Superbowl Sunday Surfin'. Plus: Some Great News

I haven't surfed since last weekend, and well, being with no set schedule you tend to wake up whenever you feel like it. So waking up early did not happen this morning. I got up around 9:30 and I got a call from Allison if I was down to surf. Great news, especially since I was already not motivated from my late wake up. We decide to meet near 15th, because of the free parking at the Library. I took a little longer getting down there, so I found her and her boyfriend and friend on the beach already. The waves were super closed out. Pretty unrideable/suicidal. So what do we do? We caught the white water. I had my long board, and man it was fun! I was catching wave after wave, and it was a great opportunity to work on my pop-up. The current was pretty strong, but not too bad since we were so close to shore. I was able to catch some waves that reformed and there was a nice shoulder to work off of.

A short but sweet session, Allison had to head back pretty early, she was hosting a baby shower and had to bake! eek! I later had a super bowl party to attend to. The party was fun, good food, fun people, and one guy that was a die hard Giants fan. He was fun (to make fun of) and crazy intense. We played this grid game which coincided with the points of the game. It's awesome because you're rooting for both sides of the game, hoping the final score will be your box. Here's a pic to explain it better.

Our initials are in the boxes, the numbers were later randomized after all our names were in. So it was 50 cents a box, and the final score was Giants 21 to Patriots 17...so the person with Giants number 1 and Patriots number 7 was.....me! I love super bowl sunday :)

Lastly, after the game Silverton got a text from our friend Joanne. Our results were up for our board exam! I was sooo nervous entering my info on the site, but low and behold, I passed! and so did Silverton! Such a great feeling. All this work...finally paid off. Now I'm officially a PT. Now to get a job!

Venice pier 1/28/12

I've been studying for the PT board exams all month, and I decided I needed to go surfing the Saturday before the exam just for sanity's sake. I decided to stay local but a surf competition was going on at 26th. Matt and Francis were going to be down at HB, but the rest of the gang was going to be at Venice, a place we rarely go to. I knew it was going to be closed out because I was just there the day before studying at the Cow's End, but I wanted to hang with the gang, so I decided to make it out. I expected good sized waves so I took Pinky with me. Christina finally got to take out her new 6 foot Zippy fish, which has a beautiful blue swirly pattern on it. I parked in the residential area and I spotted Christina doing perfect yoga poses on the beach. We chit chat and scan the water for the guys. We're unsure where they are but we start paddling to a group that we think are them but it turns out who we thought were Khang and Dais were actually 2 girls with long black hair :P. However, we soon spotted the gang closer to the pier. As we got there, the guys were all exchanging each other's boards, trying them all out. Good day to do that because the lulls were long enough and the waves were a lot smaller than I had anticipated.

I had a frustrating session with Pinky, as I have been each time taking her out. It's just such a small board, maybe it's too small for me. When I tried paddling for any wave, it felt like I was going nowhere. I dunno, I think I'm just not used to it still. Christina had a great time on her new fish. She was catching a lot of waves that I lot of us were surprised she'd catch. Dais was also catching a bunch when he was on the Zippi board. However, my Zippi inspired 5'6" just wasn't cutting it today I guess.  Ah well. It was a beautiful sunny morning, and I'm so happy I went out before my big exam date to clear the nerves.

A nice little right, the day before.