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Location : Reading, England.
Last weekend, I went on a surf trip with the surf club of the University of Reading. We went to 2 spots - Whitesands and Newgale in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The water was warmer than I expected it to be. My hands were still numb from the cold but there was hardly any brain freeze or headaches whenever I duckdived under a wave. There were waves but it was nothing to shout about because the waves were mostly mushy, messy, choppy waves, blown out by strong howling onshore winds. But, the parties made up for it! Here are some pictures :-
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We were all(more than 30 of us) staying in a farm, courtesy of a very nice Welsh girl by the name of Denise(Pictured in Barbeque 5). Her parents have a lovely house on a large piece of land :-
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I couldn't find a spot in the house to hang my hammock which was pretty disappointing. If you look at the picture above, I was seriously contemplating hanging my hammock between the support beams of the ceiling!!! Yup, I was frustrated and getting desperate. =)
On other news, I went with my neighbours yesterday to a dry slope where people who are not fortunate enough to live near snowy mountains go to ski or snowboard. This is exciting news for me. The dry slope is only a 10 minute drive from where I live! So, it's another thing that I can do to fill any free time I may have, which is disappearing rapidly these days. I took some pictures :-
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I also managed to film 2 videos of some snowboarders on a run down the slope(download available for 5 days only) :-
Snowboarder 1(AVI file, 5.25MB) - Some dude jumping off a ramp.
Snowboarder 2(AVI file, 2.47MB) - This guy does a 360º backflip on a quarter pipe(a curved ramp)
Phew! That was a heckuva lot of pictures, all compressed and uploaded. Glad it's all up now. I can finally go home...
Oh one more thing....it's my birthday today.
Posted by Ripcord at November 8, 2005 11:01 PMHahaha....just wished ya on MSN!But whut the heck,no harm in wishing u again....."HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BIRTHDAY OLD MAN!!!!!!MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: madmatt at November 8, 2005 10:51 AMHappy Birthday dude! You kept that quiet!
Posted by: Bossman at November 8, 2005 11:01 AMhappy birthday...............hope you had a great time there!!! ;)
Posted by: lucy at November 8, 2005 01:40 PMhey dude,
tot u might wan 2 know dat james, ben & i surfed clean overhead waves in kuta reef, centre reef and halfways over the raya break..on some days there were only 2 of us (me & shi)..gets a bit spooky when you're in the middle of no where! water was so clear you could see how shallow the reefs are..! of course the upside is that you can also see the marine life whilst waiting for the sets to roll in.
meanwhile, happy birthday!
catch u later,
sam
Posted by: sam at November 8, 2005 02:10 PMHappy Birthday m8, like Matt said you kept that well quiet! Have a good one!
Posted by: Rich Bowen at November 8, 2005 05:13 PMHaappy Birthday Edwin ...have a smashing one!
Posted by: isk at November 8, 2005 05:29 PMHappy...
Posted by: Someone else at November 8, 2005 07:09 PMhope you had a good day fella.. u should have said I would have come up and put the board to some action... how come you are not on MSN anymore.. no internet at home?
Posted by: justin at November 8, 2005 07:10 PMHappy belated birthday dude...
Really nice farm house your friend have there.
tht is a bus? doesnt seems like one though...
seems more like a party trip more than surfing trip
hahhahaha
that farm house is gorgeous...
and HAPPY BIRDAY TO YOU.....
may all your wishes come true.....
so u got yourself a car as present?
Which tool is drinking Aussie Foster beer?
We don't touch it.
Hi babe, a bit late but hope your birthday was a good one *hugs*
Posted by: Cyn at November 9, 2005 09:55 AMa very happy belated birthday to u!
Posted by: suelynn at November 9, 2005 10:49 AMgrumps,
i don't see no nomad in the pix?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. hugs. may you have many more to come, and may all birthdays from now on be in close proximity with giant waves :)
love, jin
Posted by: erinnys at November 9, 2005 11:42 AMwah...good times..good times..So you actually packed surfing,snowboarding,partying,excursion,and farmstay all in one go. Amazing!
That Zouk thingy is ridiculous....don't the management even care about the bad press this can cause? I find the idea of this kind of bouncers as preposterous as the incident itself. I don't go there, but as a matter of principle I shan't ever. What nonsense.
Posted by: reka at November 10, 2005 12:18 AMjust read this...and tot of ur previous post about bunnies!
' If forest bunnies allow you to see them —
say thank-you and do not intrude'
http://bunnyhollow.org/bunnyfacts/bunnyfacts.html
HAHAHA!
Posted by: suelynn at November 10, 2005 06:59 AMOhh Happy Birthday!! it's kind of late now sorry :( Your lil trip sounded like fun - I wish I had more friends who were willing to do stuff like that ^_^
Posted by: Kelina at November 10, 2005 07:15 AMarghhhh fuck la Edwin...
I miss snowboarding sooooo much.....arghh....hahaha
anyway...sorry bout that...Happy Borthday to ya man! cheers! cheers! dont drink and surf! :P
at the risk of sounding like a drunk typing comments
its birthday, not borthday or barfday :P
Posted by: fake at November 10, 2005 12:39 PMOne day I will come ;)
Posted by: Kelina at November 11, 2005 09:37 AMLove your "woohoo" on the backflip vid...!
Watch your ankle on the ramps; memories of 4 hours in Tignes waiting for the bus back to Val!
justin : nope, not yet!
erinnys : i forgot to take pictures of myself on the trip.
someone else : don't think i'm going to try the ramp - memories of having to walk down the slopes in the french alps after a snowboarding accident still haunts me!
thanks to all for the birthday wishes!
Posted by: Ripcord at November 12, 2005 06:48 AM