Over the past 10 weeks the group has had an adventure of a lifetime, from growing as individuals to surfing beyond their comfort zones to making friends never to be forgotten.
The last 5 days of our trip was filled with loads of action, we managed to have an awesome night out in Ballito, there was a great deal of dancing. I think there may have always been a member of the group on the dance floor at all times.
We then had an all time fun session surfing the wave house, the group were mad hatters and managed to take each other out, do the cockroach, get barreled body boarding, stand and rip the wave, and fortunately injuries were minimal, only a bruise here and there. While at the biggest shopping center in the southern hemisphere there had to be shopping and behind my back they got me a token of their appreciation, a sharks rugby jersey with the group slogan on the back. I couldn’t have been happier while Klee got hooked up with a rad old school surfboard that he had been wanting. Thank you group.
With all the excitement of getting new boards, everyone was very frothing to get out into the water and get enough time on their new board before flying home and going straight into the ski season. For the most of it, the conditions couldn’t have been better, light offshore with multiple peaks combined with sun and laughter and we were ending our trip with on a high.
And not to forget the Safari, we had an early start to the day with a 3am wake up combined with a 2hour drive and we didn’t have the happiest of travelers, but once we got there the excitement took over and eyes were peeled ready to spot anything they could. We managed to see Rhinos, Impala, Elephant and the most exciting we spotted a Cheetah as we were on our way out of the reserve.
Ticket To Ride love to throw an awesome closing dinner/party. At our last stop, the Secret spot are known for having an awesome ‘’make your own Pizza night’’ everyone lined up rolled out dough and placed whatever they felt like, I personally think mine was the best but I think the group would beg to differ. With the pool being so close, it is inevitable that someone goes in. I thought I was very sneaky in attempting to throw Laura in only to get myself thrown in as well. For fun we like to create a prize giving where we give out silly awards for a variety of things and then each member gets to nominate a prize for any moment in the trip that someone did something silly. The Prize winners were:
Most Improved- Cal and Sophie
Best overall – Aaron and Freddie Hempal
Best wipeout- Caitlin Hall
Best Turn- Ashton squiers
Feeling ‘’Only a surfer knows the feeling’’- Iona
Overall this trip has been epic. I’ve mentioned it before but as my own first trip, I couldn’t have been happier to have the group I had, the laughs, the ups, the downs, the surfs, and the parties. This is what Ticket To Ride is about….