A friend came along for a Surf...

Those of you that know me know that I really enjoy body boarding (We shall refer to it as surfing throughout this post), so recently when a friend of mine told me he wants to learn to surf (stand up) I offered to teach him the basics and get him started.

When you learn to surf however, you traditionally go to Muizenberg, or if you are afrikaans, Blouberg.... These spots provide you with safe oceans with little rips or back wash, have extremely small and slow waves, and you are surrounded by many like wise learning individuals. The problem with these places for people who surf quite often though is that it's, in lack of a better word, shit. This is the reason when this newbie to the sport friend of mine wanted to go for the first time, I took him with me and my mates to one of our local spots, Llundadno.

Cruising down mid afternoon on a beaut of a Cape Town day, I knew the surf was cranking, and a mate of mine who was just ahead of us had texted me that Llundadno in fact couldn't handle the swell. This meant one thing, a sneaky little trip down the little bush path around the corner to Sandy Bay. Sandies is known to handle bigger swell better than Llundadno, and is a fast, hollow, barrelling wave. Upon arrival Nic (The newbie) got into a spare suit, grabbed his board and off we went.... Coming over the dune before Sandies you could see the waves were rolling through, and I will be honest, I had a little chuckle at what Nic was unknowingly in for...

After about 5minutes of him trying to figure out how to put on the remaining part of the wetsuit, we were off. Luckily with Sandies the paddle to the back is super easy, and you can almost walk there between sets (Meaning it breaks extremely shallow). After catching up with a mate at the back I quickly looked for Nic, who at that time was 25metres further out to sea than anyone else and had to perform a mini emergency paddle to not join the tankers out in the deep blue... Floating around for 30 minutes watching people catch waves, Nic then decided it was his turn. On one of the biggest waves of the day, a 4 ft mini Sandies stinker, Nic goes paddling in.... Clyde has been quoted as saying he will never forget this sight in his life, and I for one am not sure how he is still alive.... Falling down the face of the wave, head first parallel to his bored, Nic performed one of the little Asian peoples Olympic diving manoeuvres, followed by a wave on top of his head!! A little concerned, we waited to see if he was alright, but sure enough, the trooper he is, Nic popped out the water with the biggest smile on his face with a "Can I have another one" grin on his face!

With an EPIC introduction to surfing, Nic is more keen than  ever to get this whole surfing thing aced! So the motto of the story: Don't be scared of the unknown....But take a big breath the first time ;)

Sexual Abstinence Wrap Up

I must apologise about the lack of posts about this as we got deeper into our 40 days, it kind of all went a little pear shaped. I thought however it would however be cool to give a final wrap up of what happened in the last few weeks, and also inform you if indeed some one did make it all the way...

As you know a few people cracked after just a week or two, which resulted in a horse being used as a ride in more ways than one.... Miranda..... This individual also took advantage of a fellow class member in brought daylight by end of week two. (Guys, keep a look out for her in the clubs, she is a fire cracker...)
Our puppy also encountered problems early on, claiming love, which soon resulted in the end of lent completely... I actually still need to find out whats plotting here... Myself and one of the other girls got within one (or two) weeks to go before a drunken Tiger evening took us out of it...together. Awkward....
That brings us to Russ, our Leprechaun. Russel does not remember hooking up with anyone throughout the entire lent period and thus would make him our  WINNER. The key part of that last sentence being 'does not remember' as I mentioned to you all the degree of Russ's party side beforehand...

Our group will be having a little fines evening when the puppy comes down from Joburg at which time everyone will tell their little dark secrets and be fined accordingly. All in all it was a pretty cool little vibe, which was due to a really cool group of people and some entertaining group chats. 40 Days is extreeeeemly long however and at the end of the day a bit painful... literally (Guys, do not attempt no self pleasure for longer than four weeks. Your prostate LITERALLY gets sore).

Awesome vibe, awesome experience. Next time hopefully a better feed of updates.
Till then, peace!