Surfing

[marty]

so my 15 year old son has a choice of school camps. 'turangi extreme' 'rotorua bootcamp' and a host of others. "you've done all that" i say to him, "how about this 'surf camp' at Raglan? you could learn to surf properly" i say. BORING he says. "surfies suck" he says. wounded i am, being a surfer of little talent :) "too bad - you're going" i say. (no drinking and driving in THIS household....)

i get a text from him after day 1 of surf school.

'I wnt a surfb0ard'

kids.............

[Drum]

Although I have pretty much retired from surfing now, I spent a good part of my life surfing and met many great people doing so. It must be one of the healthiest sports you can get into - your fitness just skyrockets - and its also good for SERENITY.

Cheap too.

[Paul in NZ]

You sent him to surf school without a surfboard ?? You meanie......

Paul N

Nah - seriously - big ups - good choice...

[Trudes]

He'll definitely thank you when the surfer babes start hanging about in their bikinis.

[Clivoris]

Ex-surfer here. Was one of the reasons I stopped riding for a while. Can't surf with one leg. It will be great having a grommit in the house. Well done there. I've been thinking about getting a mini-mal and trying to get my kids into it. I don't think I can really be arsed though.

[MOTOXXX]

surfing is awsome, its awsome fun and you get very fit doing it.

Nothing like getting on the clean wave and hearing nothing but the board skimming on the water.

[apteryx_haasti]

Haven't tried it, but watch with fascination whenever they show it on the news or a sports show. Those dudes have some skill. Awsome sport.

[marty]

i've got an awesome big wave 9'6" - he wasn't allowed to take it as they supply all the boards for learning on, and he wasn't taking my mal to raglan on the rocks. i used to surf there 5 times a week, but i've turned into a latte drinking mt maunganui surfer/snob.

which reminds me of a story. my family and 2 other families go the mount base camp every year for a week after new year. the dads both ride big mals - one has an 11 foot handcrafted work of art. anyway. me and poo are out the back one morning - about a 3 foot swell working - not too stressful, a nice wave for doing handstands and hanging 10 on. hadn't seen mike since he rode a wave right in, then from out of the blue comes mike with 3 large takeaway lattes from sidetrack cafe! complete with caramel slices! very nice, sitting 100m off shore, drinking lattes, eating cake, talking shit......looking like ponsonby wankers :)

[The_Dover]

i get a text from him after day 1 of surf school.

'I wnt a surfb0ard'


"and some roach clips man......."

[Mom]

Haven't tried it, but watch with fascination whenever they show it on the news or a sports show. Those dudes have some skill. Awsome sport.

I tried it once.......was all great till I lost it completely and managed to collect the board with my head..........mind you not all bad..........I was "resuced" by a very tasty young thang..........helped the embarrassment no end! :blip:
Stick to the trusty boogie board now

[gijoe1313]

I need to get back into surfing! I've been looking at bi-boards so I can strap them on my back and have the best of both worlds! Biking and surfing yeehaa! :woohoo: And on ya for getting him into surfing school - I bet when he caught his first wave, he had a grin from ear to ear!

[Trudes]

Grew up in Gisborne, went to school with one of NZ's best surfers, and almost everyone I knew surfed or at least pretended to, spent many a day down at the beach watching the boyfriend surf etc, but I tried and had no balance and kept just about drowning myself, much prefer the body board, don't need any balance for that, and I just really don't like sand.:done:

[marty]

that's cause you're doing it wrong. either stay out of the sand dunes, or do it standing up!

[Trudes]

Hehe, too true, sand rash is worse than carpet burn foreshore.

[marty]

great double entrendre!

i hope you're talking about surfing......

[Clivoris]

I need to get back into surfing! I've been looking at bi-boards

Bi-boards? You've got me bi-curious now.<_<

[Big Chim]

Thats awsome hes getting into it, Rags is an awsome wave

[gijoe1313]

Hee hee ... biboards ...

http://www.boatstogo.com/surfboards.asp
http://www.surfacemotion.com/surf/twopiece/twopc.html
http://www.bisect.com/