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WELCOMETOAM AMPED IS SET UP TO SHARE OUR LOVE AND PASSION FOR SURFING WITH OTHERS. WE AREA SOCIAL CLUB WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE ?STOKE?OF SURFINGWITHIN A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT. WHETHER YOU ARE A SURFER OR NOT, YOU WILL ASSIST, LEARN AND TEACH YOUR CHILD TO GET INTO THE WATER, LEARN FROM AND SHARE WITH OTHERS AROUND YOU ON HOW TO SURF OR IMPROVE YOUR STYLE IN A FUNWAY.
MPEDSURFCLUB OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE EXPERIENCE OF SURFING BY IGNITING THE ?STOKE? FOR SURFING FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND TO SUSTAIN THE ?STOKE? BY REGULAR SOCIAL BEACH MEET-UPS; AND TO ENHANCE THE BOND BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN BY PHYSICAL INTERACTION IN THE WATER IN A WAY THAT STRENGTHENS THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH OTHERS.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STOKE DRIVENFRATERNITYFORAPOSITIVE LONG LASTING IMPACT FOR ALL INVOLVED.
THISWASMYDREAM. THISISMY VISION...SHARINGTHE LOVEOFSURFINGAND THEOCEANWITHMY KIDS.
By: Sh ami er Croeser
hy Amped? I only really got exposed to sur fing around the age of 14 year s old. Looking back, if there is one thing I wish I could have been exposed to in my childhood, it would be a sur fboard or body board. It would have tr uly enhanced my life, my approach and outlook and par ticularly would have impacted much more positively on me in my teenage year s. Back then, the only thoughts that crossed my mind was, "Why didn?t I know about this before?? and "I?m going to be doing this for the rest of my life!" I had been bitten by the sur f bug and all I wanted was to share my stoke of sur fing with ever yone. The sheer blissful feeling of being stoked, watching the swell come in and allowing your body and mind to feel free in the ocean? is all par t of my motivation to star t this initiative, Amped!
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What star ted this all? To ever yone who knows me, you will know my absolute love (and addiction) to the ocean, the waves and sur fing. I have always shared this love of the ocean with ever yone who knows me and some of you reading this, I have already shared my vision for Amped with you. You know who you are. We have spent many hour s on the beach talking endlessly while waiting for the swell to come in, idealizing the idea of sur fing and of growing old sur fing, of long sundowner peaks and then when we have kids, getting them exposed to it all? to pass down this passion to them and ultimately creating a legacy. This was my dream. This is my vision... Shar ing the love of sur fing and the ocean with my kids. My ultimate happy- place vision would be squar ing up and shar ing endless bar rels and wave- r iding with them on the tips of endless coastlines. In this vir tual gener ation, of cellphones, ipads and TV games, I want then to explore the real physical world through spontaneous wild jour neys, maiden explor ations and r aw adventure. Why am I doing this now? The eldest of my 3 kids tur ned 7 this year and it made me realise that this dream I have is passing me by. Time waits for no man and this time with my kids has gone by so quickly and I feel like I would be missing this golden oppor tunity to get them exposed to the sur fing. Before you know it, just like a few seconds of bar rel bliss, my fear could be realized that my kids are all grown up, into their mini- adult shells of isolation, tr ying to find enjoyment in a vir tual world and it would be too late.
That said, each child is unique and I acknowledge that they may not all be inclined to be a sur fer or love the ocean like me but they will under stand my love and passion for sur fing. They will under stand what it means to become passionate about something. ?Kids never listen to what their parents say? but can?t help imitate how their parents ARE?. It might not lead them to sur f but it could open up
When they?re stoked, they?re carving out neural pathwaysintheir brainthat support the habit of being curious, engaged and passionately involved. Isn?t this thekind of person wewant themtobe?nowandintotheir future? other paths of self- discover y for them with the r ight role models and influence. One simple way we can help them is to identify and encour age our kids by exposing them to new things and encour aging their own individualism. "When they?re stoked, they?re car ving out neur al pathways in their br ain that suppor t the habit of being cur ious, engaged and passionately involved.? Isn?t this the kind of per son we want them to become? ow will sur fing benefit your kids? Getting our kids exposed to a spor t like sur fing is getting them to exper ience the STOKE! So what does it mean to be or feel stoked? If you google its meaning, you'll discover that the most common for m is used to "add fuel," and "encour age or incite." So, when you hear an action spor ts enthusiast saying - "I'm stoked!" - he/she is excited, euphor ic, thr illed, ecstatic, exhilar ated, pleased, delighted, exultant, happy, and over joyed. According to sur f histor ians, the expression became fashionable in Califor nia, in the 1950s. The "stoke" is strongly linked with sur fer s and wave r ider s. As a result, the stoke levels in sur fing are always high. You just need to r ide a wave, big or small, and then let the classic sur f slang out - "So stoked, dude!"
