surfing blog

                8/5/2011

                Today we went surfing at Sandy Bay New Zealand. It was supposed to be the best surf spot around where we were staying in Whangerai. To do that we got up eat breakfast and got out of the house at 11:00 am and took a really long drive to the town of TutuKaKa where we found a surf shop that rented boards. But we had to go to the shop owner’s house to pick them up. We got two 8 foot epoxy boards because we don’t surf for the whole time so we just figured that we would share them. After we got the boards, we drove to the beach.

            Once we got to the beach I found out that the waves were really big so my sisters and I just got on our wet suits and bodysurfed, while we watched our parents get pounded by the waves. Once while I was watching my little sister who was closer to shore, a big wave snuck up on me and when I turned around it broke right on top of me. But I wasn’t the only one who got pounded.  My mom barely got past the break line to catch any waves. After we had an enough time in the water we got out and built a really big sand castle while watching our parents surf. Once everyone got hungry, we got out of our wet suits and ate lunch (sandwiches) while returning the boards. It was really fun to get back in the water again.

            After we returned the boards to the board rental shop, we drove to the other surf beach that was 1 hour away from the Hotel. We were pretty glad that we didn’t surf at that spot!! The waves looked like the waves at Pipe Line in Hawaii. They were humongous; they were so big that spray was flying of the top of them. Plus the wind was blowing really hard.
 I hated the wind because it blows the sand into your legs so hard that it burns while we took a really long walk on the sandy beach.  I had a really good day, except for the fact that I forgot a change of clothes so I had to where my wet and uncomfortable swim suit for the whole day.

Zander