From one camp to another but this one was so different to the others i was helping at. Got an Oz experience bus from Byron bay down to Surf camp X ?(dont no what the X stands for) where i would spend the next place in a weird surfers little world. Where i would be learning to surf by day and partying by night. i had already spotted a differemce between OZ and NZ there are actually people here and the roads are busy.
Well what can i say about surfing "I LOVE IT" from the first wave that knocked me flying i was hooked. Now after 4 lessons i'm aching and am so tired. You start off on these massive boards bout twice the size of the cool ones you normally see surfers on. By the 3rd lesson i moved onto an in between board with a hard bottom thats when the fun really started coz they were much faster and could turn more easily, also made falling off a lot more easy, but tehn it really felt like you were surfing when you got it right. i did find a big problem that the better you got the bigger the waves you wanted to try which was a problem coz i still wasnt really that good so it meant lots more wipeoute and pain, so worth it tho, have discovered again there is a very fine line between pain and fun.
The surf camp was a weird place, i have never been anywhere that people love to be naked so much, all the staff kept stripping most nights, there were some fun parties. so every day was the same surf early morning 7:30 am (never thought that coming away would mean so many early mornings, have had 1 lie past 7 in the last 2 weeks) then rest and sunbateh, surf again in the afternoon and then party down on the beach each night. On the last night one of the instructors had his 21st so it was a big fancy dress party which was lots of fun.Oh n i gotta tell you bout the most amazing sound system i've ever seen. Stevie a converted wheelie bin that we took down to the beach with us each night. The sound gear and speakers were inside and were linked to an ipod , he was linked to the mains in the day but then at night you unscrewed a panel cut into the bin and put in a car battery, stevie never failed and even when he got wet it didnt matter we just closed the lid. genious, Surf culture its a strange place but lots of fun, will certainly miss it.
Well what can i say about surfing "I LOVE IT" from the first wave that knocked me flying i was hooked. Now after 4 lessons i'm aching and am so tired. You start off on these massive boards bout twice the size of the cool ones you normally see surfers on. By the 3rd lesson i moved onto an in between board with a hard bottom thats when the fun really started coz they were much faster and could turn more easily, also made falling off a lot more easy, but tehn it really felt like you were surfing when you got it right. i did find a big problem that the better you got the bigger the waves you wanted to try which was a problem coz i still wasnt really that good so it meant lots more wipeoute and pain, so worth it tho, have discovered again there is a very fine line between pain and fun.
The surf camp was a weird place, i have never been anywhere that people love to be naked so much, all the staff kept stripping most nights, there were some fun parties. so every day was the same surf early morning 7:30 am (never thought that coming away would mean so many early mornings, have had 1 lie past 7 in the last 2 weeks) then rest and sunbateh, surf again in the afternoon and then party down on the beach each night. On the last night one of the instructors had his 21st so it was a big fancy dress party which was lots of fun.Oh n i gotta tell you bout the most amazing sound system i've ever seen. Stevie a converted wheelie bin that we took down to the beach with us each night. The sound gear and speakers were inside and were linked to an ipod , he was linked to the mains in the day but then at night you unscrewed a panel cut into the bin and put in a car battery, stevie never failed and even when he got wet it didnt matter we just closed the lid. genious, Surf culture its a strange place but lots of fun, will certainly miss it.
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