surf camp

Bright and early on our first day of surf school. We caught the train at 5:45am to get to Perth where our vans picked us up to take us to Lancelin. It's a rural town about an hour.5 out of Perth. Population 800, which is pretty common for rural towns around here.

My roommates catchin' some surf. "hang ten!" (Helena in the blue & Rachael in the red.)

My roomies again. And then a picture of the group... minus me. This picture was taken after my accident, while I was still at the hospital.

For those of you who haven't heard, I was on my board, catching this awesome wave when I saw this shark sneaking up behind one of our girls. I raced over to her on my board and leaped off towards the shark. I got him in a head-lock and was wrestling with him, desperately trying to save the life of my fellow surfer. I stuck my thumbs into his eyes, to blind him (you know... how mom tells you to do it when someone it attacking you). Anyway, I poked his eyes with such force that I dislocated my thumb and possibly broke it (still waiting on x-ray results which apparently take a few days in Australia).... ok how it happened wasn't really that cool, but I did do all the breaking and dislocating that I mentioned.

I ended up surfing for about an hour out of the whole weekend that I was supposed to. I was pretty bummed about that. But I was able to do some sun bathing and became the designated photographer. I waded out in the water and took pictures of almost everybody while they were up and on their board. And, not to worry, I was able to get up within the first five minutes we were out on the water, so it wasn't a complete waste.

Maybe some day I'll get the chance to surf again?? It was sooo much fun, I'll just have to bring the bubble wrap next time. :)

Love you guys & miss you all!