I dag er det Ditlevs Fødselsdag, Hurra, Hurra, Huraaa.
Og når han hjem fra speciale går, så venter familien med stor bøf og en tår
og dejlig chokolade og kage til!
Min kæreste fylder 25år i dag <3 Jeg ved godt at man ikke bude tælle så meget ned til ting der sker i fremtiden, men hellere prøve at lave i nuet og glædes over det man har, specielt i en situation som denne. Men jeg er begyndt at tælle ned. Tælle ned til jeg skal se en sikkert regn deprimeret, bleg, langhåret, træt, travl, specialeskrivende kæreste med minimalt overskud og beskidte kopper på værelset, men jeg glæder mig, og jeg tæller ned!
Jeg skrev til Dawid Mocke. Dawid er en såkaldt Surfski guru. Han har selv roet på verdensklasse niveau, og det samme har hans kone Nikki, de driver Surfski School i Fish hoek og laver elearn kurser, coaching og mange andre ting. De bor i Fish Hoek, hvor alt surfski aktivitet er. Jeg har kendt Dawid siden jeg var Syd Afrika 2017, og ham og Nikki er simpelthen nogle af de bedste mennesker man kan møde, efter min mening.
Som altid blev min henvendelse taget godt imod, og jeg blev, sammen med Olli, Anders og en Englænder James inviteret på middag.
Jeg måtte indrømme min frustration over at ro på søen og Cape Point Challenge. Nikki gav sig god tid til at gennemgå de vigtigste tips og svare på vores spørgsmål. Jeg vidste godt Nikki var sej, som i virkelig virkelig sej. Men jeg blev stadig så imponerende over, hvor hjertevarm hun var og imponeret over hendes attitude. Hun fortalte at hun nogle gange leger en leg derude, til Cape Point Challenge, når hun er træt. En leg imod bølgerne. Fanger hun en bølge, hun ikke burde fange, får hun 1 point, og ditto til bølgerne. Det var en måde at holde sig fokuseret. Jeg kalder mennesker inspirerende, når de tænder noget i mig, der kan få mig til at stræbe højere. Jeg kan ikke sætte Nikki i ’Inspirerende’ boksen, for hendes tilgang var bare får imponerende til at kunne opnå. Men måske ville jeg en dag kunne lade mig inspirere, dog tog jeg de gode råd med og derefter lod jeg Nikki’s enestående personlighed stå som ’imponerende’, i hvert fald for nu.
Aftenen gik, og da vi skulle hjem tog Olli og Anders hjem. Min Surfski var bundet på Dawids bil, jeg sov i deres søns, Sams seng. For i morgen tidlig skulle jeg ud og ro kl. 05:15 – MEN!! Jeg skulle denne morgen ro på havet!
Det blev til 25 km. på havet den morgen, med en flok skønne mænd, en hyggelig tone og let modvind, sidevind og 10 km surf hjemad.
Dawid skulle ro 30km. den morgen. Han kom ind kort efter mig. Han havde nået at indspille en lille film ved fyrtårnet og stod og rullede sin fiskeline ind, da jeg kom ned til ham på stranden. For ja, han havde selvfølgelig haft en fiskeline med en 4 cm stor krog efter sig, i tilfælde af han lige kunne fange en fisk på vejen! 30km, i mod og medvind, en kæmpe fiskeline, filmoptagelse og komme hjem med udsevanligt overskud!
ENGLISH
Today is Ditlev's Birthday, Hurra, Hurra, Huraaa.
And when he goes home from a specialty, the family waits with a big steak and a ‘skål’
and lovely chocolate and cake!
My boyfriend turns 25 years old today <3 I know that you don't have to count as much for future things, but rather try to do in the present and be happy about what you have, especially in a situation like this. But I've started to count down. Count down until I see my probably rain depressed, pale, long-haired, tired, busy, special writing boyfriend with minimal excess and dirty cups in the room, but I'm looking forward and I'm counting down!
I wrote to Dawid Mocke. David is a so-called Surfski guru. He is a world-class level surfski paddler, as is his wife Nikki, they run Surfski School in Fish hoek and do elearn, school, coaching and many other things. They live in Fish Hoek, where all the surf skiing activity is. I have known Dawid since I was South Africa 2017 and him and Nikki are simply some of the best people you can meet, if you ask me.
As always, my request was well received and I, with Olli, Anders and an Englishman James were invited to dinner.
I had to admit my frustration at the tranquility of the lake and the Cape Point Challenge. Nikki took the time to review the key tips and answer our questions. I knew Nikki was cool, like in really, really cool, but I was still so impressed with how warm she was and impressed with her attitude. She said she sometimes plays a game out there, for the Cape Point Challenge when she's tired, against the waves. If she catches a wave she shouldn't catch, she gets 1 point, and ditto for the waves. It was a way to stay focused. I call people inspirational when they turn on something in me that can make me aspire higher. I can't put Nikki in the 'Inspirational' box, because her approach was just too impressive to achieve. But maybe one day I could be inspired, yet I took the good advice and then I left Nikki's unique personality as 'impressive', at least for now.
The evening went on and when we were going home Olli and Anders went home. My Surfski was tied to David's car, I slept in their son's, Sam's bed. For tomorrow morning I had to go out and paddle at. 05:15 - BUT !! I was going to be at sea this morning!
It turned into 25 km. on the sea that morning, with a bunch of chilled men, a nice attitude and light headwind, side winds and 10 km surf back home.
David was doing 30km. that morning. He came in shortly after me. He had managed to shoot a small movie at the lighthouse and was standing rolling his fishing line as I came down to him on the beach. Yes, of course, he had a fishing line with a 4 cm hook behind him, in case he could just catch a fish on the paddle! 30km, in courage and headwind, a huge fishing line, filming and coming home with extraordinary energy!
