Every wave you try to paddle for is a risk and investment. By picking to go for that one particular wave, you exert all you got and take a gamble for it. You do not know what the consequences are but you just make the commitment given your best judgment in the moment.
You need to have full trust in your faculties that you can handle the consequences when the time comes
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Stuff I learnt from surfing #14
"It's not the size of the wave that matters, it's what you perceive the size of the wave that matters"
No matter the size or how fierce a wave breaks, it all comes down to how you consciously perceive it. This is a matter of perception dilation.
Another analogy is in baseball, where the batters can see the balls move slower than they really are when pitched.
No matter the size or how fierce a wave breaks, it all comes down to how you consciously perceive it. This is a matter of perception dilation.
Another analogy is in baseball, where the batters can see the balls move slower than they really are when pitched.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Stuff I learnt from Surfing #13
"The need to keep moving to avoid stagnation( and hypthermia )"
I believe this applies to coldwater surfing in Northern CA. Sometimes it might take a long time to wait in between sets, and if you were to stay incompletely immobile, you might freeze.
Therefore, it might be a better idea to catch a smaller wave to warm up then to wait for that one perfect wave. Intermittent modicum expenditures of energy can better prepare and warm you up for the next big wave
I believe this applies to coldwater surfing in Northern CA. Sometimes it might take a long time to wait in between sets, and if you were to stay incompletely immobile, you might freeze.
Therefore, it might be a better idea to catch a smaller wave to warm up then to wait for that one perfect wave. Intermittent modicum expenditures of energy can better prepare and warm you up for the next big wave
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
What I have learnt from Salsa #2
This applies to the idea of staying out of your head when performing a choreographed routine.
It is true that if you are consciously aware of the routine when carrying out, you can be aware of not making mistakes, but it can be mind-boggling and result in unnecessary tension.
The real stage to achieve is reaching unconscious competence where you can carry out the routine and the dance motions through muscle memory and also be one with the mind.
Once the mind starts becoming aware on any specific parts of a routine, it becomes vulnerable to disturbance and thus error.
This is almost the same as a piano or guitar recital (or any other kind of musical instrument). Very often, you can play a tune from the beginning to the end a lot more easily than from a random segment in the middle of the song
It is true that if you are consciously aware of the routine when carrying out, you can be aware of not making mistakes, but it can be mind-boggling and result in unnecessary tension.
The real stage to achieve is reaching unconscious competence where you can carry out the routine and the dance motions through muscle memory and also be one with the mind.
Once the mind starts becoming aware on any specific parts of a routine, it becomes vulnerable to disturbance and thus error.
This is almost the same as a piano or guitar recital (or any other kind of musical instrument). Very often, you can play a tune from the beginning to the end a lot more easily than from a random segment in the middle of the song
Stuff I learnt from Surfing #12
"Out in the line-up, people usually stay in clumps and are rarely alone. It looks like like several slightly adjacent and intermittent colonies out there.
It seems like if you get in someone's way during a take off , you won't be the only one, and thus won't feel like the only one screwing up someone else's ride. "
It seems like if you get in someone's way during a take off , you won't be the only one, and thus won't feel like the only one screwing up someone else's ride. "
Monday, March 16, 2009
Stuff I learnt from Surfing #11
"If you try to catch a good wave and miss or screw up, you might look like the biggest dumbass ever. This can be true.
The more waves you miss, the bigger of a dumb ass you might look like.
But, the more waves you mess up, the faster you can improve "
The more waves you miss, the bigger of a dumb ass you might look like.
But, the more waves you mess up, the faster you can improve "
Saturday, February 21, 2009
The Zen of Dance
I was at the East West Bookstore today in downtown Moutain View and came across this interesting Zen quote on dancing :
"In Dance, no movement or direction is better or worse than another. This, too, is a way to view all of life. See all the "good and bad" things that happen to you simply as movements in the Dance of Life"
"In Dance, no movement or direction is better or worse than another. This, too, is a way to view all of life. See all the "good and bad" things that happen to you simply as movements in the Dance of Life"
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