It didn’t take long until I was going crazy with the lack of swell. The excruciating urge to hop onboard of an Airasia 737 and leave to Indo ASAP was killing me. All my friends, with very few exceptions were in Bali. That was bad timing in a way because I was getting close to get my PPL and Julia, at an intense honeymoon stage of relationship, wasn’t quite fond of the idea. On the upside, she would join me to wherever I wanted to go from late September.
So the objectives were set, I had until the 29th of September to get my PPL and then we were off to Nias. To increase the pressure, we bought our tickets pretty much as soon as the decision was made. I always wanted to go to Nias, but it was essential to have the right company. She ticks all the boxes, but I was kinda worried she wasn’t gonna enjoy it as much as me.
Having that ticket in my hands was a pain soother, but I was still starving for action, so I surrendered and bought myself a SUP, yup, that’s right, I bought SUP! Best move ever. Teeny tiny days were now as fun as they were when I was a 12yo! To make it even more entertaining, my SUP is a 7'2. Staying on that thing for more than 3 seconds was a challenge in itself, I had many shockers until my first waves were even ridden. Nothing motivates me more than finding something almost impossible to do.. That's prob why I can spend hours playing video games when they're hard enough. As a consequence Julia started surfing a lot more as well.. Shit was on track again.
The real reason why I bought a SUP
Sushi night at mine for Rodrigo's bday
