Surfing in Agadir

Us, the beginner group headed to Agadir, cause the waves at Croucro were too big for us.
And guess what? MY BOARD LOST ITS VIRGINITY TODAY ! <3

"God, Patriot, King"

I love it. Yoshi did a great job. It turned out to be better than I thought.. and it is PURPLE !
Though surfing with it is a challenge... It was such a huge leap from a 9"8 log to my board which is a cross between a minimal and a short board. And because it is only 6"8 it's fuuuuucking hard to paddle... Also standing up isn't as simple as on a wide long board. Man, I kept trying to stand up too slowly all the time.. That's not how you do it. Weirdly enough, on my first try, when my board lost its virginity, I caught a wave (or white wash if we wanna be correct) and stood up effortlessly. I guess the less you think about it, the easier it is. Which is so true now that I think about it. Don't think, just get up.

I was frustrated though, cause Sayeed being a surf teacher, was like yeah you should just ride a log, so much easier, short boards are for pro's blaablaa. Denny, the English owner of the camp, had told me that morning, that he thinks I should ride my own board cause come on, it's mine. And he appreciates that i'm trying to learn to ride a short board cause it is so much harder and if I'll learn how to, I can surf any board. "Sayeed and the other surf guides won't probably get it and they will probably want you to ride a log, cause they are surf instructors and want you to catch as many waves a s you can. But there's only one way to learn how to ride a short board, and that's the hard way.