Learning New Things at The Sunshine Coast

Surf Lessons! ~ by Jovan

On Saturday January 4th, 2020 for the first time I went surfing. Tejas, Nix, Dad and I went on this surfing journey. Our teacher's name was Kara, she taught us the basics of surfing, and she taught us some things that we didn’t know about the beach. She taught us how to get on the board, how to keep your balance, and what to do if you fall off. If you have seen surfers on TV or in real life, you might see them put their hand up, you actually have to do that to keep your balance. 

Here's the basics to how to get up on your board, you start laying down with the tips of you toes on the tail of the board (the back of the board), next you have your hands at the sides of your chest like chicken wings. You take your kicking foot off the board and move it to the front of the board, next you push up with the knees still there.  Then you stand with your hands up. Now go to the water and try it. When you get it lift your hands up in the rock star form and yell...  SURFS UP DUDES!!!!!!!!!

Learning How To Play Cricket ~ by Tejas

Cricket is one of Australia’s national sports.  Cricket is also a little bit like baseball. Jovan and I learned how to play this game on one of the beaches at Sunshine Coast.  At first, I didn’t want to play, and I was a little shy because the kids playing knew how to play really well. After I started playing, I wasn’t that bad at it and I had fun, which is the most important part.  Cricket is a very complex game.  Cricket uses a bat like baseball.  The bat is thinner and longer than a regular bat that we use which is what I’m used to from playing baseball with my neighborhood friends.  It was fun because there were some funny moments such as when someone hit the ball into the bushes or when they hit it on the roof where you can rent kayaks and boogie boards.  I also had fun running from wicket to wicket and hitting the ball.  


We played for almost 4 hours, even after my mom wanted us to stop and go for dinner we wanted to keep playing, so we did and had dinner really late. Since that day, we have been watching Cricket on TV and following the Brisbane Heat, which is Brisbane's National Cricket Team. It is a pretty awesome game.