I spent the longest day of the year in Gisborne, an otherwise sleepy little surf town on the east coast. Not only was it daylight out until 9pm but it was beautiful sunny blue skies. I took another surf lesson, one-on-one from a place called Liquid Gold, which I would highly recommend. The coach, Paul "The Pom" Lungmuss, had me doing bottom turns and even got me up on a couple greens (which is the part of the wave before it breaks) whereas I had only been surfing whitewater (after the break) up to this point. I do think these waves with nice long breaks are a bit more forgiving, and I don't expect to have as much luck out on Long Island or the Jersey Shore. So it looks like I'm moving to Gisborne! Also
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