It is all about ""BALANCE"" that is what Trinity University discussed this weekend. Apparently they chatted all the way down Friday afternoon in the 10 passenger van. Jessica and Ally and Kyle and Paul are in surf camp for the second time, well Jessica for the third time. Casey first time, Veronica, Andria, Emily,Jake also first time. Weather looks stable, tides stable, water clear and warm, a spawn of minnows though make the water look murky as they pass by in the billions, little 1 inch minnows, you look into the water and don't realize that the water is clear because the mass is so dense, lots of Spanish mackerel around to gulp them down, and the sea birds are swarming inside and outside the lineup. We put up some paper shinny Halloween skeletons in the tent, and every one finds a bunk or cot, except Kyle, he is trip leader and Tide Guide only has 8 cots so he dutifully agrees to spend the nights on the sand, well with a ground cloth and i brought him a camp mattress, none the less the cots are pretty nice. Waves today where OK. i am still very spoiled from two weeks ago when they were exceptional, but i made two sessions in between setting up camp today.
We stayed in the beach chairs Friday evening until maybe ten p.m. when i put my lights out, but i learned next morning that as usual trinity students do not go to bed early, and they or most of them hiked down to the jetty and then walked all the way out to the end of the jetty, this is not even easy during daylight, and then hiked back to camp before getting to bed.
Ally is up early and asking to get things rolling, she is goaly for the water polo team, and she did well surfing last year and so i had to tactfully say to her that we had to wait until everyone is up and had a safety session before we go out, as the waves are up and look real good. Paul is sleeping in so someone rings the cowbell and i yell "surf camp in five minutes".
Real deluxe morning to hang in surf camp and eat honey dew Mellon, papaya, cantaloupe, oranges, and strawberry stew and cowboy coffee. get boards down, students are going to share a board with a buddy this morning for safety, so boards are waxed and coffee is drunk and surf talk is shared. Waves are not going down they a re going up, current running toward pier, we do a safety session and a stretching session, Ally is beside herself, and finally gets to put a board in the water, she and Jessica are sharing "Mabel", and i might as well get this over with, Ally broke the nose off "Mabel". Here is what happened, i had modified Mabel earlier in the week. I chopped the front end in two places to give her some more banana, Mabel is 10' 6" and as Ally was dropping in that big front end i had modified could not take the drop and one section broke, and Ally was shocked, I was down the beach when is happened and i wondered why she and Jessica had got out, soon they began walking my way, and i got the story, Ally was so amazed that this happened, she didn't know what to expect when she told me, well i was a little perturbed, but not at her, i wanted that board in the water as it was perfect for Jessica especially, I asked Ally do you have both pieces?....So no harm done really, but I must admit i did not miss an opportunity the rest of the weekend to tease Ally about breaking one of my boards, haha....She is a good sport and she is taking the water polo team to Colorado later this month to a Collegiate meet, Veronica and Andria are also on the team. Veronica and Andria got a nice tan this weekend Ally already had one.
Paul is really glad to be at surf camp, and he shared with me that he has access to a wood shop and wants to build his own surfboard, so he is checking out mine, so that he will know more about what will work for him, he is surfing well....he is also a trip leader on this outing. Kyle and Casey are animals, I don't have to help them hardly at all, Casey was quarterback all through high school, and Kyle a running back, both of them walked across the sand "On their hands", before we went out for first session, and i mean walk, not just balance for a few seconds, then later in the after noon Casey had to do a back flip on the sand, I could hardly believe my eyes, Andria says, Casey you look like Tarzan. JOhnny Weismuller was the best Tarzan, OOOOOHHHHHOOOOOHHHHHHAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAA. Jake gets up already, and after lunch most every one else is up for at least a few feet, except Emily she made it up on sunday. Waves are really happening, so i ask Kyle and Paul to keep a good look out on everyone, I go out later in the day with Paul way outside past the pier for the bombs, and they are good, peaks 8 foot, I caught one all the way to the beach about 300 yards.
Nice afternoon Veronica, Emily, Andrea take naps, Ally Cant stay out of the water, she is an athlete, hard on equipment though, but that goes with the territory.
Evening and Shiskabobs and boiled new potatoes and corn on the cob, plenty to go around every one builds their own kabob. Emily carves our Halloween pumpkin while waiting for dinner, she does a surfer on the skin, not cut out eyes an teeth, you put a light inside and the surfer appears on the outside, very life like. Kyle goes into town before dinner, Paul has to have SOMORES roasted over the camp fire, I need more surf wax. Camp fire and everyone stays up a long time again except for me, i'm dead and in bed about ten, weather stable, tide, not a problem, lights out.
