Getting Up Early

11/05/2008

Get up at dawn and be the first out, or wait until the morning shift is over?

Sometimes the dawn patrol isn’t all that it’s made out to be. The offshore isn’t quite offshore. You’re still half asleep. Maybe you just know you’d surf better a little later on.

In some places it just doesn’t cut it. Take the ‘Super Bank’ for example. It’s literally packed at 4 o’clock in the morning. You could rock up at 10 and it’d be the same. At least you’d be able to see the crowd.

But then when you do make the effort, there’s the warm feeling you get knowing you’re on to it and making the most of it. You could get one surf in, go home for some toast, maybe even a bit of a snooze, and get back out for another mid-morning. Come early afternoon and you find yourself totally relaxed, lying on the couch, semi-conscious, listening to Massive Attack and dreaming about that sweet one you picked off outside the pack.

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