Surfing Lessons-Erika Pesta

Today was a day full of fun in the sun for ten out
seventeen of us. We went on a surfing extravaganza. Let me
just say you never realize how hard surfing is, until you
try it. It is like a full bodywork out; know wonder all
surfers have nice bodies.
We started our day off like any other day, with a nice
nourishes breakfast. We met our surfing instructors at U of
H, which we found out they are just about the same age as
us, except had five years of surfing ahead of us. As we all
piled into the van, and strapped on our massive long boards
we were headed off to the ocean. I am not exactly sure of
what the beach was called that they brought us, but it was
definitely surfer central. Once we got there, we all made
surf sandwiches which were two people squished in between
two surf boards. We have to pretty much hike down to the
ocean through a jungle trail. Was not aware of the walking
warm up before the surfing lesson. When we finally got down
to the shore they gave us a quick little lesson on land,
then it was off into the ocean. Before this lesson I have
tried surfing twice, let me just say I forgot how hard it
was. Pretty much the whole hour you are out there you are
paddling and fighting the current, and trying to stay
balanced on your board. Since there were a lot of us, it was
hard for the two instructors to keep an eye on all of us.
Most of the time we stuck together, but the only problem
with this was when we were to close and a wave would come we
would all clobber together, and lucky me I got slashed in my
head and arm with a long board due these collisions. After
that I stayed far far away from everyone. Over all I think
everyone did a really good job, due to the fact that most of
us it was our first time. The worst part of our surfing trip
was the aftermath of it. Since the boards that we were using
were not the best of quality, we all pretty much got rashes
on our bodies from rubbing against the board so much.
One thing that I found interesting about surfing was
the appreciation that the surfers have for the ocean. At
first when the surf instructors were talking about the water
and how peaceful it can be I really did not understand what
they were saying. Once I went out there and was just
floating around and absorbing what was around me, it was
pretty amazing. I would defiantly say that today was a
success, and that I would try surfing again. Its definitely
a challenge, but that adrenaline rush you get once your up
on the wave, is amazing!