Late yesterday afternoon a mate dropped in and asked me to grab my board and come for a surf. When i was young i was always at the beach but rarely go now i'm older even though its only a few minutes away. I've only been once in the last fifteen years and that was for about five minutes, so off i went. The surf was crap and i wanted to leave as soon as i seen it. It's one of the reasons i gave up i got sick of searching for a decent wave. Of course i got talked into giving it a go and when i got in the water it was freezing! After a few minutes i was right and paddled out the back it's amazing how quickly everything returns just like riding a bike. Although i only lasted about ten minutes i was stuffed just from paddling out pass the breakers. I had a crack at a couple of waves and fell off both times of course but i resolved to go again and at least get one good wave in before i quit.