I had time today where I wasn't working and the waves weren't totally junky, or it wasn't raining, or hadn't recently rained, at least within 24 hours, and I was able to wax up and paddle out on the new board finally. But I can see it's going to take a minute to get this new red board totally wired. I'd kind of gotten lazy riding the 9-6 and now the 9-2 longboards for so long. Even so when the girls in Australia gave me that shortboard I brought back from Sydney I had a great time in the barrels at Bondi Beach right away. Maybe that's because back at Bondi Beach with that gift board I knew that the longboard wasn't at home ready to go, so I had to kind of plug into what was available. I just need to take this new red board out in clean surf, good clean surf, and check it out how it really rides. This afternoon it was pretty windy. There were some sideshore white caps out there. But I still wanted to paddle out. I needed to. It's been over a week since I had this new red board glassed. #newredboard #surfing #shortboards #california #summerscoming #southerncalifornia #sydneyaustralia #bondibeach #surf #surflife #enjoylife (at Secret Spot) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByBZZ5Tni55/?igshid=gno9p8sbz21n