Surf Camp 2.0

Back at Seven Mile Beach!

Back to Surf Camp! This month has been packed with activities, from my trip with BU to the Australian capital, Canberra, to canyoning in the Blue Mountains, and Surf Camp down the South Coast. After a long week at work (I'm now working 3 days a week at BU and 2 days a week at an osteo clinic), I was ready to get out of Sydney and head south! The Surf Camp bus picked up Friday night--between our 20 BU students and another 40 other people, we had a very international group. We had a lot of Scandinavians, a few Mexicans, some from the Netherlands and France, and one Australian. Saturday the weather was gorgeous, bright blue skies and a strong sun. With all the time we spent in the water, we all got a lot of sun. I tried desperately to re-apply every chance I got, but that much sun is too much to handle. By Saturday night, my cheeks and nose were bright pink and puffy. Saturday we had a morning lesson, going through the basics, and a Saturday arvo lesson with our instructor, Jordie, from South Africa. The girls in my group did great, by the afternoon they were all catching waves and looking like pros!
The arvo session the waves were quite flat, only a few baby waves every 10 min, so Jordie suggested we play the "ladder game" and hook all our surfboard together, and saw who could walk to the end and back without falling! The results were hillllllarious, especially when a wave would hit and send us flying!

Check out the footage about 1.5 minutes into this video!

After surfing all day Saturday, we packed it in and walked up the world's biggest hill to the Fisherman's Club, also known as The World's Greatest Pub. Well, the view, not the company. Barbecue on Saturday and early bed for me since I was truly exhausted after spending all day in the sun and on a surfboard!

Perfect day for surfing

Sunday morning early rise again at 6am, and in our wetties by 8am. This time the weather wasn't nearly as gorgeous but at least it wasn't raining! Surf in the morning, and our lesson in the afternoon about waves, rips and the best places to surf around Sydney.