Author: wakecarro

Sorry for the lousy updates lately but on the plane back from Morocco I got super sick. I felt as weak as one of the kittens who lived by out favorite food place by the beach and who everyone accidentally stepped on all the time. Anyways, back home after one of the best weeks in my life. People have been posting some pictures on facebook which makes me want to go back, even though some of the pictures (from our night out) are not quite okay…. haha. I now have 2 days in Stockholm before leaving the cold for 3 months and going to Aussie!! So stoked! Doing laundry and saying bye to everyone while also working on getting my travel insurance and visa. Lots and lots to do!

Me and my awesome surf coach Taha
This was how I felt on the plane.. ):
Cool Surf-kids at our favorite food spot
I will miss this girl a lot!
And the waves..
And the footprints on Laura’s but! (: 

 

We’ve been staying up playing games the last few nights and I laugh so hard everytime. Yesterday we played one game called “Hand to foot” which basically involved a lot of notes saying stuff like “hand to foot”, “head to knee” etc and you had to try to collect as many notes as you could at the same time.

We also played “the ninja game” which I wont even begin to explain but it was awesome! During this game I literally laid on the ground laughing.

Good crew!

 

So full after dinner. We went to the best restaurant yet with fresh juice and smoothies so one banana/orange juice and some grilled aubergine/avocado/feta cheese salad and my stomach is happy. Todays surf was a bit hard for me. From being almost no waves, today was crazy. At least if you’re not used to surfing and the salt water. I had a lot of problems just getting through the impact zone out to the waves and I discovered that I panic quite easy in water. This was weird since I basically live in water but when those big waves grabs you and drag you down it’s so scary every time for me. Instead of holding my breath and letting the currents slowly take me back to the surface I panic and lose all my air while kicking to get up. and as soon as I get up another wave hits me. I guess that is something I need to work on. I got three really great waves today and I’m really excited about them! I know it doesn’t sound much but it made my whole day.
Some pictures from Paradise Valley yesterday

my new room mates

we went exploring, jumping on rocks and swimming across stuff. FUNN!!My favorite picture of this trip. Robin rocks!

There were no waves yesterday so instead we went to a nature reserve to swim, tan and jump off cliffs. Today it looks way better but here are some pics.. 

More pics to come but now I wanna go surf!!!!

 

 

Leaving for Aussie next week for 3 months of wakeboarding! Can’t wait, or yes I can since I love it here! It’s weird to buy another flight ticket when I’m already out traveling but I love it! (: I leave on the 16th so that will give me time to wash my clothes and get my wakeboard! Awesome!

Surfed a lot today again, the waves were smaller today so the coaches taught we should have a work out sesh instead so we had a paddling contest. We had to run with our boards down to the water, paddle out and around one of the coaches and then catch a wave back in and run up so that the next one in our team could go. After doing it I was not sure if I had air or salt water in my lungs but we just went out and kept surfing. After another couple of hours we had lunch at this cozy restaurant by the sea. 

Now we’re about to go to sleep and my stomach hurts from laughing so hard with the rest of the guys as we played games after dinner. Hopefully we’ll do some surfing before breakfast tomorrow (:

Good night!

/C

Another morning and time to go surf! My body is soo sore today though, even though I’ve been stretching a lot. It was great when I woke up and my 3 room-mate friends were getting out of bed. We have bunk beds so the two girls on top had some trouble getting down and it wasn’t until I tried to move that I understood what the fuzz was about.. 😉

 Surfing a board twice my size and love it! (:

Today was great again! I don’t know if I’ve told you guys that before this trip I kind of didn’t know how to surf. The coaches here really help out a lot! Yesterday I surfed mostly the foamy parts of the waves, after they’ve already broken to learn how to get up but today I started surfing green waves (before they turn white). I have some use for my wakeboarding muscles since it’s a lot of work and sometimes you really feel like you’re pursuing a war with the ocean. Anyways, my coach Taha thought it was time for me to learn how to turn and lucky for me he decided to surf when I was out there so I got some special coaching one to one. It was hard though cause he kept telling me “Paddle out!” and “This wave, paddle paddle!!” until I had no strength left but I caught some great one’s and learned to turn my board. I love this place! (:

Some of my friends surfed in the evening today too but the waves had died town so I’m saving my strength for tomorrow. 

Hung out with a camel on the beach
He wanted to eat me… 

Today is a Moroccan holiday where they slaughter goats and dress up in their skin. With that outfit they run through the city and chase the kids and the surfer tourists. I had a lot of fun watching my friends run away from them. This one simply stood staring at me and I snapped a picture. Then he started throwing his goat-leg around in the air.  It was pretty crazy haha

About to go to sleep now after a great dinner and some beers on the balcony with great company. Since my brother soon will be a massage therapist and he has complained a lot on that I never stretch I took time for a loong whole body stretch today after the evening sesh. I think my body will thank me for that tomorrow, although I fear the worst and prob. wont even get out of bed without help. So worth it though!

Another type of surfing from this summer..

Good night!  ♥