Wipeout!

by Marc on October 24, 2008

One of the coolest things aboard Freedom of the Seas is Flowrider, the onboard surfing simulator. It’s really a lot of fun! I got the hang of boogie boarding pretty quickly, so I was determined to master stand-up surfing before we got off the ship.

I signed up for some lessons. One of the first things I learned is that I surf “goofy-foot”, which means I prefer to stand on the board with my right foot forward during the 1 – 2 seconds before I wipe out.

After an hour of intensive training, I was getting pretty good – I could stay on the board for almost 5 seconds before eating the wave.

Impressive, huh?

Eager as I was to try it again, when I awoke the next morning I was so sore I couldn’t sit up out of bed.

Or lift my head off the pillow.

Maybe I should stick to boogie boarding.

{ 6 comments }

October 24, 2008 magneeto

ok, that looks like so much fun!!!

October 24, 2008 mandoman

OH man I would do that even with the broken foot!! What a riot! for 5 seconds. . ..

October 25, 2008 grandpahoff

looks like great fun. next cruise I will give it ago. don’t give up yet . get a good rub down on these seldom used muscles.

October 25, 2008 grannyhoff

If I were only younger, but then I couldn’t learn how when I was younger.

October 26, 2008 Marc

mando – that would be a different kind of “goofy foot”! How is your goofy foot, by the way? They’re not gonna have to amputate or anything, are they?

October 26, 2008 Marc

Dad, you should NOT try this – I’m still recovering after almost 3 weeks!

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