We all seem to gather around the kitchen table and talk and talk this morninign. This is what surf camp is really all about, people and words, laughing, teasing, Casey and Kyle have a plastic straw and plug them with papaya a shoot them at the girls, and then up at a swarm of seagulls. Waves pretty good sized this morn, I ask Kyle and Paul to keep the session down to 3o minutes. Today we do a Tradition of Trinity. Cut a large enough hole in the bottom of the pumpkin and select a "Pumpkin Head", Casey it turns out, to put the melon on and go out and catch a wave, Veronica gets a good photo. So this surf camp turns out great, they cant wait until next year......
We stayed in the beach chairs Friday evening until maybe ten p.m. when i put my lights out, but i learned next morning that as usual trinity students do not go to bed early, and they or most of them hiked down to the jetty and then walked all the way out to the end of the jetty, this is not even easy during daylight, and then hiked back to camp before getting to bed.
Ally is up early and asking to get things rolling, she is goaly for the water polo team, and she did well surfing last year and so i had to tactfully say to her that we had to wait until everyone is up and had a safety session before we go out, as the waves are up and look real good. Paul is sleeping in so someone rings the cowbell and i yell "surf camp in five minutes".
Real deluxe morning to hang in surf camp and eat honey dew Mellon, papaya, cantaloupe, oranges, and strawberry stew and cowboy coffee. get boards down, students are going to share a board with a buddy this morning for safety, so boards are waxed and coffee is drunk and surf talk is shared. Waves are not going down they a re going up, current running toward pier, we do a safety session and a stretching session, Ally is beside herself, and finally gets to put a board in the water, she and Jessica are sharing "Mabel", and i might as well get this over with, Ally broke the nose off "Mabel". Here is what happened, i had modified Mabel earlier in the week. I chopped the front end in two places to give her some more banana, Mabel is 10' 6" and as Ally was dropping in that big front end i had modified could not take the drop and one section broke, and Ally was shocked, I was down the beach when is happened and i wondered why she and Jessica had got out, soon they began walking my way, and i got the story, Ally was so amazed that this happened, she didn't know what to expect when she told me, well i was a little perturbed, but not at her, i wanted that board in the water as it was perfect for Jessica especially, I asked Ally do you have both pieces?....So no harm done really, but I must admit i did not miss an opportunity the rest of the weekend to tease Ally about breaking one of my boards, haha....She is a good sport and she is taking the water polo team to Colorado later this month to a Collegiate meet, Veronica and Andria are also on the team. Veronica and Andria got a nice tan this weekend Ally already had one.
Paul is really glad to be at surf camp, and he shared with me that he has access to a wood shop and wants to build his own surfboard, so he is checking out mine, so that he will know more about what will work for him, he is surfing well....he is also a trip leader on this outing. Kyle and Casey are animals, I don't have to help them hardly at all, Casey was quarterback all through high school, and Kyle a running back, both of them walked across the sand "On their hands", before we went out for first session, and i mean walk, not just balance for a few seconds, then later in the after noon Casey had to do a back flip on the sand, I could hardly believe my eyes, Andria says, Casey you look like Tarzan. JOhnny Weismuller was the best Tarzan, OOOOOHHHHHOOOOOHHHHHHAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAA. Jake gets up already, and after lunch most every one else is up for at least a few feet, except Emily she made it up on sunday. Waves are really happening, so i ask Kyle and Paul to keep a good look out on everyone, I go out later in the day with Paul way outside past the pier for the bombs, and they are good, peaks 8 foot, I caught one all the way to the beach about 300 yards.
Nice afternoon Veronica, Emily, Andrea take naps, Ally Cant stay out of the water, she is an athlete, hard on equipment though, but that goes with the territory.
Evening and Shiskabobs and boiled new potatoes and corn on the cob, plenty to go around every one builds their own kabob. Emily carves our Halloween pumpkin while waiting for dinner, she does a surfer on the skin, not cut out eyes an teeth, you put a light inside and the surfer appears on the outside, very life like. Kyle goes into town before dinner, Paul has to have SOMORES roasted over the camp fire, I need more surf wax. Camp fire and everyone stays up a long time again except for me, i'm dead and in bed about ten, weather stable, tide, not a problem, lights out.
We all seem to gather around the kitchen table and talk and talk this morninign. This is what surf camp is really all about, people and words, laughing, teasing, Casey and Kyle have a plastic straw and plug them with papaya a shoot them at the girls, and then up at a swarm of seagulls. Waves pretty good sized this morn, I ask Kyle and Paul to keep the session down to 3o minutes. Today we do a Tradition of Trinity. Cut a large enough hole in the bottom of the pumpkin and select a "Pumpkin Head", Casey it turns out, to put the melon on and go out and catch a wave, Veronica gets a good photo. So this surf camp turns out great, they cant wait until next year......
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