Our First Surf Contest

Kyle and I have been doing the usual. Wake up for a pre dawn session, eat , surf again, repeat until sunset. Today the local surf shops were putting on a surf contest for anyone who wanted to give it a shot. Me, Kyle and two friends of ours that we have been surfing with decided to enter. I was in the first heat of the day. I found myself really excited and kind of nervous to be competing in my first surf competition. The heat was 20 minutes and I caught about 5 waves. The thrill of paddling against 4 other surfers going for the same wave definitely brought out my competitive side. I was tempted to tackle a few of them off of thier boards. Win by any means necessary! However, tackling is for football so I just tried my best. I was pretty happy with my performance, placing 4th in the mens open longboard division. Kyle was trying to tell me that it was because there were only 3 other competitors in my division, but I´ll think what I want. Kyle and the other guys competed in the open shortboard division and came out the same as me. Although I wanted to win, it was more about having a good time and trying something new. I think that when we try new things it breathes life into us. When was the last time you tried something that put you out of your normal comfort zone? I´m not saying go and do something crazy and dangerous, just something you would not normally do. It can be something as simple as reading a type of book that you would not normally pick up, or crossing off something on you ¨things to do before I die¨list. Life is about our different experiences over the years. Don´t leave that list or new opportunity sitting there. Carpe Diem, Viva La Vida, Sieze the Day! My camera won´t hook up here, but I´ll be sure to put of pictures as soon as I can.