White Horses

MY VILLAGE

The joy on their faces as they dragged their heavily battered, waterlogged boards over the muddy tidal waters was intoxicating. It was also very familiar to me. I sat watching them from our motorised canoe and listened to their whoops and cheers as their mate managed to get going on a small river mouth wave. Watching these boys from a remote Sumatran village made me reflect on my own community, Surfing Mums.

Carly, Keira, Clare, Penny and I had just enjoyed seven uninterrupted days

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