lunes, 11 de junio de 2012

Nice day at the beach

A few pictures from a surfing day from last week. The waves were kind of messy, but there were still some good ones :)


great sunny day!! :)





we had some right and left ones :)


The one lying down next to me is "er Jozua", he could not move anymore :) hehe


Thanks Blanca for the pictures!!!! hope 2 see u soon in the water!! :)

have a nice day!

MaRíA

viernes, 8 de junio de 2012

Sporting con "er" Jozua

Ayer y antes de ayer fueron dos días de toma de contacto de deportes con Jose Manuel. El miércoles nos fuimos a patinar (gracias por los patines!!! jeje) a casi 40º a la sombra... (papá no se lo digas a mamá!!!). Para el que no lo sepa Jose es wenísimo patinando (de hecho yo creo que sin patines solo le he visto en la playa y xq todavía no han sacado los patines que anden por la arena :))



El caso es que mientras yo "intentaba" seguirle a duras penas, él iba dando brincos de espaldas, de frente, para un lado y para el otro... yo no patinaba desde que era pequeña pero pensaba "bah, esto tan fácil como siempre"... pues no!!! el tiempo pasa y no perdona!!! jajaja... cuando llevábamos un rato patinando casi me da un chungo del calor y cansancio jajaja y eso que solo había practicado el cómo girar para un lado (que mi lado izquierdo pasa bastante de mi cerebro, no atiende a órdenes jajaja)...

Pero ayer llegó mi "venganza"... jaja, nos fuimos a la playa a "zurzear" (para el que no sea de motril a "surfear" jaja) y aunque Jose y yo ya habíamos surfeado de pequeños con la tablas que teníamos por los chambaos, ayer fue como "su primera vez"... y el pobre no consiguió ponerse de pie. Tengo que decir que no es culpa suya, el mar estaba un poco revuelto, había bastante corriente y además la tabla que llevaba no era una para "aprender", y puede ser un poco frustrante, aunque todo sirve y al final acabó cogiendo unas cuantas olas en las que casi lo consiguió...

probando la go-pro (vaya caretos jaja)


Una oliya que me grabó mientras él descansaba de tanto remar

Y es que cada deporte tiene sus cosas y aunque cuando vemos "desde fuera" todo nos parece "tan fácil", los problemas vienen cuando nos toca hacerlo a nosotros, que lo que tan simple nos parecía resulta q no lo es... sin embargo vale la pena seguir intentándolo y disfrutar del "aprendizaje" :)

gracias Jose por estos dos días!! :) me lo he pasao genial!! :)

nice Friday!

MaRía

miércoles, 6 de junio de 2012

Pics from La Laja Contest

Hey again! I have just found these pictures from the contest of the other day, thanks David Rivas for taking them! :)

After the morning surf I met some of the girls that participated in the contest


Semifinals first wave... nop, i did not land it! jeje


 I managed to find a good left in the middle of the heat which gave me more confidence



This board feels great under my feet!!! :)


Nice day!

MaRíA

martes, 5 de junio de 2012

La Laja Surf Champ

Hey you there!! :)

After not compiting for a while I decided to sign for a contest in Chiclana last weekend. I was going to be surfing around there anyways, so I thought it was a good idea to start compiting and getting the rhythm again :).


The waves were kind of hard and the conditions changed a lot during the day. Early in the morning with the low tide and smaller waves some a of them were opening really good and letting us do some turns, but as the tide came in most of the waves started to close out and not much could be done.

The contest area :)


In the final I was lucky and caught a good left which let me do one big turn and a good finish. The rest of the waves I caught were a single turn waves, although it looks like I did not do that bad at the end cause I won! :)


Back at home with my trophy!! ;)



I had a great time competing in this contest, I met a bunch of really nice/funny people which I am sure I will see again surfing around :)! Thanks to the organizers for having such a fun contest!!!

Here you have a video I recorded the morning of the contest (look how sleepy I was... I could not even talk!!! jajajjajajjajja)... and a few pictures of that day! :)


Have a great day!

MaRíA

jueves, 31 de mayo de 2012

Into the Ocean

Good morning!! :)

Since I bought my new camera I was thinking on doing a video similar to this, a video where I could show how great is just to be in the water :)...





Have a great weekend!! :)

MaRíA :)

miércoles, 30 de mayo de 2012

Summer 2012 New Board! :)

Hi!!! I am soooooo happpyyy!!!! :) I got a few days ago my brand-new board for this summer competitions :)!!! :) It is again a 5'11'', this is my "all kind of waves" board :)!!! I cannot wait to get into the water with it!! Thank you soooo much Gilito for this boardd!!!!!!! :)

However, before getting it in the water I had to decide the grip, which was not an easy decision... :) hehe

Right after picking it up! :)

These are the two grips I had...


    


I finally went for the red one, although I liked a lot the blue one too, but most of my lattest grips had been blue too and I wanted a change! :)


Have a great day!!!

MaRíA

lunes, 28 de mayo de 2012

Seville from an Skateboard

Hi all :)!

this post is a bit different from the previous ones, it has not surf nor skateboarding on it :). However, it has been recorded while I was skating. A friend of mine is leaving Seville and I wanted to do something for her before she left, so she won´t forget this beautiful city (because although it has not beach, Seville is actually a gorgeous city :)).

This is my first "long" video and making videos like this is when you realize how hard this is, I mean, making a good video... You have ideas in your mind, they look perfect there, but even if you are able to record something similar to what you thought, it does not look as good as before anymore... I am also still getting to know my go-pro and some of the shots are not good enough (they are taken from too far, others for too long...), but it is good to see this, because you learn doing these things :)

Here you have some single shots from the video showing the different things I wanted to reflect on it

Seville is the only place I've ever been where you can find shops which only sell "abanicos", where there are more flamenca customs shops than any other type...


where there are more horsecars than taxis...


Where everyone has a common perfect friend "El Tío de Cruzcampo" ;)


Where it is impossible to see if the city is more beautiful during the day...


or at night...


Where you can take a shower while you are having a beer :)


Where the flowers have beautiful colors during the whole year...




Where the Giralda is watching all of us


Where you can find women on their flamenca customs from April to June non-stop hehe :)


And last, but not less, one of the cities where you can see one of the most beautiful sunsets :) 


Here you have the video, sorry because of the non-fixed shots, but remember I recorded it while I was skating and it is really hard to keep the camara straight :)



It takes a long time to make something like this (even a simple and not that well edited one like this one), but it takes a long time to think about what you want to record, to go and do it, to get different sun lights, to edit it, to re-edit, to go again and record whatever you had left, to select the music (in this case I just used one song I like and one song my friend likes), and put everything together... I really appretiate more now the work of the cameras :)! 

However, I think it is even harder when you really want to do a good thing because it is for a friend and you want the video to be "good enough". Wish you the best in your new life Kika! :)

hope you like it!! have a great Monday!

MaRíA