So......... where we left off, we were starting surfing lessons. We were under the expert tuition of Evandro Santos (some ex-"PRO" surfer from the town we stayed at). His tagline was that if you didn´t stand on the first lesson, you got your money back. Unfortunatly for us, this turned out to be in his favour, and we stood up on the second attempt. Now surfing is normally paddle paddle paddle, catch the wave, and jump to your feet. As a beginner, it went more like, lie on board and not fall off, wait for wave, Evandro gave us a push, then STAND UP. Nice way to get a feel for the board and how it all works, but not quite how we had imagined it, but it was the first lesson. Andy was having trouble
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