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WHAT CAN A CURVY GIRL WEAR SURING?

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What can a Curvy Girl wear surfing? There is such a problem to find suitable surf gear for a curvy girl. I don't want my bosom to fall out or my butt to be in the air with the bikini bottoms on the floor. I do need bust support. I have been surfing for 36 years and this is what I have found works.  A sports crop top, you have to wear it in the water to ensure the side seams don't give you a rash. I have at present New Balance, Kmart or Ripcurl ones.  The bottoms can me any bikini bottom that comfortable. There is NO more matchy matchy with colours any more. This is you don't have to match colours anymore. Over the top, I wear a men's rashie/wetshirt usually Quiksilver or Billabong. The men's ones are higher up on the neck for sun protection. The bottoms are any lycra short shorts at the moment I have Roxy and Adidas. All of these are available at the Central Park Plaza Ashmore Outlets on the Gold Coast.  Online from there stores.  Surfstitch  Surfstitch has a go...
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Good Morning, its 5 am and still dark. I love to blog early when noone is awake. Hubby is already off to work. The lovely kids are still sleeping. My curtain is open hoping to glimpse the morning sun rays when they arrive. It looks like the southerly winds kicked in yesterday and the swell may have arrived again, after a 1 week rest. Those sore back and shoulder muscles are recovering. There has been so much surf. It was like clockwork February 1st - the waves rolled in. I kept telling all those lovely Surfing Mums Feb- Mar is cyclone swell season and the swells will come. They looked at me in disbelief as they started at the crystal clear lake with the ripples lapping on the shore. The swell came and left and its due back for the Quicksilver and Roxy Pro that will start tomorrow,Friday the 26th of Feb, if there are waves. Even though its dark here at my house. I just had a look at the Coastalwatch surf Cam for Snapper Rocks and Rainbow Bay The swell hasn't come yet, it...

How I started surfing.

I always loved the beach, we grew at Bondi Beach Sydney Australia. That famous little clam shaped cove. I had to walk over a hill for about 10 minutes then I was there. My first surfing devise was a surf mat, you know what they are, they are back in again. Everything old is new again. That feeling of the cool refreshing ocean on a hot day- wow. Then to get the adrenaline rush of a wave- wahoo! Next came the boogie board /body board. faster more control on the wave. I could go out of the flagged area and surf were those scary fiber glass boards were. "Oh I'll never surf on one of those, they can hurt if I fall off". When I was 15 years old, my brother who loved break dancing at the time, (he would go basking with his ghetto blaster in the city outside the movies) got a Mark Richards Twin fin surfboard. It must be great it had 2 fins instead of 1. So I had a go! First I learned to kneel, about 6 months it took me. Thats why lessons for surfing are the best thing. You l...