Stand Up Paddle boarding. Its amazing. I'll first say that I have next to no balance. I'm actually surprised I can stand without falling over sometimes. My best friend and I purchased some Living Social vouchers to rent paddle boards at a place in Newport Beach. Shore SUP & Yoga was adorable. Oh yea, did I mention our vouchers gave us the option of either paddle board rentals or a SUP yoga class? Ha. Ha. Ha. Like I could ever balance enough to get into Warrior 2 on a paddle board.
Anyway- having never attempted paddle boarding before, I was super excited, and fully aware of the fact that I was going to fall straight into the ocean. Given my most recent experience with ocean sports (ocean kayaking) I went in being realistic. I was thrilled when the two sexy beach bum dudes that worked @ the shop said they would teach us how to paddle board. Unfortunately the "lesson" went a little something like this:
Sexy dude #1: So, you pretty much just center your weight and jump onto your feet
Sexy dude #2: Yea, its really easy- like surfing kind of.
Jen and I: *blank stares*
Then they proceeded to help us get on the boards at the shore, pushed us away, and said they'd be back in 2 hours to get the boards.
Fortunately for us, we are great and improvising and, while the first half of our adventure was spend on our knees, I was able to stand up and balance without falling into the water once! WIN. I will for sure try paddle boarding again. In fact, maybe next time, we'll go across the marina... how adventurous would that be?!
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Anyway- having never attempted paddle boarding before, I was super excited, and fully aware of the fact that I was going to fall straight into the ocean. Given my most recent experience with ocean sports (ocean kayaking) I went in being realistic. I was thrilled when the two sexy beach bum dudes that worked @ the shop said they would teach us how to paddle board. Unfortunately the "lesson" went a little something like this:
Sexy dude #1: So, you pretty much just center your weight and jump onto your feet
Sexy dude #2: Yea, its really easy- like surfing kind of.
Jen and I: *blank stares*
Then they proceeded to help us get on the boards at the shore, pushed us away, and said they'd be back in 2 hours to get the boards.
Fortunately for us, we are great and improvising and, while the first half of our adventure was spend on our knees, I was able to stand up and balance without falling into the water once! WIN. I will for sure try paddle boarding again. In fact, maybe next time, we'll go across the marina... how adventurous would that be?!
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