1998
1998 was the first year that i stopped going to church on a regular basis. It was also the first year that i fully got into watersports. In 1997 it was surfing mostly but i only went out with Alan, Tim and Craig. This year i would start going out by myself. I also got into bodyboarding. I still had my mitsi mirage that i got in 1994 and being a hatch i could fit my 7ft 6in mini mal in the car so didn't need a roofrack. I immediately took to bosyboarding and now i could ride waves without getting smashed every time. Still i really only rode waves no taller than my height.
The 97/98 summer was very hot and dry and the weather was amazing. Lots of time in da water, not so much surfing but more just hanging out in the local eastside swimmin holes... no waves there. 96/97 summer was also quite warm at da end with a very defined sultry spell in March of 1997.... this would continue in da 98/99 summer too... 99/00 was more back to normal.
This was a good year for tech... passing all my classes. infact i was quite busy as i had a part time job by the airport. Craig Pippen started working there in 1997 and got me a job there in March 1998. It was a nice job but had to dress up... it paid well too compared to the other jobs i had until then. It was a souvineer shop selling NZ stuff.... got to meet some famous ppl too. Several All blacks as well as Carlos Sainz. Infact the Rally of NZ guys were staying at the hotel where i worked (the shop was in the hotel itself). I didn't have an issue with dressing up as with anything you get used to it and i even started enjoying it... the fancy clothes that i sometimes wear out nowadays (not my clubbing gear but the real formal stuff i have... ie what i wear to Oceans) was what i wore to work back then. I think i've sed this before but there is often a rebellious side to dressing up when nobody else is and i sieze the opportunity to dress up in those circumstances haha.... but shit i look OLD now with those clothes on... like 50 plus.
But i still found time to surf etc. I even got into windsurfing... went out a couple of times before getting my kit at the end of the year... this was partly due to the fact that i couldn't surf due to my shoulder injury. In November 1998 i was at Piha with Alan and i surfed a double up wave... that threw me over the falls and i dislocated my LEFT shoulder. Now all my other dislocations have been on da right shoulder... including the one at da gold coast a year earlier. But this was the exception... not only was it the exception but it was by far the worst dislocation i've had... it took 3 months for my shoulder to heal. Despite perfect surfing conditions i had to sit out the whole summer. So i got into windsurfing...
Ok wrestling was back on da menu. Got back into the WWF in late 1997 and 1998 i was watching WWF and WCW every week without missing a single show. But now i was no longer into the gym... so the only physicial activity i did was surfing, windsurfing etc. So a few changes in 1998... church on its way out, the start of bodyboarding, back into the wrestling and no more going to da gym... not ot mention a great year at tech AND a job. And i was doing well at this job too.
i also got my first opportunity to housesit as my parents went over to Cairns for a holiday in August.
1998 was the year of surfing/bodyboarding for me... even though year 2000 would be prob one of my best years surfing.
The 97/98 summer was very hot and dry and the weather was amazing. Lots of time in da water, not so much surfing but more just hanging out in the local eastside swimmin holes... no waves there. 96/97 summer was also quite warm at da end with a very defined sultry spell in March of 1997.... this would continue in da 98/99 summer too... 99/00 was more back to normal.
This was a good year for tech... passing all my classes. infact i was quite busy as i had a part time job by the airport. Craig Pippen started working there in 1997 and got me a job there in March 1998. It was a nice job but had to dress up... it paid well too compared to the other jobs i had until then. It was a souvineer shop selling NZ stuff.... got to meet some famous ppl too. Several All blacks as well as Carlos Sainz. Infact the Rally of NZ guys were staying at the hotel where i worked (the shop was in the hotel itself). I didn't have an issue with dressing up as with anything you get used to it and i even started enjoying it... the fancy clothes that i sometimes wear out nowadays (not my clubbing gear but the real formal stuff i have... ie what i wear to Oceans) was what i wore to work back then. I think i've sed this before but there is often a rebellious side to dressing up when nobody else is and i sieze the opportunity to dress up in those circumstances haha.... but shit i look OLD now with those clothes on... like 50 plus.
But i still found time to surf etc. I even got into windsurfing... went out a couple of times before getting my kit at the end of the year... this was partly due to the fact that i couldn't surf due to my shoulder injury. In November 1998 i was at Piha with Alan and i surfed a double up wave... that threw me over the falls and i dislocated my LEFT shoulder. Now all my other dislocations have been on da right shoulder... including the one at da gold coast a year earlier. But this was the exception... not only was it the exception but it was by far the worst dislocation i've had... it took 3 months for my shoulder to heal. Despite perfect surfing conditions i had to sit out the whole summer. So i got into windsurfing...
Ok wrestling was back on da menu. Got back into the WWF in late 1997 and 1998 i was watching WWF and WCW every week without missing a single show. But now i was no longer into the gym... so the only physicial activity i did was surfing, windsurfing etc. So a few changes in 1998... church on its way out, the start of bodyboarding, back into the wrestling and no more going to da gym... not ot mention a great year at tech AND a job. And i was doing well at this job too.
i also got my first opportunity to housesit as my parents went over to Cairns for a holiday in August.
1998 was the year of surfing/bodyboarding for me... even though year 2000 would be prob one of my best years surfing.
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