China's Surf Shop 中国的冲浪店

This is my journal of our Stand Up Paddleboard Project. My friend Matt and I are distance-paddling three times a week, for three months, to see if there is any truth to the oft-heard claim that stand up paddleboarding is an amazing core workout. I like endurance sports - swimming, biking, and running. But I've always hated lifting weights. Is paddleboarding the perfect compromise - an endurance sport that can build muscle mass as well? Follow my entries below.

Here you can see some pictures of what had gone with the Typhoon Conson around Dadonghai the 16th July.

But looking at the bright side of life, we had lovely waves afterwards!!

Tiny surf today, about thigh-high. Tomorrow should be a bit better, getting to a 1.4 m swell by the afternoon, which should translate to some chest- to shoulder-high waves. Stay stoked!

今天有大腿高的浪。明天应该好一点,肩膀高的。

Hola everyone!

I'm Julieta, new expat entry here in Sanya all the way from Argentina, looking for some luck in this Island to learn Mandarin and improve my surfing.

I will try to keep you updated about what is going on in Hainan Island.

Hope you enjoy it!

Julieta

大家好!

我叫朱丽叶来自阿根廷。我到三亚来学习汉语和提高自己的冲浪。

我要尝试每天告诉你们关于海南岛的新闻。

希望你们能喜欢!

朱丽叶

Would be pretty handy to have a camel taxi like that from Dadonghai back to the shop, specially after 3 hours padleboarding against the wind!

特别在三小时的逆风滑行后，有这样一辆骆驼出租车载你从大东海回来是再好不过了!

Small waves again today. Perfect for learning.

今天又有比较小的浪，对学习冲浪完美。

Inna from Moscow.

Anke from the Netherlands.

Believe it or not, this is Hainan.

I can't even begin to describe how good today was. As good as Hainan gets. Double overhead perfect waves coming through, peeling down the line like a machine. Incredible. I got a lot of water footage. Going through it now, will put some up soon.

Yesterday was still a bit of fun in Dadonghai as the last of the Typhoon Conson swell faded. About shoulder-high on the set. Lots of nastiness in the water though, including a ton of logs from a pier that had been destroyed and were washing into the bay.

Tininess today, and might be for the next few days. By Thursday we should have a longboard wave in the water, with the weekend having a bit more size.

昨天还不错，大东海有胸部高的浪。今天太小了，不可以玩。等星期四才有一个长板的浪。周末会高一点。

Word is it's pretty damn big on the east coast, so we're gonna head out there in a bit. Will update with pics and video later.