Saturday, November 18, 2006

Surfs brightest whites

Matt: Hit the surf again today, boy I've never seen waves like it here in Dubai. They must have been 6 feet or more which made paddling out a real struggle. It was all a bit too much for my meager surfing experience.

I was paddling out towards the back of the big rollers, where a crew of boarders sat bobbing like fishing floats in the waves, a rideable wave starts to build momentum coming towards me, not being in a place to attempt it, I continue to paddle, preparing to duck into the break, a few of the bobbers turn and franticly start to paddle to catch this bad boy. One of the surfers was too close to me and came straight for me, realising he had no where to go he bailed.. his board however didn't. Now bare in mind I was lying on my board feet hanging over the back end, his board hit, the fins cutting deep into my tail, missing my ankle my millimeters. Could have smarted a bit....

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