The De Jongs

Surfing and work

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November 4th 2006
Surfing was, as Kiwis say it, "sweet as." It was really cold, though. Evan borrowed a wetsuit from the seventeen-year-old who lives here, but he is really tall so it didn't quite fit and work properly. I, on the ither hand, had a t and some shorts. Ivan, the Brazilian, had an extra board that we shared and basically said, "start paddling when you see the wave." It was cool to figure it out f ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more