Nude Surfing

My week at Spot X was so much fun, it was disappointing knowing you were headed to your last lesson.  To be honest, I almost didn't want to go surfing just because I really disliked being pummeled by waves the day before.  But I went anyways because after all, it was my last day to surf.

The tide was much lower that Friday and the waves weren't nearly as large as they were the day before.  Surprisingly, I actually forced myself to go back out to surf on the green waves.  And I am so glad I did!  All of us who were on our 7th surf lesson went out in the back.  I didn't stand up right away, but after a few tries I was getting the hang of things and stood up twice.

Yuan surfing in a bikini

Now, Yuan and I talked earlier in the day about surfing in bikinis, so her and I walked our boards up to shore, took off our wet suits and got back in the water in just bikinis. It was definitely colder without the wet suits but it was nice as well because you had much more freedom of movement.

Earlier in the week Josh said something along the lines of, "Now if you guys wanna surf naked, go for it! I have nothing against nudity so it's totally up to you."  I thought that was a random thing to say but as the week progressed I thought it would be pretty daring to actually surf naked.

Well I was already down to my bikini so I figured why not.  I waited for Colin to raise one finger, which meant you could catch one more wave and then the session was over.  I ducked mostly underwater, took my bikini top off, and then slid my bottoms down past my ankle and onto my leg rope.  I spotted a good wave, hopped on to my board with my bare butt in the air, and paddled like mad.

I actually caught the wave and flew right by Colin as I glided across the water in the buff.   His face was priceless. I hopped back into the water and quickly put my bikini on.  Sadly, none of the girls I had been hanging out with during the week got to see my nude escapade, but at least I had a couple of witnesses.  On the first day we were told to always surf with a buddy in case you do something really cool; then you at least have proof.

It was time for lunch so I had to tell the girls what I did.  They didn't exactly believe me right away, but at least Colin could vouch for the validity of my story. It was a great last wave.

During the afternoon session I just watched and took pictures.  I was hanging out with Lukas, who was mostly sculpting butts into the sand.  The weather was not the nicest and several of the people stopped surfing for the day quite early, so I didn't feel like I was missing out on too much.

Top to bottom, left to right:
Yuan, Me, Maren, Tom, Ben(Instructor), and Colin(Surf Academy)

We headed back to the camp and had a couple hours to just chill out before our 5:30 bus came.  It was a relaxing afternoon, though a bit sad because we didn't want to leave.  At least Izzy, Maren, Yuan and I were all on the same bus to Byron.  The bus came.  What was really cool though was the fact that Ben and Colin came to see our group off and gave us all hugs.  The relationships you can build in just 5 days are pretty awesome. I would suggest the surf camp to everyone.