Everyone has that 'thing' they want to do before they die. For some it might be seeing the Grand Canyon or visiting Rome or reaching a certain financial milestone. Each one is special to that person and when completed kind of releases that person to pursue a new 'thing'. At least that's how I imagine it to be because I have not completed that 'thing' that I want to complete. It's quite simple really, not on the minds of most people. You see my 'thing' is a quest that can only be done when the conditions are just right and I'm in the right place and doing the right thing. My 'thing' is to simply get tubed. Not the Killer 'C' version of sticking my head under an almond shaped hook that a rabbit would have to crouch to get into. But a legit tube in which I drop in stall out, get covered, and then come out of WITH MY EYES OPEN. I've come close before. One time in St. Augustine I saw the lip peel over me and as I saw the sun shimmer through the green water I got worked. For that brief moment I imagined what it would be like to be nestled inside the pipe. So the quest continues. I only have the words and experiences of others to go off of. With the words of CJ Hobgood in Surf's Up, "riding the tube is the greatest experience you can have on a surfboard", I keep searching. I've seen pictures of barrels close to the break where I surf, but not by my own eyes in person. I can only hope to be in that right place, with the right conditions, and I hope it all happens soon.
~Woot
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