Surfing

**marty** · 11th December 2006, 15:55

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** · 11th December 2006, 16:01

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** · 11th December 2006, 18:09

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

Paul N

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

**Trudes** · 11th December 2006, 19:21

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

**Clivoris** · 11th December 2006, 20:08

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** · 11th December 2006, 20:21

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** · 11th December 2006, 20:30

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** · 11th December 2006, 21:26

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** · 11th December 2006, 21:33

Originally Posted by marty

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

'I wnt a surfb0ard'

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

**Mom** · 11th December 2006, 21:38

Originally Posted by 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.

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!

Stick to the trusty boogie board now

**gijoe1313** · 12th December 2006, 09:19

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!

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** · 12th December 2006, 09:29

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.