Riding the Waves! Surf Oregon 2 style!

The Surf Oregon 2 Expedition has begun the surfing leg of their tour and have been shredding up the cold Oregon surf. They met with longtime surf instructor and LE legend, Paul Hansen, who most certainly resembles Jeff Bridges character "The Dude" in the Big Lebowski. Longacre is the only commercial operator Paul works with and we are incredible lucky to have had him each of the past 12 summers. He is notorious for his high success rate of converting beginners into surfers!

The conditions on the 1st day were choppy and rough but our fearless crew surfed the pounding waves all day long and worked on proper techniques and approaches.  Paul worked with each of them individually in the water and by day's end most were standing up on their boards and riding waves.

On day 2, they had what can be described as a "perfect day" Not a cloud in the sky, with perect beginner waves to choose from. By days end Emily, Maggie and Cyrilla had all mastered their "pop-up" and were riding their longboards all the way to shore. John and Matt were paddling out for bigger waves with LE Leader and veteran Surfer Greg by their side. They surfed from 9-4:30 this day, stopping for a quick lunch break of tomato soup and grilled cheese.

The leaders report the group continues to build as a community, and social dynamics are sound. With the trip half way over, we are expecting great things to come from this group in the next week.