Did the same thing when i was young we went to Maui, and there was a massive storm the night before, and so the waves were huge, waited for my chance to get out past the break, and once i did i was a quarter of a mile down the shore within a minute, and my parents were waving me back in, then i could hardly get in to shore cause waves kept sucking me back out, but luckily i was in good enough shape to get in, neither of my parents were particularly good swimmers, and they were panicking, and actually had a local guy who helped me in once i got to shore, and he was going to swim out and grab me.
When i got to shore i was wondering what the fuss was about, as i wasnt particularly panicked about it all. Its funny how when you are young you just think nothing of that kind of thing, then you realise once you are a little older how bad it could have turned out.
When i got to shore i was wondering what the fuss was about, as i wasnt particularly panicked about it all. Its funny how when you are young you just think nothing of that kind of thing, then you realise once you are a little older how bad it could have turned out.
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WHen I was a kid, I'm not sure I remember back that far, we went to Hawaii for a family trip. Talked my Dad into surfing lessons at local hotel, and had a blast. Later in the trip we went to some black sand beach, and I almost got sucked out to sea with the undertow. Didn't faze me as I had no idea, but holy crap my parents were freaked out.