Ah, to be a weekend warrior. I’m so grateful to live in our beautiful province where getting away to the beach, the ocean, the lakes, the mountains is possible for a weekend trip. That being said, it sucks being a tourist for all the busy weekends. I’m still determined to make the most of it!

We’re off, headed to Tofino for the long weekend. Should be fun to do some car camping, lots of surfing, and hanging out with J and Trev. Of course, I’ll have to hit up all my faves… Shelter (best yam fries), Breakers (best everything), and Sobo (best key lime pie and pizzas!)… but we’ll be doing lots of cooking on the grill as well.

The swell forecast is looking pretty small now for the weekend, so I’m glad that we’re bringing out longboards. Should be a nice sunny weekend as well, and hopefully a little cooler than Vancouver! I really, REALLY, need some sleep and rest to get rid of this head-cold.

The goal this weekend… progression. Although the waves will probably be too small at most of the beaches, I’d really like to start learning some cutbacks. I’ve got my left and right bottom turns down and can pretty much catch any wave with my (small) 7″10″ longboard, but I’d really like to get a little fancier. Still — surfing will always be about just being out there… the peacefulness of the waves, the serenity, and not worrying too much about anything at all!

Can’t wait!

Ocean, sun, surf =  happiness.

See you all on Monday!

Great day today.

A 2.5 hour morning session followed by a three hour evening session at Cox Bay. Caught lots of waves today, but they weren’t too big. Small swell today, but it’s supposed to pick up tomorrow. Best wave of the day was a long backside ride that I worked hard to drop into, and after a turn the wave re-formed and I got a nice steep and deep bottom turn. I was hooting. I hope the weather holds so I can bring out the big DSLR underwater camera housing. The little GoPro camera was a lot of fun today. Can’t wait to upload the videos!

A nice dinner at Shelter with Jay and Jen and some drinking games with the group and all of a sudden it is past the surfer’s bedtime.

Hopefully get in two more sessions tomorrow and two more on Monday and then I’ll truly feel like we’ve made the most of things and return home with aching muscles.

Thanks for putting up with the lack of photos!