Yesterday I went surfing with Joss Paling who thankfully lent me his spare surfboard. It was my first surf in 2 years! Really it was the first in 6 years because the surfing I did 2 years ago was only for about a week. I am happy that I still know how to do it – I suppose it’s bit like riding a bike… I grew up by the beach and went surfing almost everyday from the age of 12 to 17 so I’ve probably done about 1000 hours of practice…
The beach I surf at is called Narrabeen and is on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. It’s just down the road from where my parents live. I can even check the wave conditions from my balcony with a pair of binoculars. The water is quite cold since it is winter but not as cold as last time I was here. Below is a video my Dad made yesterday. He is really good at landscape photography and has a website called Utopia Images Online.
I am only in Sydney for another 10 days so I am going to try and surf as much as possible before I return to the US where I am land locked! I feel surfing is a very spiritual sport. When I am out surfing there is nothing on my mind except the ocean and where to position myself in order to catch a wave. Sometimes it is like I become the ocean and it makes me feel so good.
I highly recommend surfing to anyone but warn that it takes a lot of practice and is a very physical sport. After 6 years I am quite out of shape and so it is difficult to even paddle when I’ve been out there for more than 1 hour.
Best Wishes,
Asher Fergusson.
Hi, my name is Asher Fergusson. I was born in Sydney, Australia during the 1980′s and grew up on the Northern Beaches. I love surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, outdoors, star gazing, photography, travel, India, rock climbing, art, meditation, yoga and currently do web development. Entire contents copyright © 2011 Asher Fergusson. All rights reserved.
Your site is awesome! Who did the video??? Music???
Thanks Eric,
My Dad filmed and I did the video. The music was supplied by Youtube…
Asher.
Beautifully done!
Thanks Ken.
awesome!!! I can feel your bliss out there… keep enjoying bru…
Thanks Asher! It looks great. I’m going to be doing some surfing my self in a few days. Long beach in Tofino on Vancouver Island. Maybe I’ll make a video for you.
Aubs
Excellent – I would love to see what it’s like over there. The water temperature here is about 17 degrees celcius or about 62 fahrenheit I wonder what is in off the coast of Canada?
Asher.
great post!
i wanna go surfing!!!! looks like fun, and i wanna know if my snowboarding skills would help me with learning to surf…
Thanks Emanuel,
There is some overlap of snowboarding with surfing but not much…
You definitely should try it sometime!
Looks sweet dude! Keep on rocking
Thanks Austin – see you soon.
Hey Asher,
Next time I’m Sydney, I hope you are there. I need a coach!
This clip is inspiring!
Bruce
Thanks Bruce – yeah it would be fun to see you in Sydney…