Surfs up, Soldier!
By: EllaineAppleR
Written on: Dec 19, 2010
Any given day in Linda Mar beach, it’s a normal sight to see a pact of two or three surfer buddies waiting around on their surf boards for a good wave to rise up above a minimum of eight feet only to get swallowed down by the relentless water from all sides, up and down and around.
It's definitely an even more unforgettable and incredible site to see when you see a band of Filipino, dark-skinned tone, brown-eyed brothers in surfing suits lined up in the freezing cold water, paralleled to each other, lying in there surf boards, all waiting for that perfect wave to come. It's as if they're soldiers in battle, all geared up, ready to fight for what they most believed in.
Each brother paddles the same time as the rest to witness the challenging upcoming unpredictable wave. As they all feel the rising of the wave, the brother on the farthest place normally would enjoy this ride. However, if more than one soldier can ride it, with enough space in between, both brothers or more can ride this wave.
While some may call them “ocean wave huggers", the truth is you normally won't find a band of brothers huddled and tightly bonded together in the water side by side, lined up to catch the right wave only to share it with their fellow soldier. Truly, their only intention is to ride. Nothing more and nothing less!
To share a wave is what brotherhood is all about.
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