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No. Our Flo has smaller boobs and a bigger cock

 

For me, most of the time, it's right after the session. It even starts walking back to the car... fading light... waves still firing... satisfied, but not... knowing it won't be there for me tomorrow. A sort of melancholy feeling that's half depression, half satisfaction.

But as far as the video goes, I don't think it's that cut and dry for all flow events. I think we, as surfers, cycle very quickly... the full four stages on every session... paddling out (struggle), staring at the horizon and sky waiting for a wave (letting go), riding the wave (flow), paddling back out and trying to remember what just happened (recovery overlapping with struggle to start the cycle again).

When I'm really in the zone, I feel like I can do anything that the wave will allow me to do.

 

I know what you mean, and wish it wasn't that way. The feeling of just scoring great waves, being stoked about it, but knowing it won't be that way again for a while is a bitter sweet feeling. I want to just be satisfied but it's hard. Always wanting the next "perfect" wave.

 

I wish I could photoshop like this. I'd probably never come back to SI.

 

I believe I experienced something similar when I used to rollerblade a lot. Surfing, not so much

 

That is funny as hell!!!

And if I eat too many tacos I flow brown stuff down my leg.

 

"The amazing thing about flow is that you can achieve this state in every aspect of your life. You can be in flow at work, while studying, in conversation with friends, while driving, running, swimming, cooking, writing. Flow can become a part of your everyday life, and if you walk this path, you will find yourself performing at a higher level, being more present and more happy."

Probably the most important thing to understand about flow.

I think surfers, as a whole, are amazingly short-sighted. Barry thinks it's 'cause we're all morons... and there's some truth to that. But I think it's because surfing can really consume a huge part of your life, so we don't get to experience a lot of other things that can bring you to that heightened state.

 

This is true. I have found myself overly consumed by surfing over the years and have let other things suffer as a result. I've been working at this. With having easy access to surf now, I find that there are times where I may skip a session to not ignore other aspects of life.

I still surf very often (this morning was fun btw), and am very thankful for that, but last thing I want to do is look back in 20 years or w/e and realize that I have nothing else in my life left but surfing. Which to some might be OK, but I find value in achieving a healthy balance. As compulsive as I can be, this tends to be hard but i'm better than I use to be.

Living inland drove me insane as I couldn't stop thinking about my next session (usually every weekend) and would obsess over the conditions every 6 hours, every day, all the way up until I surf and get it out of my system. Satisfaction would last a day or so, then rinse and repeat. Now, being 15 minutes to the water, I can be more relaxed about it all and just go surf when I want to, little to no obsession other than checking the updates but not freaking out if my one day for the week is falling to sh*t on the forecast, because now there are 7 days a week available to me which has reduced a ton of stress.

 

Right on.