Steve's SUP Adventures

Custom Board - About Time

Monday, 05 December 2011 22:58

Four years in now and I've pretty much lost count of the stand up boards that have crossed my path. When I was surfing prone longboards I would probably order a new custom every 3 or four years and each new board would usually 'retire' it's predecessor gracefully but totally.

The idea of buying a 'pop out' was alien. I always wanted a little bit of 'Me' in my boards and bizarrely I liked the notion of using a local shaper. Quaint eh!

Then along came the standup's and everything changed.

Trip Summary - Intense

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Monday, 28 November 2011 20:27

Been back nearly a week now and the trip is beginning to feel like some surreal experience that happened to someone else. Red summed it up succinctly on the way back on the plane.

'That was bloody intense'.

He was right. From arrival at Agadir airport and for the next seven days we were totally immersed in the hospitality that was Moroccan Surf Adventures. The routine, although clockwork :
Sleep - wake - eat - surf - eat - surf - eat - drink - sleep
was relentless BUT never intrusive or regimented. We instantly fell in with the easy going manner of the Surf camp and with the minimum of fuss got into the groove.

Moroccan Surf Adventures

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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 18:55
Saturday, November 19, 2011 Machine Guns Wow what a day - after a fairly heavy night it was decided to get up and on the road for seven am as we were going South to a spot with the slightly worrying name of 'Machine Guns'! Denny had been giving us the lowdown throughout dinner. 'Yeah it's totally sick, a slab that you get onto by holding your leash and jumping off the rock between sets.' He then looked at me and said 'Can you lie down and paddle your board?' "Why would I want to do that?'
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Steve's SUP Adventures

Custom Board - About Time

Trip Summary - Intense

Moroccan Surf Adventures

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Machine Guns

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