Blue Diamonds | Downwind Deflate | Fiji Islands

Axis Zhik Ppc Sup Foiling Basic Intermediate Advanced Ocean Bay Run Paddling Foil
Start reading bumps NOW! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMWPBdd14s&list=PLqGdxzyiZQBWS64PI_LELRpZBfHbS1HLR&index=7

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Another day in paradise.

I could almost end this here with that short sentence. Truly that sums up my situation and this run… But I’ll go on somewhat… there’s some space in this box.

Paradise, why? For a lot of people in the Fijian islands this place is a -I don’t want to say prison- but something along those lines. They want what you have, a job, a way to earn a living, some freedom, and all the things our phones have been telling us to want. Maybe this is less now than a few years ago, with the phones I mean… I feel like we can see though a lot of that bull now. Is it financial freedom that makes people happy? That and some options? I mean we’re not going to pick any of them though, right?… It’s nice to know they are there, but actually choosing them? well now.. that’s too stressful.

Paradise, why? why am I having the best of times? Its not the place, it can’t be… I used to get board here. A few weeks at a time was ok but Id have to go do something… foiling wasn’t around then and I didn’t surf yet… I just thought about life, and then I would have a bunch of drinks to wash all those thoughts away. Is it the surfing then? perhaps, but I used to get annoyed when the waves weren’t good or weren’t there at all. Even if they were there and good, me burnt to a crisp and arms no longer usable, it still wasn’t enough… I still always needed one more.

So why now? Is it foiling? Again, maybe. Learning, I couldn’t get enough of it, Id wear myself out each day, shadow dancing with overuse injuries… and foiling can be very fickle too… I still have tough days when I can’t even get two paddle strokes down in a row, because I’ll keep falling off… refraction? I don’t know, but I regularly feel like a kook on the sup, and sometimes when im right in the middle of thinking im “all that” now.

Im ruling out some things here… what’s left? Me.

Little ole Me.

I just turned 42. Im not going to claim Im enlightened now, but you know what, Im happy with myself. It’s been quite a journey to get here too. Looking back, the last decade has been on this trajectory. Before that anything could have happened to me… I could easily not be here. I had no plan or ambition, I had some unrealistic fantasies that were never going to be actioned. A whole lot of boozing and self pity, thinking about life so that I wouldn’t have to suffer the actual living of it.

And now? Well Im having moments of presence. Of actually being here, belonging, natural, not thinking ahead or behind.. Just here, with the wonder of what here actually is! Life! It’s amazing how simple it is when you’re content.

So now for this period, I am mostly free to be me, and happy with who that is, and what I am, not a permanent fixture, but a blip in time.

Anyways… Im sure the foiling helps!

Im out of space in this box, take that as you will. Be Good! I wish it for you!

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Rider weight/height 83kg 188cm/6’2

Ppc carbon adjustable medium paddle
Axis proto dw board
Axis 1201 40 skinny
Axis advanced+ sillyshort
Axis 72cm ultrahigh modulus pro mast
NZ Sailing Zhik Sun Protection

https://www.nzsailing.com
Visit NZ sailing for some Zhik gear, the only gear im likely going to use from now on as it is excellent wind and sun and cold specific protection! Yew!

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Want to watch another video with chill vibes or perhaps some mediations? check out this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEMDa0jVH2E&list=PLqGdxzyiZQBWS64PI_LELRpZBfHbS1HLR&index=16

Hungry for downwinding knowledge? Perhaps something more educational and conversational? Here’s some video podcasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amo-MDJfrBA&list=PLqGdxzyiZQBWS64PI_LELRpZBfHbS1HLR&index=4

Want to watch full uncut long runs? To see what to expect downwinding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWkfcbJx80&list=PLqGdxzyiZQBWS64PI_LELRpZBfHbS1HLR&index=17

Or!!! For a full Tactical breakdown of downwinding in detail, this is for you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMWPBdd14s&list=PLqGdxzyiZQBWS64PI_LELRpZBfHbS1HLR&index=7

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