Surf competition for 3/5

The past week we have spent more time at the beach than we have during the whole summer, I think. The summer has just been busy with camps, appendicitis, school planning and preparations, and road trip, but now we have been home a while and prioritized the beach. Or maybe it is because it is the only thing you can do if you want to be outside because of the heat!? :-) Either way, it has been great and the boys have had fun with friends and also had a chance to practice their surfing :-)

Today was a big day, it was zgnselyCharlie's surf competition and Marlee, Noah and Gabriel participated. It was a great day!! Hot, intense, exhausting, but so much fun! 

Gabriel was the first one in the water of the three. It was his first surf competition and Alex was in the water wirh him to push him into the waves. He was a little scared and did not really catch any waves, but he said it was fun when i asked him after wards. 

Next was Noah. I honestly don't remember of it was his first or second competition and now he is sleeping so i cant ask him but he did great!! Alex was in the water with him, too, and helped him catch the waves and he got several good ones. We were all very impressed. He ended up second in his heat and advanced go the semi final in his group. Unfortunately, he did not do as great in that heat and did not go to the final, but was very happy with his performance :-)

Marlee was the last one to go in. Unfortunately, the waves were not that great at that time and  no one in his heat did very good. However, the other boys in his group did better than he did so he did not advance to the semi final. Better luck next time! He handled it very well and spent most of the time on the beach surfing and having a good time. 

This was a good but a long day, longer than we expected and I'm a little worried to see how burnt everyone got... We kept putting on sun screen but it is hard when they are in the water 95% of the time :-) Even David got to swim a lot and he really enjoyed it!