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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.
Start: 7:30 AMTime: 1 hrSurf: 5 timesConditions: Ankle to knee high, smooth, high tide. Offshore wind.
Why would you bother going for a surf when there wasn't any? Because, as a tourist from South Africa said to me this morning, this place is paradise! Looking at all of the people from the surf group out in the water; the bright blue sky above; and the cool, crystal clear water lapping at our feet, I could not have agreed more.
Paddled out on the longboard with not a care in the world. Caught some OK little waves, but soon gave the board over to other members to have a go while I surfed their shortboards. Different perspective for both of us. Laughed and joked a lot. Every time Freddy got up on my board, all I could hear was the 'Hawaii Five-O' theme song. He looked so cool!
Afterward, we did the usual breakfast meetup...this time up at a North Steyne cafe. I got there late and was bowled over by the long, long table we occupied. Did we really have 15 surfers out this morning...and no surf? Stoked!
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