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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: 8:30 AMTime: 50 minsSurf: 4 timesConditions: Hip to chest high, high tide, smooth, closing out. Offshore wind which swung to onshore after 20 mins
Made the drive down to The Shire (Cronulla) from Manly for another meetup and it was really, really good. This may not seem like a big deal, but Sydneyites don't tend to cross the bridge in either direction: there's a reason why the Northern Beaches is called 'The Insular Peninsula'!
Checked out Wanda Beach and wow, it was so bloody crowded on all the good breaks! Given that the majority of the group were beginners, we decided to go a little up the beach to where a break was closing out and there was lots of whitewater.
Took the video camera out, but in the blazing sun it quickly fogged up. Caught a couple of nice rides and then decided to chill. Left the board on the beach and swam about taking photos of the group. Yes, I've decided to dial back my single minded ambition to catch as many waves as I can.
Nice perspective swimming around and not having to worry about the next big wave and what I was going to do with the board. Got chatting to a nice local bloke about his McTavish Carver. It all seemed so social and relaxed.
Afterward, the meetup group went to the Hazelhurst Gallery for some breakfast and then some kulcha (culture) at the Wax On surf exhibition. Highly recommend the restaurant and the exhibition which runs until the 31 January 2010.
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