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Grandmas Gone Surfing: May 2006
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Aging Single. Female. Surfer. Monday, May 29, 2006. I've been told and told not to use your knees, but if you don't use your knees how do you push up with your legs? I guess you can use your feet if you're on a longboard (and we were told to use toes as well as arms at surf camp), but what if it's a shortboard? This is really all fine and very much fun for Grandma, but I see how it could become a problem somewhere down the road. Very far down. Posted by Grandma @ 5/29/2006 10:37:00 PM. Surf blogging will...
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Grandmas Gone Surfing: December 2005
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Aging Single. Female. Surfer. Tuesday, December 20, 2005. Need a 6/5/4 for my 46th. Today is my birthday. I’m 46. Looking back at my notes, I realize I haven’t had a ride on a wave since the end of September. OK, so there was a period of almost two months when I didn’t surf at all. But still, that ride was a long time ago. The fact is that a 5/3 is just not warm enough for winter in New York. Yet nobody makes 6/5/4s for women, I guess on the theory that women don’t surf in winter. What am I to do? Later ...
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Grandmas Gone Surfing: January 2006
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Aging Single. Female. Surfer. Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Happiness is a warm winter wetsuit. I got a 6/4 suit, and I didn't have to buy a man's! Readers of this blog, you and I both are behind the times. I posted that no one made a 6 mil suit for women, and none of you slackers corrected me, but I was wrong. It turns out that O'Neill now makes a 6/4 version of its Psycho suit for women! O'Neill fits me well and this one looks nice and is easy to get into, with a half zipper. Monday, January 23, 2006.
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My Surf Blog: Learning to be a Surfer in Los Angeles...: Sloth = Beachgirl
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My Surf Blog: Learning to be a Surfer in Los Angeles. A woman's trials and tribulations of learning to surf in Los Angeles. Saturday, June 18, 2005. It's been HOW LONG since my last post? Not to mention, HOW LONG since I've been in the ocean? Posted by OutdoorChick @ 7:10 AM. Whoever told you that it takes about two years to transition to a shortboard is pretty much right. It takes a while, but you figure you'll be probably be surfing the rest of your life, so in the grand scheme of things it's not r...
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Grandmas Gone Surfing: February 2006
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Aging Single. Female. Surfer. Saturday, February 18, 2006. Yesterday I saw a window of opportunity and I took it. I hadn't planned to surf because I knew I wouldn't be able to leave my house until 2 PM, which would get me to the beach very late. Probably too late for a good session. The subway gods were with me and I made it from my front door to suited up and in the water in two hours- -a new world's record. Usually if I fall when I'm already standing up, I fall backwards. For the first time in 15 1/2 y...
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Grandmas Gone Surfing: March 2006
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Aging Single. Female. Surfer. Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Do I have to tell you how much I sucked yesterday after having been out of the water for more than a month? Do I really have to tell you? No, I don't. Any and every way you can imagine that a person can suck at surfing, or rather attempting to surf, I sucked. Let's leave it at that. Posted by Grandma @ 3/29/2006 08:53:00 PM. Sunday, March 26, 2006. One damn thing after another. I will shoot for surfing tomorrow or Tuesday or the next possible day.
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Grandmas Gone Surfing: April 2006
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Aging Single. Female. Surfer. Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Surfline called it flat today, hahaha! Fools There were rideable little ankle waves. I know they were rideable, even enjoyable, because I saw K. get 12 or 14 long rides on them. However, I didn't get any. I watched her back as she sailed down the line, while I regressed to the point of not being able to stand up. Did I mention that I hate her? The best part of today was practicing my turtle dive and getting it down again, at least in the six-inch w...
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Grandmas Gone Surfing: November 2005
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Aging Single. Female. Surfer. Saturday, November 19, 2005. Sick from the water in CA. No, I haven’t been surfing. I was able to see my friend with brain cancer, but I can’t write about it here. A week later, he’s gotten too weak to see anyone anymore, ever. Thank God I got to see him one more time. Posted by Grandma @ 11/19/2005 08:32:00 PM. Friday, November 04, 2005. On dry land in New York City. I’ll get back to you when I can. Posted by Grandma @ 11/04/2005 08:31:00 PM. Thursday, November 03, 2005.
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Grandmas Gone Surfing: October 2005
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Aging Single. Female. Surfer. Saturday, October 29, 2005. Can I bring you home in my suitcase, Mr. Lifeguard? I changed my return ticket for the second time so I could go surf today, thinking I would go to Topanga again. It was the first fully sunny California day, as I was driving there the sun and the music (my favorite 60s psychedelic CD) all came together and it was like, Yes, this is what I came to California for. I’m feeling so bummed out, and here comes an LA County lifeguard in full regalia- -the...
