{"id":2945,"date":"2017-03-17T23:41:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T22:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/?p=2945"},"modified":"2017-03-17T23:54:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T22:54:37","slug":"surfing-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/surfing-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfing progress!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a founding member of our surf club<\/a>, I’ve decided to do what what was long overdue and took my second surfing lesson.
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\"Surfspot,<\/a>
Surfspot, Scheveningen’s harbour pier<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI went to a surfschool in Scheveningen at the North Sea, got in touch with an instructor, and after going over the water situation, currents, swell and technique, we went into the water for a good one and a half hours. There was a good swell, and next to the harbour’s pier, we were mostly out of the wind. After building up some skills, like catching waves and paddling into them, I managed to ride out a few waves, onto the beach. Not over a long distance, but at least I didn’t fall for a few seconds, a few times. Pretty good progress. Next try planned on sunday, weather allowing. It’s still the North Sea, and it’s still winter, so things can get nasty…<\/p>\n

The water temperature was 9\u00b0C, which seems cold. I wore my 7mm full-length suit, 3mm gloves and a 5mm hood. It didn’t feel cold even in my fingertops after getting out of the water, so even in March, the North Sea is already very manageable.<\/p>\n

Surfing was great fun, it’s an interesting break from diving in that it’s much more physically active. In diving, you tend to spend as little energy on anything as possible. That means that if you’re a good diver (and in the right conditions), you actually burn very little energy. That means you’re getting cold much quicker. Bodysurfing, on the other hand means that you’re constantly moving through the swell, swimming, paddling, getting up, falling, so you end up burning a lot of energy. The cold splash of water is really welcome then.<\/p>\n

As opposed to diving, there is no buddy system in surfing, so you can go surfing on your own (under the right conditions, of course). That makes it a bit more flexible than diving. It also trains different muscle groups, especially arms and shoulders, so it complements diving well.<\/p>\n

Waves are awesome. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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