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They Don't All Hate Us
I'd like to say a big hello to all the visitors from my wife's blog, They All Hate Us.
No, this blog has nothing much to do with fashion, but if you like the sun, sea and surf, you've come to the right place. Enjoy!
Why this?
Learning to surf as an adult, for most people, is hard. It takes lots of practice and you tend to plateau all the time...and doubt creeps in.
Back when I started to learn to surf in late 2003, I was already keeping a regular diary, so extending it to surf wasn't a big deal.
I can surf now, but while I was in the 'thick of it', learning to surf, going out in crazy conditions, being sworn at, I didn't really think I'd make it.
This is my rather voluminous, in-need-of-editing, account. I've pretty much moved on now to running a surf group which is populated with lots of beginners going through exactly what I did. Life goes on. Take what you will. Don't bloody well give up!
The Sydney Surf Group - 173 members and counting!
Here's a plug...it's pretty obvious that I love to surf, so to share the stoke with like minded people, I started The Sydney Surf Group. If you're in Sydney, join us for a whole heap of fun.
Check it out at www.sydneysurfgroup.com and also become a Facebook fan.
Recently, I commissioned 'surf artists', Katherine Hall, to design a logo for the group. I'm stoked with what she came up with!
If you'd like to order a tee shirt, click here.
Time: 2 hrs
Surf: 2 times
Check out the photo of my new (second hand) board. It's an 8' 6" McTavish Carver and according to Tash's surf buddies, is perfect for a beginner. Thanks Santa!
Took it out with Luke (very experienced surfer) this afternoon at Palm Beach. Shit, didn't I feel uncoordinated, old and unfit.
He was good natured and didn’t seem to mind my fluffing about. He laughed hard when I kept falling off the board.
I caught a few good waves at the end of the day – one that Luke was horrified that I caught because it was so big and mean. I don’t yet know enough to pick the good, the bad and the ugly.
The surf today was good fun. I love the board and after two hours I felt like I was getting the hang of it. I just need to work on my fitness and practice, practice, practice!