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My own definition of stoked in sur fing is the emotions you exper ience from dropping in on that 1st wave, getting to stand on your board for the 1st time, getting that bar rel for the 1st time, hitting that
lip for the 1st time, sliding that clean line wall of water as if you have wings for the 1st time ? it?s those moments that create the stoked feelings that just never leave you. As Er ic Jensen so poetically scr ibes it, author of Enr iching the Br ain, "We all have to find and nur ture our 'stoke'? our favor ite unabashed bliss. It br ings ener gy, vitality and meaning to our life. Without it, we?re confronted with one intr actable problem after another. With 'stoke,' life is spiced with a never- emptying shaker of positive ener gy." He fur ther goes onto saying that there is a strong and proven cor relation between stoke and enhanced per for mance, skill development, motivation and per sonal growth. There?s also a power ful cor relation between happiness and over all well- being. Stoke is more than just sur fing, its helps you to exper ience life on a whole new level. So Sur fer or not, a great way to br ing more stoke into your family life is to just get stoked your self. So if you haven?t yet tr ied it, why not tr y it now? and even better with your kids? o what?s the next step? So after wear ing my hear t on my sleeve, you must be wonder ing how we are going to do this. Well, if you haven?t been on a board before, sur fboard or bodyboard? now is your chance to tr y. More impor tantly if you the seasoned sur fer and can never find the time to share some stoke with your kids, family or fr iends then this the per fect platfor m. Amped is set up to share our love and passion for sur fing with other s. We are a social club with the pur pose of promoting the ?stoke?of sur fing within a family environment.
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Well this it. Its star ts now. It star ts her e. It star ts with me. It star ts with You. It star ts with US! It star ts with Amped Sur f Club. Shar e your stoke.
...ANDSOISAMPED! THISCLUBISNOTJUSTABOUTTEACHINGYOUANDYOUR KIDSABOUTSURFING,BUTALSOTEACHINGTHEMLIFELESSONSLIKEHOWTOBE KINDANDHELPEACHOTHER. STRENGTHENTHEBONDYOUSHAREWITHYOURKIDBY HELPINGTHEMFACETHEIRFEARSANDLEARNHOWTODIGDEEPANDFINDHIDDEN STRENGTHS.
YOUAREYOURCHILD?SSURFCOACH.NOSTRANGESURFERINSTRUCTOR.NO SKILLGRADES.NOLEVELS.NOCATEGORIES.YOURCHILDISANINDIVIDUAL SOTREATTHEMASSUCH- LETTHESTOKEDOTHEWORK.
FUN!POSITIVITY!EXCITEMENT! ENCOURAGEMENT! SELF-BELIEF! IT?SALL CONTAGIOUSWHENWEARESHARINGOURSTOKEWITHEACHOTHER! SURFINGTAKESMUSCLEMEMORYANDREPETITION.THEMORECONSISTENT YOUARE,THEBETTERYOUWILLBE! SOIFYOUOR/ANDYOURKIDSARETRYINGTOLEARNHOWTOSURFOR IMPROVEYOURSKILLS...
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NO GEAR. NO PROBLEM Not only will there be plenty of sharing. Gary's Surf School and Surf Emporium are renting out wetsuit and board sets f or as little as R100 f or 1 -2 hrs.
HOW
just rock up. meet and greet. sui t up. get stok ed.
WHERE surfers corner.
beach road. mui zenberg.
cape town. MEETING POINT.
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At 9am sharp, we will meet at the f ront of the iconic muizenberg beach colour houses on the beach side
ampedsurf.club ampedsurf.club@gmail.com 0799 691 999
WHEN last sunday of every month 9am unti ll you want
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