Sunday, December 21, 2008

Brave young men...mostly

There was quite a buzz along the south shore of Kauai one day: the waves were far bigger than normal for the beach. The number of surfers grew as word spread. Current was so strong that we watched a young man--13 years old or so--try and try to get far enough out to catch a wave. He wasn't strong enough to paddle his board through the waves. It was fun to watch the surfers try and catch the right wave.

Another interesting thing--my sister and I noticed at the same time that one of the surfers was female. From the distance, in their surf gear, we couldn't anyone's looks, but we could tell by the way she moved. Isn't that interesting. She was pretty good too. If you enlarge the picture, you can see the surfer who caught the tunnel.

Another day, when the wind was blowing, the kite surfers were out enjoying themselves. They had no trouble getting to and from the beach and some of them had great control. There were a couple who were coming out of the water a long way. It looked fun but lots of arm and shoulder work. Their boards had straps like snowboards--something we learn about in Utah.

We only saw the one female surfer, but there were plenty of females on the beaches enjoying the shows.

6 comments:

Kay said...

Wow! My son is such a surfing nut that he would have gone crazy if he was standing next to you. He just loves to surf.

Great Grandma Lin said...

we saw surfing in hawaii too. that's something I'm not interested in trying but as a child loved to body surf close to shore in so. california.

Teacher Mama said...

Your trip looks so lovely. I was thinking of you whilst here suffering through the miserable freezing cold. I love the pics.

Anonymous said...

Those are some waves..I have never seen anyone surf in real life..but that beach and a a book. Now that is living..

dellgirl said...

I like this post, the pics are great. You gave us a really good view and description here. Thanks for sharing.

wispy willow said...

Yup! Some of the surfers are brave indeed... some of them are completely wacky! But, all of them are fun to watch.

I think the guys enjoy the surf and the beach bunnie gals enjoy the surfers.