Surfing Saturday

An amazing day in Cape Town on Saturday.. A complete blue bird and probably about 27 degrees. So we directed ourselves to Muizenberg, so Nicky could sunbathe and I could surf. Amazingly the waves were down when we got there which is actually very rare for Muizenberg but I went in anyway but with little success. What was frustrating was seeing people on huge Mal board catching waves so I bit the bullet and went to hire a learners’ board to see for myself how much difference a big floater board made.

Turns out I can actually surf, and it’s now a pride swallowing exercise to admit to myself that buying the 6’9” was a pride induced mistake. Classic...So I paddled out and the first thing I noticed was how far I got out so quickly, this fact down the buoyancy. I then paddled into the first wave, caught it, a quick snap to my feet and I was on and riding and continued riding all the way in. Safe to say that in using the short board I’ve got stronger and got my technique for getting to my feet reasonably sorted but I’m just let down by the board sinking when it’s not got enough speed behind it. Looks like I’m going to be renting a board for the next few sessions…