I can hardly wait until the next time

another mat meet in the books

I have been rather out-of-sorts for most of the long weekend.

It occurred to me explaining the general layout,

"It's a point break masquerading as a beach break, paddle out to the right."

but there is no point break, no real channel

there is the occasional long left

and the occasional set on the head

What could happen?

After giving up on finessing a set wave from the locals

I tried to sit inside the outside and be in the right spot ,

really a little inside of the right spot really,

and dodge the sets and the omnipresent long-boarders

What could happen?

Well you could lose your mat

which happened,

twice

lowered in the surf pecking order to body surfer

that could really be a raise in the order

I don't know for sure and don't care even more.

The first time was a basic trashing

embedded in the breaking wave

a brief trip down the elevator shaft to the bargain basement

sundries, foundations and wet cement

the later causing me to release my grasp of my mat

fortunately it popped up a few feet away.

The next time, I don't really remember what happened

so much of the weekend seemed to be an out of body experience

but my mat was on it's way to shore.

Enjoying its own ride while I enjoyed a nice body surf in the soup.

On shore my resolve for another go out slowly crumbled.

The nice thing about surfing is that

it doesn't matter in the least.

Good surf, no problem

Bad surf, no problem

no surf, no problem

I can hardly wait until the next time


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