So last night I borrowed a board and a "dry" suit and rolled out the the beach in Yakutat... I caught 1 and a half waves and didn't even attempt to stand up... Maybe next time... Took a few pictures
The locals
The Beach
The beginner Break
on the water
I'm hoping this surfing thing comes together this summer...
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Thread: My first surf TR
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05-17-2011, 02:37 PM #1
In van, down by the river
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My first surf TR
Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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05-18-2011, 04:20 PM #2
Skibum2
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Keep going! It will change you're life....
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05-25-2011, 11:27 PM #3
Questionable Tactics
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haha you're doing it.
If you've started and you like it, you'll keep at it and keep at it until you get better. It gets more fun when you get better. Congratulations for getting it together to be this far, clearly the hardest part is getting past the shock of how hard it is initially.
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05-25-2011, 11:55 PM #4Hugh Conway Guest
rock on akpm
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05-26-2011, 12:40 PM #5
Minion
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nice nice nice lots of surf up north!
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05-26-2011, 06:11 PM #6
Type 7 stool
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Good. Living.
Life is not lift served.
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05-26-2011, 06:22 PM #7
caught inside
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Very nice!
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05-27-2011, 02:27 PM #8
Because I'm a caveman....
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Congrats - looks so cold.
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05-27-2011, 04:50 PM #9
Can I just retire now?
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Would love to hit that area for a surf/fish trip. Keep at it, gets faaaaaaar more fun
Be careful about buying snowboard goggles for skiing. Snowboard goggles come in right eye and left eye (for goofy-footers) dominant models. This can make it hard to see correctly when skiing because you are facing straight down the hill, not sideways.
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05-27-2011, 11:23 PM #10
In van, down by the river
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yeah unfortunately I only have one more weekend in town
but hopefully this august I'll hang out and surf for a while
Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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05-28-2011, 08:23 AM #11
too far from the mountain
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Very cool. Only takes one good wave to get hooked.
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05-31-2011, 01:52 PM #12
California dreamin'
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That place looks so cool and remote. Unique experience that not many other surfers will ever have, keep it up.
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06-02-2011, 09:03 PM #13
Dr. Whom from Whoville
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That's a pretty wet looking dry-suit !! But I should talk, I used a heavy-duty Viking rubber commercial diving dry-suit for surfing the Homer break....that thing was bulky as hell, but I was warm. A friend of mine used a neoprene survival suit (the orange 'Gumby' suit) to surf outside of Dutch Harbor and he actually was able to get up in the damn thing...but he was an ace cali surfer.
Looks like in the last picture you were actually getting close to a good pop-up...if the wave was a little longer, you probably would have that time.
Practice, practice, practice....!!!!
Once you stand-up on your first wave, it's a rush you won't forget!!!"The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity - it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it; a jealous, possesive love that grabs at what it can." by Yann Martel from Life of Pi
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