Surfing from the heart

I've been discussing over the past month or two going out with some friends of mine to take some footage of them surfing. Well yesterday I got the chance.

I hitched a ride with Muggs in his blue beast of a van to Jungmun, hoping to get some good surfing shots. You never can know what you're going to get when it comes to surfing on Jeju. Muggs had been out earlier in the morning, and it was decent, so he was hoping that the waves would be the same, if not better when he returned in the evening.



After getting into his suit and waxing his board, Paul showed up in a cab to join in on the fun. The two of them gleefully ran down to the shore with anticipation.



It wasn't long before they were in the water, looking to catch some waves. What seemed like an easy task however, proved to be more difficult because of the winds.



I started shooting, but in most of their attempts, the waves were breaking too early for either of them to catch anything consistent. They spent about an hour trying, but were met with choppy results.



It takes heart to come out on a day like yesterday, with the faint hope of catching something decent; but if you ask either one of them, it's worth it everytime.

You can check out the waves via the webcam from Jungmun. It certainly helps tell what the conditions are, before you drive/bus all the way out there to discover it's dead as a lake.