Surf camp part ni (that’s 2 in Japanese)

Well, surf camp was over 2 weeks ago, and I’ve already been back to the beach (or the sea, as they prefer to call it here) since then, so I figured I should just post a few pictures from the trip that I didn’t post previously. So there, you’ve been warned-this is mostly an all pictures post.

Here’s a random group shot on the beach before we went surfing. (I have no idea why Anthony is the only guy in this picture, but he probably planned it that way.)


This dude was working on his fifth plate of rice…ridiculous!


One of the few words this guy knew in English was ‘sexy’ which he continued to call himself throughout the week.


Here are a few ‘action’ shots of me surfing. This was when we were learning to push up on the board. (We put the camera away when we began attempting to stand.)




Lauren, Liz, Dave (surf coach), another surfer, me, and Megan
Dave is a semi-pro surfer sponsored by Quicksilver. Yep, he was our coach…how awesome is that?


This is Daisuke. (pronounced Dice-K) He’s one of the Young Life leaders and he plays guitar at New Hope Church, where I’ve been going.


Brittany and Sarah—they were here visiting from Arizona and helped run the camp


Sleeping Hajime (how could you not fall in love with the children here??) (Hajime translated means ‘creation’.)


Katrina and Joshua (Joshua is Dave’s son, so he’s Australian and Japanese…so adorable.)


Brett and Bong
He’s from Arizona and she’s from the Philippines. They are the sweetest couple. When we went back to the beach this week, we stayed at their house. They work with Young Life in Japan. (That’s actually how they met many years ago.)


All in all, it was a good few days and so fun to meet all the people. Oh yeah, and I also got to play soccer on the beach so that was great. It made me miss Sunday afternoons at Pollard Park. Hopefully I can find some people to play with here eventually.