Hi mates!
The last weeks have been rather chilly here in Mar del Plata. The following pictures sum it up quite nice: the dorm, mate and surf. Yea, I didn't get the flat yet and I'm still living the hostel. I don't mind thought, it's nice and close to the playa grande. Surfing all day long and meanwhile drinking some mate.:) The lectures are also getting better day-by-day, but I'm not about to write about the studies.
Welcome to my crib!
Today I was about to get up early to catch some morning waves. But after the weekend, it didn't really work out... I woke up on my phone half an hour ago. (Damn you snooze!) But after writing this, I still have some 3 hours to surf before the classes!
concentrated..
Last weekend Mar del Plata celebrated the end of the season by semana santa (Easter). As I said before, Mar del Plata is the number one beach resort in Argentina. The city itself, with the suburbs, has some one million inhabitants. In the summer, there are nearly as many tourists around. (Quite a wicked wonderland for the thieves..) Anyway, the semana santa is always the last big thing.
According to the local newspaper, almost 200.000 porteños came to enjoy the extended weekend. And, the more people the better parties! At least so I heard. On Thursday I caught some stomach disease and went out only on Saturday. Shit happens.. Literally. But, the Saturday was fun thought. :)
Semana santa
And as for surfing.. Step by step! (or wipeout by wipeout) First of all, I didn't think it's that rough! If you are planning to surf in the near future, I truly recommend some fitness. Swim a lot and practice bit push-ups (for ex). At least, that's what I'm about to do! And secondly, it's dynamic and thus damn difficult! After skateboarding and snowboarding, standing up is not that difficult but that's about it..
If everything works out, I am in the right place at the right time, I can maybe manage to drop in and cruise a bit. BUT usually not, either I'm paddling like crazy for nothing, or drop in too late and get a nice wipeout (read: every time). However, it's really rewarding. What a amazing feeling when you actually get the wave!:) Stoked.
In addition, there's quite big difference between frontside and backsiede, the latter is even trickier. On Tuesday afternoon, I was already quite tired and there were only right-handers (I'm goofy). So I eded up taking some photos:
Mati Romano with shorty and a local longboard hero
On Wednesday, there wasn't hardly any swell here and we decided to grab the limo. After the playa grande, the best waves are in the south. Some fifteen-twenty minutes away from Alem, there is a beautiful coastline and numerous beaches. It's amazing. With right wind, you can find pretty nice waves. This time we weren't so lucky with the swell but it was a nice trip. :)
The coastline in the south
Otherwise it has been quite chilly here like I said. Besides surfing and once in a while skateboarding, I've been busy with Lightroom (as you can notice by the watermarks) and with the flats. The hostel is getting sometimes bit on my nerves but it's close to the beach and I don't want to take some crappy apartment. Thus I prefer to stay bit longer here and find a nice one..
Oh yes, then I found really nice surf docs, the endless summer trilogy! Yea, I know they are old but new for me.:) The best way to wait for the swell, warmly recommended!
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The endless summer
Life in Mar del Plata
The beginning of the week is going to be pretty same. Thought tomorrow in the morning, I hopefully get out there. At the weekend I probably leave the beaches and head out to Buenos Aires, gotta get some nice parties too.:)
Chau
Anssi
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