surf

okay i still haven’t done this but i do live 50 miles to the nearest water so maybe i can be forgiven? (which is brighton and not the best for surfing!)

This goal is funny because I’ve lived in Hawaii for three years now and never tried it. I’ve been boogie boarding…

it seems cool.

This one has to happen. First of all, I have a phobia of sharks. I am also fascinated by them. Since I was a child, I have had recurring nightmares about sharks. I remember waking up once and being hesitant to get in the shower, that’s how scary my dream had been. (And how irrational the fear is—I know how silly that sounds.)

Fear is a huge part of my life. I think that getting over that is partly learning to be less afraid, and partly learning to not give in to the fear that you can’t get past. Because fear is such a huge part of my life, I have to make a point of doing things that scare me. This one scares me, badly.

Going to Florida the last week in May! Looking to drop a little money on a one-day class with a rented foam board. My heart will be pounding. Did you know that the majority of shark attacks happen in three feet of water? That means that going in up past my knees scares me. The water is filled with sand and you can’t see anything but suspicious bubbles churned up by waves that I watch obsessively.

I am excited though! Excited and scared.

One of my friends from class said she’d love to teach me to surf this summer despite the fact that she hasn’t gone in five years. At least she could tell me what I’m SUPPOSED to be doing. :) I’m one step in the right direction! Now if summer would just get here.

Yup! This is one of my oldest goals. As time went by I started loosing interest in it, but mostly due to one simple fact. When I was young(er) I spent a lot of time on the beaches, playing with the sea and I almost felt part of it. But today, many years later, I haven’t got the habit of going to the beach and swimming and, I have to be true, I have become a little affraid of the water when it comes with those big waves that are so useful to surf :-)
But as long as I have another goal which says that I will “overcome my fears”, this is no impediment. :-)

I already surf the mountains when we go snowboarding, so now I have to surf the seas :-)
But first, I have to accomplish the “Make more sport” goal, or my body won’t allow me to enjoy it fully!

I live in Massachusets and recently went to Hawaii and learned how to surf.I fell in love with it but I dont have much skill or a board. I loved the adrenaline and the shoulder exercise…and the beach! Summer is coming and i have a new truck and some cash saved up for a board and wet suit.I hope its worth the effortin New england.

I have been playing with this for a while now, and finally decided to give it a try. can say jus do it cause im so scared. I can swim, i can swim great actually, its jus im scared of fish and eels and stuff and seeweed! i hate seeweed. it makes me want to scream. well i am going to be moving near Ventura and Santa Barbara, California.
Well I’ll keep it in my goals, jus want to be free and happy and it seems like surfers are always happy.

if I want to do this in the next 10 years. I am thinking with the economy and my job situation as it is its unrealistic to see myself meet this goal during the summer, but if I shoot to body surf in Lake Michigan it will be a great accomplishment!