Today, I had part one of my birthday present from Jodie - a one on one surf lesson at Clifton Beach with coach Pat! As you can see, the use of a wetsuit was included with the lesson. It fit like a glove and was nice and warm. Essential, since the water was about 14 degrees.
Coach Pat gave me a thorough grounding in 'Surf Theory' before heading into the water, and explained that lots of experience is the key to 'reading' a beach.
This one isn't exactly a monster wave, but it was a great first step in getting on the board, and a exhausting work out to boot.
I was ecstatic to get up on the board, for however brief a time.
Wiping out was also awesome fun.
We had a perfect day for it, and finished off with a wonderful lunch at Barilla Bay before returning home to greet guests [who are from Queensland and enjoying port beside an open fire]. All in a day's work!
2 comments:
How uncanny that you and I should both have our inaugural surfing lesson within two weeks of each other. i challenge you to a surf-off challenge, the next time i'm in australia. the winner shall be the person with the best wipe-out.
Dude...
I think you might be better off going for the best surfing action... my wipe outs are the most finely honed aspect of my surfing so far!
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