Sunday, August 30, 2009

Surfing Seal Beach

Today we took the kids to the beach.  Kenny wanted to work on his surfing techniques, and we are always game for the beach.  What free fun could be better?  Gina actually took Zack out to teach him the basics of surfing.
Teaching Zack and watching Kenny awakened the surfer girl in Gina Marie.  In her mind, she was ready to shred some waves.  (Is that a real surfing term?)  I watched her grab the board and work her way out there near Kenny.  The waves were rolling in, and I imagine she was so ready to catch one.  But after a short while, she came back to shore board in hand.  The last time she surfed, she did indeed get up on the board, but when she "fell" off it exacerbated an arthritic shoulder and ended in surgery that included the shaving off of bone spurs. She'll ride again!
Kenny caught some good waves and was excited that he was feeling more comfortable maneuvering his board.
Zack actually went out on his own while I stood near the shore to take pictures.  He caught a few "waves".  Really today he road the white wash, but for his first time, he did amazingly well. He didn't even need us to push him into the wave or to be out there to hold the board for him. I think before long, he and Kenny will become surfing buddies.  




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This part of the beach was solely for surfing so Sophia and Josh had a good time playing in the sand  together.  They were good sports.



1 comment:

Roxy said...

Good job Zach! We also did the beach thing yesterday and sat on a pool of water just like Sophia.