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| James waxing up his new board ready to surf |
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| We've already made ourselves a boardrack! |
James and I got a surf down at Hussas late arvo, after a wild search through Dunsborough and Yallingup. I learn about conditions and places every time we head down there. It's pretty confusing when you don't see places regularly. We looked at Yallingup, went to Smiths... We wound up at Windmills and it was so big it was dumping overhead onto the rocky, granite shore. After that, I'd decided just to head back to Yallingup and go out there - by which time, the wind came howling in.
So Hussas was good. It looked big but was actually too fat to catch. We both caught a wave and felt pretty good, I think, about being out somewhere unfamiliar. The next day was another lesson wave hunting. We went here:
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| Unridden perfection |
I second guessed myself and missed out. It's hard to be brave sometimes. And it's always easier when you go out with someone who knows the lay of the land to tell you how it all works, where to get in, get out, watch the rocks, where to sit...
And I think it is a definite balance between *being safe and knowing your limits* and *having confidence in yourself and judging the conditions with a clear mind*. I think I should have gone out at Moses Rock. It has become a monkey on my back and I hope I'll be able to give is a go on one of my next trips south.
In the meantime, I'm trying to remind myself of what I'm capable of. To stop over analysing waves and just get out there. I definitely need to find some bigger balls.
We've just started surfing Tom's in the last few weeks. You could say that we've discovered it. For ourselves, that is. It's no secret - loads of people surf there, but we never have. I assumed it didn't break in Summer and Scarborough was always closer. When Cott breaks, we go there. So it's been a real treat to realise there is a reef break in Perth that breaks on a small swell! We've had 2 out of 3 good surfs there and are starting to get it sussed. Between Tom's and Wedge, I've actually had quite a few surfs over the last fortnight. It feels good.
First I wet abd dry sanded it with 800 grit sandpaper. In some places the paint had worn off or was flakey.
The roof needed some love and was the main reason I wanted to paint it. Worn down to the primer.
Masked up and washed down, ready for the undercoat.
It took me a day to mask everything...
The primer i got was a little disappointing. I couldn't get other nozzles for the cans and the ones they came with were terrible.
I used benton brand aerosols for the colours. As well as some custom car colours for the two main blues.
This is the first time I've done anything like this, but I had my parents givin me some feedback on the wave as I worked.
This is the other side. I did this wave second and learned from the first.
i made up a stencil for the front as I didn't trust myself to free spray neatly enough.
I've applied my clear coat and its time to take off the paper!
The finished van!! Some odd white balancing going on in these shots.
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