Sun 2024-12-22 North Bondi 1ft waves
Great surfing lesson with Let's Go Surfing (https://letsgosurfing.com.au) this morning at 7am. Water was a little cold. 9ft soft top. After suiting up, we started with sitting in a big circle on a grassy hill, introducing ourselves and stretching. Pigeon and upward dog poses felt good. Once down at the beach (sand was so soft!) Nat and Emily (our 2 instructors) went over some basics in how waves form, how to avoid rip currents, blue bottle jellyfish and pop up practice. I felt the chicken wings- seal- hip up- and left/back foot first and right foot next technique was awkward and didn't quite get it and when we got out on the water. Nat gave me some really good pointers on how to get it better. It helps to push onto the board with the bottom of my toes to get a bit of a springboard action. I tried several times (there were 8 of us to 2 instructors and we stayed near the beach, practicing on white waves) but I didn't get it so I dragged my board back out to the be...
