I urge everyone to step into a new realm this summer and be a newb again!!!!!. show up to a skate spot witha fresh nikes on and barely push around,try to ride down the mountain on the sickest of demo bikes, sign up to a yoga class with tags on your spandex, i dont know what you gotta do, but try something new and gape it up.
Here is my story:
I got a sick deal (craiglist) on a quiet flight surfboard in florida after surfing on two ocassions ever. stopped at the oakley outlet for fresh matching board shorts and rash guard, showed up at the surf spot on day one and tried to surf these mediocre waves that this girl was shredding the shit out of... i stood up and rode a wave out a handful of times as everyone lapped me doing whips and actually surfing. than a hurricane pushed real surf in a couple days later which pushed out real surfers. the one day there was 5-10 foot surf and my dumbass was out there trying to get some :) I actually was able to dive into waves and stand up in time to surf them but I couldnt even paddle out past the third break where people were surfing the most epic waves i had seen in real life....one dude came up to me laughing and told me to stop before i get mangled, it takes years to be strong enough and smart enough to paddle out in those conditions......my last day, and after a three day rest, the waves were perfecet newb waves and i was able to paddle in and rip enough for it to be fun, it was quite humbling to be out of my environment, but i think ill stick to frozen water.
