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New Zealand – Xchurch Surf – New Brighton (6 Comments)

English text below.

Sapevo che in Nuova Zelanda si praticasse anche il surf ma non credevo che fosse così esposto agli agenti naturali, per così dire.

Anche d’estate infatti, muta integrale, l’acqua dell’Oceano Pacifico non è mai calda a queste latitudini.

La pioggerellina inglese che ha caratterizzato il venerdì e il sabato, ha smesso di rompere i cosiddetti solo nel pomeriggio di domenica, e anche se non è stata rimpiazzata da un bel sole, il settembre canterburino ci ha permesso di fare una passeggiata sul pontile di New Brighton. Solita fantasia degli anglosassoni nel dare nomi alle terre nuove.

Il nome stesso della Nuova Zelanda, deriva dall’olandese Nieuw Seeland, cioè nuova terra nel mare…fate vobis!

Chapeau ai surfisti, uno dei quali aveva uno stance molto Maori sulla tavola, sembrava volesse fare la haka tra le onde (-:D
Notevole un suo amico sul pontile, tatuaggio facciale integrale, come in Once Were Warriors…truce!



English

I already knew that there’s good surf in New Zealand. But I didn’t think that it was so unpleasant, at least from a non surfer point of view.

Even in summer, full wetsuit as the water of the Pacific Ocean is never warm at these latitudes.

It’s been drizzling the whole of friday and saturday, but on sunday afternoon it stopped, although it didn’t clear up. We then went to New Brighton (how many New Brightons are there in the former British Empire?) for a stroll on the pier and a taste of the mighty sea.

Tribute to the surfers in New Zealand. One of them, had a stance that resembled a Maori during the Haka (-:D
A friend of his on the pier, had one of those dramatic but beautiful full face tattoos. Damn brave!

6 Responses to “New Zealand – Xchurch Surf – New Brighton”

    1. maurizio October 16th, 2007 at 11:20 AM

      aH AH !

      VENTO DA SUD = FREDDO POLARE ???
      SEI PROPRIO DALL’ALTRA PARTE DEL MODO !!

      DA NOI SI CHIAMA SCIROCCO E PORTA IL CALDO 🙂

      complimenti ai surfer che non mollano malgrado tutto…
      questa si che è passione !

    1. Tiger October 16th, 2007 at 2:23 PM

      Il mare e sempre bello, anche se fa freddo:-)

    1. haero October 17th, 2007 at 6:35 AM

      Ciao aficionados!

      Tigrotta hai ragione, ma quando è freddo è meglio guardarlo che inzupparcisi (-:D

      Passione da vendere Mau, puoi dirlo forte!!

    1. BzyBee October 17th, 2007 at 12:07 PM

      Ciao, i had heard it always rains there.Cant be pleasant surfing in freezing tempretures. tehy msut be very hardy people!that why they play rugby …ah shame dont think i was meant to mention the word. :-)you should have been wearing your ski jacket & beanie my blood turns cold at the thought of how cold that water must be. although its the most amazing colours.

    1. BzyBee October 17th, 2007 at 12:09 PM

      excuse the spelling, its me typing too fast..try and enjoy and stay warm. i am sure the ski resorts will have plenty of snow if its that cold at the beach

    1. haero October 17th, 2007 at 12:24 PM

      Ciao Bee, good to see you again in this woody madhouse of a semi-deserted blog (-:D

      Don’t worry about the spelling, the sense of your comment is pristine. I feel sorry for the poor New Zealand rugby fans, they didn’t deserve to lose in that way…they will try to get the cup from South Africa (which will win this year (-:D) in 2011 in New Zealand, won’t they?

      Hugz from Aotearoa!

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