Saturday, April 24, 2010

Let's Go Surfin' Now, Everybody's Learning How!

One of the funnest things the kids--as well as some of the brave adults did--was to learn how to boogie board and surf the wave rider.  It was so much fun to watch their daring efforts! 
Getting the instructions . . .

Go, Kade, go!
Now Carter gives it a try . . .
That was so much fun!  But the lines are too long--way too much waiting.  Never fear--Kade's, Carter's, and the Petersen's dad all rented the wave machine for an hour one evening, and then we all really had fun!!!







And, yes, there were a few wipe-outs!

Go, Jenna!

Nice job, Kade!

Alright, Lauren!

Taylor looks like he came in straight from Hawaii!

Now the moms tried it . . .




These moms are good!
Now the kids got fancier and started surfing together!


Now, two on one board . . .
Yeh, they did it!


Now to see what the spectators were doing--Brady and Hannah were too little (height requirements) to go on the wave rider.  Maybe next time!

Kevin was studying the whole situation to see if he would try it . . .
And yes, he decides to go for it!
He actually provided us with plenty of laughs!
But, somehow he didn't steer quite straight, his board got away, and he ended up on the side!  You have to say, "He was a great sport!"
George's reaction to Kevin's attempt!  (Notice, George didn't get on it!)

Now for the real thing--to actually try real Surfing!

This is actually so hard to do--yeh, Carter!
Carter is a real surfer-dude!
Bring on the real ocean waves--Connor is ready!
Nice going, Taylor!
Kim, you're fantastic!
The music was playing loudly, the weather was perfect, the company was great--we all had the time of our lives, not ever to be forgotten!


4 comments:

Alison Wilde said...

Wow! Impressive surfers, and even more impressive is how many pictures Grandma caught of the surfers!!! (:

Six Girls and One Boy said...

Laura,
You are perfecting blogging to a tee! Even though you're on the same ship that you took with us as your siblings, you experienced more of the ship! How fun!!!

Beverly said...

I loved seeing all you trying such a fun sport. The kids were brave but no braver than the mothers. Loved seeing Kevin try his hand at the sport but did I miss Kyle? Where was Mr. Kyle??

Beverly said...

By the way, Laura, I loved how you had the surfing music with this post. So clever and creative.