try surfing

i want to be a beach babe. B-)

Do it NOW! And don’t use the cold water excuse. I live in oregon and due to the improvments in wet suits, you can’t even tell the water is cold. I am, by traditional standards, an amazing surfer simply because I have a damn amazing time out there regardless of how many, or how little waves I catch.

I sucked…but I dont think I have ever laughed so hard at myself…totally doing it again!

I was born and raised in Southern California. I even lived in San Diego for a while, and yet I have never even tried surfing. This summer I want to at least try it!

Tried surfing for an hour and was able to stand up for a long time around 3x!!! I will definitely do this again =)

I have just tried body boarding in Cornwall and absolutley loved it. It was the best free fun ever, why did no one tell me. I would love to have a go at surfing now. I know I will have to get myself up on the board and that is a bit of a worry. Anyway I have a year to get lots of upper body strenght (I think I have good balance) before I go back down to Cornwall and take my first lessons. Might need to save up for a few lessons!

I finally tried surfing & it was so much fun! I got prepped by learning to catch waves on a boogyboard & then i was pretty much ready to surf, its easier than I thought it would be, though I couldn’t stand up, the whole thing is just a lot different then I’d imagined, but in a good way! It is the hugest rush when you’re riding a wave I couldn’t stop smiling it is one of the best feelings I’ve ever experienced. I hope to surf a lot more.

I’m going to visit my brother this weekend, he has been learning to surf for a few weeks now. I’m not sure how good of a teacher he’ll be, seeing that he can barely to it, but my goal is just to say i’ve surfed, if i can stand up for a few seconds I’ll be happy.

Here’s a picture of the munchkin and I by the water. I look a bit “squinty” because even though it was cloudy outside it was also very bright. (If you’re wondering why the kiddo is trying to climb me, I think the water was a bit too cold for her liking.)

I didn’t get tangled up in seaweed or lose any fingers or toes to any hungry creatures of the deep. lol.

We ended up going to Tourmo. I never did get all the way up on my feet, the closest I got was onto my knees. Balance wasn’t so much of a problem—it was my arms of mush that really presented the difficulty. I just didn’t have the upper body strength to “pop” up onto the board. This makes me want to make Goal 33 that much more of a priority. ; )

_{Well that, and all the people with disgustingly fit bodies. lol.}

who’s an avid surfer, has promised to take me surfing sometime during my visit here in San Diego. I’m looking forward to it, but I’m a little nervous too. I just hope I won’t drown myself, or get seaweed up my nose, or be used as a chew toy by a hungry shark…