New Surf Board

My wonderful, fantastical husband bought me a brand new shiny custom designed surf board for Christmas this year. I waited patiently for a month before it was finished, but it was worth it :) So here it is.....

I picked it up last weekend, unfortunately due to our crappy summer weather this year, was not able to try it out. I did however get to go out for the first time yesterday. We went to the Gold Coast for the day, to Mermaid Beach (what a suitable beach to go to with me new mermaid board), met up with Todd's friend Lindsey, they rented a couple boards and off we went.

Here's Lindsey and I getting our boards ready to go out into the water. Lindsey and Todd seemed to do pretty well at getting onto the waves, but I on the other hand struggled to even lay on top of my board in the beginning. It is smaller and tippier than the previous ones that I had used before. So my first time out yesterday was just to get used to the feel of my new board. The second time I went out, I was able to maneuver the board much better. I paddled all the way out to the gigantic waves far out in the ocean. When I finally got there and saw these huge 6-8 foot waves coming crashing down straight for me, I thought holy sh*@!! and quickly turned myself around and started paddling back the way I came. Of course the waves are much quicker than I am. Since I had already come out that far and there was no way I was going to out paddle the wave I decided to try to get onto it anyways. To my surprise the force of the wave pushed me straight up onto my board! I actually stayed on the wave until it washed away. I only had one foot up on the board and sitting on my knee, but it was awesome!!