New sport again! Windsurfing with Chris. Our windsurfing basic course started 10am this morning at Water Venture East Coast Park, we had theory and stimulation practise going to the sea. The theory was not really easy for layman like me, especially pertaining to upwind and downwind. Stimulation was kind of add on for the theory.
All these i think doesn't really help me much when i get in the sea for the real play. The trainer was right by saying: it is very good for a beginner if he/she can stand on the surfboard for 30secs! Goodness knows how many times Chris and i fell into the sea. The moment we stand on the board and pull up the rig, we fell into the sea. Up and down, up and down. The whole morning we kept trying but never succeeded to surf at all. I was thinking this sport is damn hard, like even harder than rollerblade! But our luck changed after we had lunch.
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Yes we managed to balance ourselves on the board and started surfing! Super shiokkkkk! Ride with the wind! Haha. Slow and steady we surfed until the middle of the sea, like 1km offshore at least. The kind of distance you wouldn't want to even try swimming back to shore. You know what, we only know how to surf forward, we tried turning around to surf back to shore but failed. So we were stuck in the middle of the sea. Pretty scary time to think of sharks. The more we surf, the further we went into the sea. Finally a girl in powerboat came to rescue us to shore haha!
Windsurfing is fun and challenging, will definitely return to conquer the sea again. This time with a sunblock haha.
How to get here: Waterventure is located near East Coast Park Carpark F3.
Tel: 64440409
Course fee: $60 (member rate)
Course duration: 1 day |
