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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: 1 hr 30 mins Surf: 5 timesOn a happier note, I went surfing tonight. I left work bang on 5 PM and got to the surf by 6:45.It wasn't huge, but as usual there waves quite a few rough waves to get dumped on.I got up the first time, and then four more times, I also got dumped two times which always leaves me feeling nervous.I'm getting the hang of popping up on the board and I reckon I'm really close to turning the board.Apart from getting up five times, there was the magnificent hail as I lay on the board out the back.The sky was completely gray and the water was a deep shade of green as the hail left big splashes in the flattened water. I loved being able to relax and take it all in.Because of the dumps - the second got a comment from a fellow surfer as to its severity - I've now got a bit of a headache and when I tilt my head back water runs down the throat.
