2008.07.11
Catching waves in Virginia Beach
We took a quick jaunt to Virginia Beach to see my mother-in-law and brother-in-law over the July 4 weekend.
We got to the beach a couple of days and I was pleasantly surprised to find some decent little waves. Surfing is not allowed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. so I left my old board at the house and took my brother-in-law's boogie board down. It was perfect because it was big enough to float both me and the girls. We caught a good number of waves and, as you can see from the smile Maddy's face here, the girls had a blast. As for my expression here, we were really close to "going of the falls," which could have been ugly had I smashed
On a couple of smaller waves I sent the girls off on their own and they got crushed. My wife freaked out a bit but the girls were fine with it. They can't wait to go "surfing" again, and neither can I. It probably won't happen until the middle of September when there's a triathlon in Virginia Beach (the Sandman) I hope to do. Although, if the waves are good for surfing that might not bode well for the 1,000-meter ocean swim in the Sandman.
