I am such a wimp :(

[joenali]

I'm in Costa Rica. Took a surf lesson. First time out of the gate, get in my knees, fall over and the board hit me squarely on my head, which in turn made my neck hurt horrendously bad. I had to not try it anymore, I don't want to further injure my already injured neck.

I'm so sad. All I wanted to do was surf. I'm renting a boogie board tomorrow, something I've done and a little more low key than surfing. Wahhhhhhhh! I hear the wambulance!

[trigal]

Hey! Take care of your neck! Boogie boarding sounds like a better idea!

[mcc]

Ugh, I totally whacked my head with a surfboard in Hawaii. I lost my diamond earring in the process. Wahhh! Go boogie board-it'll be better! Or what about kite boarding if they have it?

[moreace01]

Oh no! Maybe it will feel better tomorrow??

I was just in Costa RIca surfing a week ago. It was so fun - I fell more often than I got up. Almost threw my back out at one point. My knees are banged up, I've got board rash all over my chest (even though I wore a guard). Sounds bad, but it was great! I was in Santa Teresa.

You could be totally low key and do standup paddleboard for a day.

Hope you are enjoying the hot weather!

[taratru]

You are so bad ass.

[joenali]

Feb 17, 2014 19:57:45 GMT -5 taratru said:

You are so bad ass.

lol! Lol!

[kams]

Ah dangit! That sucks! The boogie board will be fun! Enjoy CR!

And you are badass

[clseale]

Dude, surfing is no joke! First time DH took me out, I was trying to just get past some rough break so that I could paddle out. A huge wave comes & I look at DH & ask "Over? Under? Over? Under?" He looks & says, "Over!" Yeah, big wave, long board, I'm 5'3" on a good day....wave smacks the board, the board smacks me square in the face, then it throws me straight to the bottom of the ocean, I emerge with a red face & a bloody shoulder from the sand & shells. Ocean 1- clseale 0. Lol Luckily I managed to stand up on a few later that day, but it's harder than it looks! Take care of that neck.

[runaways]

Oh no I'm sorry! Surfing is one of my favorite things but I've definitely got some battle scars from it. Keep yourself safe and uninjured though!

[sadlebred]

At least you tried!! Take care of your neck!

[Brit]

I hope your neck feels better soon! Surfing can definitely beat you up. I had a rough go around with my board last Thursday. I swear that I was simultaneously standing on it and having it whack me in the back of the head. I hope you try it again sometime, it really is a lot if fun!

[shauni27]

surfing is HARD! boogie boarding however is just fun and relaxing, so enjoy the rest of your vacation

[hannahb]

Surfing is hard! I wouldn't want to risk re injuring something that was painful for sooo long.
On a different note, when we went surfing my husband was so sure he was going to rock it since he snowboards. I was better than him (this doesn't happen very often) so needless to say I kinda love it