I’ve had a few bits of work come in over the last few days, so I haven’t managed to get out for the morning glass as I’ve been on the computer slogging away. Rose has taken up the morning shift on the board and managed to put in about 4 or 5km this morning paddling from Massaguaçu to Mococa and then back to Cocanha.
This evening I had a little break from prototyping and jumped in the car and popped 15 minutes up the coast to Lagoinha (Ubatuba). I got in the water and had about 1.5 hours before it got dark (having a time limit always seems to result in me making more out of a surf session).
The water was silky, the wind was pretty much non-existant and apart from 2 other people in the water (on a 3km long beach) I had the place to myself. I paddled and caught a bunch of super clean waves resulting in some long glides.
I got out the water pretty much when I couldn’t see the waves coming anymore and was greeted by this sunset. A pretty awesome session all in all!
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It was Mother’s Day here in Brazil at the weekend so we decided to take Rose’s mum out for a day at the Sao Paulo Botanical Gardens. Rose’s sister and the kids also came and we all ended up having a fun afternoon chilling out in the beautiful tropical gardens.
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Today offered yet another opportunity to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather whilst burning off a few calories. I took my SUP board down to the beach at Massaguaçu and decided I would paddle to a new beach on Ilha do Tamandua.
I felt pretty pleased with myself after clocking up about 8 or 9km over about 2 hours of paddling. There was one other guy out in the bay this morning but apart from that, all I saw en-route were a bunch of jelly fish gliding along and a sea turtle that swooped underneath me whilst I was paddling along.
Tomorrow I am going to try and paddle around the island, which should result in my farthest paddle to date at about 13km. I reckon it will take me about 3 hours and I might need to take some supplies with me so I don’t collapse :)
Watch this space!
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I took the first turn this morning at paddling whilst Rose caught some rays on the beach at Mococa. I paddled the 2km out to Tamandua, had a little rest on the beach and then paddled back again. It was another amazing, sunny autumn day with clear skies and light winds. Perfect for a little exploration!
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Since I bought my SUP board a few months back Rose (not a fan of surfing in the least) has taken quite a liking to my board. So we’ve started sharing the paddle trips to the local beaches.
Today we went to praia mococa where Rose paddled along the beach and then up the river returning with a content smile on her face and a feeling of relief that she didn’t see any jelly fish!
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