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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: 15 mins
Surf: 0 times
Big swell!
I had walked to Manly Pool via the beach and at around 3 PM the surf looked fine. When I got home at around 4:30 PM, Tash was there, having just returned from the beach, and I decided to go back for a surf.
Tash and I didn’t get down there until around 6 PM and conditions had deteriorated. Warnings went up over the loudspeakers and Tash was worried about the beach being closed. I was impatient and just wanted to get in the water.
Went out, but only lasted 15 minutes after nearly getting dumped by a gnarly wave and seeing a flotilla of Blue Bottles sail past. At least I’d taken the board out and had a go!
Headed out with Tash to Manly for a dinner. Didn't she give me a roasting :)
