Big Yellow Banana Carnage

September 30th, 2009

Big Yellow Banana Carnage – Over excited, frantic, gungho and a host of similar expletives come to mind following my first surf session on returning to Abay! It had been a little over two months since I had dragged my battered body from the right hand reef point break. My last wave in July had seen me pile driven into the reef. Torn boardies, cuts to hand and butt! Bruising to spine and shoulder! Oh how everyone laughed as I struggled to sit down on the thirty hour jaunt back to the UK! One butt cheek more damaged than the other! Well I was back. Still can’t surf for toffee but totally addicted to surfing in this tropical country. One can’t really miss me out at the point! I’m generally the token long boarder! The board like a boat! 9′ 5” Gulf Stream and very yellow! Primrose! Or as the locals say “Big Yellow Banana”. My first surf back at the point and I tweak my right calf, crack a rib or two and do nothing to help my heavily strapped left shoulder! Who knows what tomorrow will bring, so best live for today and enjoy! It’s got to be a giggle to see surfers and their boards scattering as I charge through the line-up with total disregard to life or limb! What I know is that I have a smile from ear to ear as the adrenaline surges through my battered limbs. It’s after that I feel the pain, the discomfort and the foolishness of my actions. My ears harassed by my adopted Sri Lankan sisters and my closest friends from back home. I know they’re right but I’m Taurean and apparently very stubborn! So, expect to see the “Big Yellow Banana” causing carnage a few more times out at the point!

Entry Filed under: Sri Lanka 2009, Tim's Diary, Tim's Travels