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...Paul-are you rubbing it in a tad or is this an invitation??? Matt...
Borrow some booties, and a wetsuit with legs...
YOU, won't need a leash...
Be here next Thurs...
RSVP...
Paul
“Natures way of weeding out the weak.” That’s classic. Mike
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as the Duke said …
“waves will always come , just be patient” (a good attitude I need to remind myself of occassionally .)
cheers
ben
Ben, I have a friend that always says, “Every flat day is one day closer to the next swell.”
I wonder if he ever saw Duke’s quote.
They are both right.
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I sob or just cry like a baby
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Swaylocks
Aloha Swaylurkers,
I meet a group of guys at a break near my house every morning at dawn rain or shine, waves or not, seven days per week. Generally more story and coffee consumed than waves ridden, but it’s a ritual. Now that the season’s south swell has been gone a while and the waves are flat more mornings than not for a while here on this side, most of the guys just sit around and gripe about no waves, brag about the old days, and bum about gas prices being too high to cruise over to the north shore.
A few mornings ago it was glassy flat and not a soul out in the water. I pulled my board out of the truck and started walking toward the water when the guys started laughing and joking, asking where I thought I was going. Without a word, I just paddled out into the pre-dawn water. I watched the sun rise over the mountain as the palm trees along the shore lit up, and the outriggers launched off the shore. The water was warm, the coral glistened beneath my board, the sky was clear, and I just took it all in feeling pretty blessed.
After a while I paddled back in to the waiting jeers and snide comments from my “buds” who asked how the big session was out there. I just smiled and thought how it was probably one of the best ever. Waves come and go, life goes on, just to be in the water is sometimes enough! Some of you know exactly what I mean.
You just have to enjoy the ride!
richard