Mid-Summer Madness

Ok, so "mid summer madness" sounds like a tacky highstreet sale event, but it has a ring to it. And in fact, compared to the relative peace of the winter months, there's an element of madness around, between summer festivals, stage set-ups and chaotic street closures, crowded parkings, and hot hot hot middays! But luckily mostly in a good sense :)

We're technically past midsummer but it's mid summer here in the sense that July and August are high holiday season and right now, the distance backwards to peaceful June is as far as it is to reach peaceful September! Help!!!

I joke. It's probably not uncommon to have a love-hate relationship with summer. There's so much to love! Hailing from a notoriously cold and rainy country myself, there's possibly nothing higher on my favorites list than a warm summer evening, no need for a sweater (or in fact any clothing adjustment from day to night), that salty smell of glowing sun kissed skin and a bit of open air live music.

My biggest enemy at the moment is Fear-Of-Missing-Out! There's just so much on at the moment, choices are inevitable and sometimes, you will end up thinking, "man, I should have gone there!" I'm talking about music/social events, but it sounds like a classic surf problem, right?

Rule number one: Surf is where you find it - Gerry Lopez.

But here's a thought that has crossed my mind lately - there's a time and a mood. Sometimes, grabbing your biggest board and surfing tiny cruisey waves with a bunch of friends will feel like the best decision in the world, and sometimes it's ok to ditch that and seek out that one solitary glorious sandbank that will surely become crowded in a day or two, and push your limits of steepness and speed.

Happily there is no fear of missing out. They're like food and drink. If you're thirsty you'll drink.