and then bending your knees and pushing upwards with your legs under your body.
It was a real buzz catching my first wave, even though I wasn’t standing up as standing wasn’t as easily as I thought it would be. It was great fun, and swallowed quite a lot of salt water, which was mainly due to having to think a lot, and wanting lots of oxygen, so had my mouth open too much, I found the best thing was when you’re about to be hit by a wave was to blow out though your nose, quite obvious, but with so many other things to concentrate on, I’m not so sure. It was exhausting having waves crashing over you and not knowing if you want to go for the wave, or wait until the next one, or even can you get over it before it crashes. The other thing you have to make sure of is when going though a wave, to have the board next to your body, so its buoyancy doesn’t kick in, and cause it to smack you in the face. The first time I stood up was a definite wow moment. And after trying surfing I have a huge appreciation of the skill that good surfers have, and also can’t wait to try it again.
In the evening at the brai ended up talking to South Africans from Cape Town, Stuart, Lex, Rob and Pete and ended up going with them to Robin’s house, Rob’s Uni Friend, which was a great eve with comedy dancing from Rob to a new Bloodhound gang song( I wish I’d taken a video clip!)
Today I was having my first ever surf lesson, and was really looking forward to it, as body boarding had been so much fun. Donna, the teacher, said the important things to do were;
1 Protect your head from the board when you fell off, with one arm across you face, and one behind your head.
2. Keep space around you, as your board can be 14ft away, with the length of the board plus the safety rope
3. Keep your feet together.
4. Stay with your board if things go wrong and you’re swept out.
5. When standing up, it like a push up, but with you arms lover down, and then bending your knees and pushing upwards with your legs under your body.
It was a real buzz catching my first wave, even though I wasn’t standing up as standing wasn’t as easily as I thought it would be. It was great fun, and swallowed quite a lot of salt water, which was mainly due to having to think a lot, and wanting lots of oxygen, so had my mouth open too much, I found the best thing was when you’re about to be hit by a wave was to blow out though your nose, quite obvious, but with so many other things to concentrate on, I’m not so sure. It was exhausting having waves crashing over you and not knowing if you want to go for the wave, or wait until the next one, or even can you get over it before it crashes. The other thing you have to make sure of is when going though a wave, to have the board next to your body, so its buoyancy doesn’t kick in, and cause it to smack you in the face. The first time I stood up was a definite wow moment. And after trying surfing I have a huge appreciation of the skill that good surfers have, and also can’t wait to try it again.
In the evening at the brai ended up talking to South Africans from Cape Town, Stuart, Lex, Rob and Pete and ended up going with them to Robin’s house, Rob’s Uni Friend, which was a great eve with comedy dancing from Rob to a new Bloodhound gang song( I wish I’d taken a video clip!)
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