Getting the basics on land.

Yoga?

Our fearless leader, Ambrose.

Gotta be honest, I like my arms in this picture.

Apparently I was the only one who thought to use the moment to pose as a super hero.

You may notice that the first try out was less than successful, but I was determined.

No worries, I was fine.

I’m not a natural but it was so much fun. 

After a wipe out, taking a moment to consider my options.

A great shot of our little class moving further down the beach.  In the distance is cave rock with the Sumner mast on top.

This is my friend Sheena, also from the UofS College of Law, who accompanied me on our foolhardy mission to learn to surf.  They guarantee you will stand your first lesson.   

It’s at this point that the wave picks you up and you are to LEAP to your feet.  It is such a neat feeling.  My leaping, I might add, is not what it used to be.

Aaron (the owner) telling me where it all went wrong and me having an “a-ha” moment.

It was really just too much fun. 

Our special ed surfing class for those of us having issues with standing.   

Practicing our moves. 

Clearly the special ed surfing class had little impact on my performance.

But WAIT!  SUCCESS!

What goes up must come down.

SUCCESS!

Doesn’t matter that my standing time would have to be measured in nano-seconds. I stood and that was what was important.

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Hi All,
Some updated pics from NZ.  The boys are in surfing lessons every Sunday for 5 weeks and so far it’s been a great success.  All are well and we’re having a great time.  

Love to you all.
Sarah

This is Sumner, the village where we are living.  It’s about a 20 min drive to downtown Christchurch and is a great spot to live.
Our house is a block in from the water to the right of the picture.  The hills in the distance are the Kaikoura Ranges.

The Lyttleton farmers market.  The boys got dairy and nut free banana chocolate dip ice cream cones.   

They were delicious… obviously.  The “ice cream” was actually frozen banana.  Brilliant. 

The boys first surf lesson.  Getting the basics before putting them to the test in the water.

Practicing some of those basic moves!

The board was a little big for Will but it worked out well for him.

Jackson was standing his first try out.  We were cheering like crazy from the beach.  In total we took about 500 pictures during their two hour lesson.

Will getting some one on one direction.

Will and Jackson.

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A great shot of Jackson.  He’s a natural.

Will was able to master standing by the end of the first lesson.

Will would fall in a flurry of legs and arms, get up smiling and head back out into the surf.

Surfer Will.

Surfer Jackson.

Look at the focus and determination.  It was fabulous.