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Skimboard Fail.

Saturday, January 16, 2010 Posted inALL

Seeing as today was my last day in Florida I couldn’t say no to the ocean. I just couldn’t. So we put on our swimsuits, went to the beach, and went swimming. It was FREEZING. When I say freezing, I mean it – seriously – my whole body was numb, I don’t think I’ve ever been so cold in my life, but somehow – it was enjoyable :). This was the scene:

Everyone always says that practice makes perfect, but today I was hugely reminded of it. I tried to learn to skimboard at the beach today. Aaron was trying to teach me but really he was doing more laughing than teaching because I kept falling and hurting myself like this guy. Anyways, it got me thinking of how hard it must be for people who are in love with a game, a sport or anything else which involves a lot of pain to succeed. I mean, I fell two major times today and after that I gave up because I could barely walk anymore. I have a very low pain tolerance level. But it made me feel lucky that falling in photography isn’t a physically painful thing :), otherwise I don’t think I’d have lasted very long.

Moral of the story: You can’t succeed without failing. Practice makes perfect. Try, try again. etc etc…

Hope everyone has a beautiful weekend, unfortunately my daily posts will start to hugely slow down as I get back into uni life. I’ll try to keep posting, it just probably won’t be as often :). Love to you all <3

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  • http://www.kirstenmanick.com kirsten

    no way! where in florida are you? this looks like siesta key beach!

  • http://www.paigebutcher.com Paige

    AH, the joys of Florida :) I lived there my freshman year in college and I still have lots of friends there. And I totally feel you on the busyness of starting school….Bleh.

  • http://michellekanephotography.com/photoblog Michelle Kane

    Gonna miss your consistent posts. And Florida looks gloomy and cold. You are brave!

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  • http://seannorman.com Sean

    Those are funny videos! Can’t say I’d have the guys to try it :P Kudos to you, Alex! Safe flight home :)

  • http://www.sherry-lu.com s h e r r y

    Ahh, the beach looks awesome. Doesn’t LOOK cold, but I’ve heard about the cold weather in FL this winter… :) You’re super brave for trying skimboarding. And I hope you stop hurting soon! :) :) Oh, and good luck with school~

  • http://www.bobanddawndavis.com bob

    Hi Alex,

    I’m a firm believer in practice, practice, practice. The beach looks so beautiful, love your sense of light. Thanks for the comments on our blog. Cheers..

  • http://www.efphotographs.net Ericha

    Now that looks like A LOT of fun!! I’ve always wanted to learn how to surf but haven’t tried any of that stuff yet. Hope you had a fantastic time in the States!

  • http://www.erinwhitneyphoto.com Erin

    well you definitely didn’t fail at photography because you would have been able to get this picture :]

  • http://rosekate.wordpress.com/ Rose

    Oh, swimming in the ocean… so cool [literally! :)) In Bucharest is blizzard since last night, so I cannot imagine that swim of yours! :D Looove the ocean. Amazing light and it seems so peaceful!

  • http://kristinpartinphotography.blogspot.com/ Kristin Partin

    you were in florida and you didn’t come say hi?! just joshin, i’m in va about 12 hours north of florida :) I’m sure you were freezing! I can’t imagine getting in the ocean right about now. silly girl!

  • http://www.simmonsmoments.blogspot.com Kristi

    Beautiful, I love how empty and stormy it looks.

  • http://www.andamarieblog.com anda

    i always love your posts because the photos are gorgeous and your words are inspirational! keep inspiring and trying and failing and succeeding!!

  • http://thismomentcapturedblog.com john pascale

    Where are we going to get our inspiration without you posting… Keep them coming!