Surf's Up!

Okay. Surfing is officially wicked fun. Or trying to surf that is. We got to St. Clair's beach and it was a beautiful day. I never thought I'd see weather in Dunedin that could actually be considered beach weather! Our group was split up to make lessons more managable, so we had some time to lay on the beach. Then, we geared up in our wetsuits and got foam-top boards so we didn't kill ourselves with fiberglass. The water was crazy! From the coast the waves didn't look that big, but being in the ocean and trying to get out far enough was definitely a challenge. We all were thrown around numerous times. Standing up was wicked hard, and all of the girls in my lesson (myself, Erin, Andee, and Kelsey) were doing a pretty bad job, so during the middle our instructer took us to shore and made us practice more pop-ups and told us to do some push-ups for the next time we surfed!

Being in the water was just so fun. It was freezing though-thank goodness for wetsuits! I was so determined to stand up by the end of the lesson that I probably tried riding more waves and wiped out more times than anyone. But finally right at the end, all four of us got up! It was such an awesome feeling!

After surfing the girls decided to stay on the beach for a little and take advantage of the sunshine. Later, I played tennis with Hillary and Justin from my program. It only my second time playing since October, but it felt great. There was also a big ref chair on the court, so we rotating being the line judge which ended up being pretty funny.